Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy will visit a Pennsylvania ammunition factory to thank workers

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to visit the Pennsylvania ammunition factory that's producing one of the most critically needed munitions of the war, 155 millimeter artillery shells

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy will visit a Pennsylvania ammunition factory to thank workers
News|World

Air Force to deploy Osprey aircraft in weeks following review over deadly crash

Air Force Special Operations Command says it is weeks from deploying its fleet of CV-22B Osprey aircraft for counter terror operations, after grounding its crews in the wake of a fatal crash last November in Japan

News|World

Marines give highest noncombat medal to family of Osprey crew chief who died trying to save pilots

The Marine Corps in a ceremony at the commandant’s headquarters has presented their highest noncombat medal to the parents of Cpl. Spencer Collart, who died last year after his V-22 Osprey crashed in Australia

Marines give highest noncombat medal to family of Osprey crew chief who died trying to save pilots
Education|News

Jill Biden and Lloyd Austin visit an Alabama base to tout expanded military benefits

First lady Jill Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin have gone to Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama to highlight programs that the administration is rolling out to improve service members’ quality of life as well as early childhood education in the military

Jill Biden and Lloyd Austin visit an Alabama base to tout expanded military benefits
News|Political|World

US approves $165 million in weapons sales to Israel for 2027 delivery

The U.S. has approved $165 million in weapons sales to Israel to fund heavy-duty tank trailers, the State Department announced Thursday

Americas|Health|News|Political

Jon Stewart presses for a breakthrough to get the first 9/11 troops full care

The first U.S. troops to deploy after the 9/11 attacks are suffering from radiation exposure that the government has yet to officially recognize 23 years later

Jon Stewart presses for a breakthrough to get the first 9/11 troops full care
Europe|News|Political|World

Zelenskyy presses US military leaders to let Ukraine strike deeper in Russia

Ukraine's president has told U.S. and allied military leaders meeting in Germany that his country needs the ability to strike deep within Russia now

Zelenskyy presses US military leaders to let Ukraine strike deeper in Russia
Europe|News|World

Pentagon leaders head to Germany for talks on Ukraine military aid

Top U.S. military leaders will be in Germany to discuss Ukraine’s wartime needs as Russia has conducted one of its deadliest airstrikes in the conflict and Ukraine presses its offensive in Russia’s Kursk region

Pentagon leaders head to Germany for talks on Ukraine military aid
Americas|News

A US Navy sailor is detained in Venezuela, Pentagon says

A U.S. Navy sailor has been detained in Venezuela after traveling there unauthorized on personal business, the Pentagon said Wednesday

Asia|Australia|News

Near mid-air collision and safety violations led to fatal crash of Marine Corps Osprey in Australia

A military investigation has found that an Osprey crash in Australia that killed three Marines last August was caused by pilot error during a near mid-air collision

Near mid-air collision and safety violations led to fatal crash of Marine Corps Osprey in Australia
News|Political|World

US announces $125 million military aid package for Ukraine

The U.S. is sending Ukraine an additional $125 million in weapons to assist in its military operations against Russia, including much-needed air defense capabilities, radars to detect and counter enemy artillery and anti-tank weapons

US announces $125 million military aid package for Ukraine
Asia|News

Japan Osprey crash caused by cracks in a gear and pilot’s decision to keep flying, Air Force says

The Air Force says a deadly Osprey aircraft crash last November off Japan was caused by cracks in a metal gear and the pilot’s decision to keep flying instead of heeding multiple warnings that he should land

Japan Osprey crash caused by cracks in a gear and pilot’s decision to keep flying, Air Force says
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Ukraine receives first F-16 fighter jets to bolster defenses against Russia, officials tell AP

According to U.S. and Ukrainian officials, Ukraine has received the first F-16 fighter jets that it has sought for months to fight back against an onslaught of Russian missile strikes

Ukraine receives first F-16 fighter jets to bolster defenses against Russia, officials tell AP
Entertainment|Health

Jon Stewart pushes VA to cover troops sickened by uranium after 9/11. Again, they are told to wait

Comedian Jon Stewart and troops sickened by uranium have ended a meeting at the Department of Veterans Affairs angry that once again they have been told they will have to wait to see whether the VA will connect their illnesses to the toxic base where they were deployed shortly after 9/11

Jon Stewart pushes VA to cover troops sickened by uranium after 9/11. Again, they are told to wait
News|Sports

Multiple crew failures and wind shear led to January crash of B-1 bomber, Air Force says

A fiery January crash of a B-1 bomber aircraft in South Dakota was caused by multiple crew failures, winter weather and a last-minute brush with wind shear that resulted in all four members ejecting and the total loss of the $450 million warplane

Multiple crew failures and wind shear led to January crash of B-1 bomber, Air Force says
Opinion|Political

Jon Stewart pushes VA to help veterans sickened after post-9/11 exposure to uranium

Comedian Jon Stewart is pressing the Biden administration to fix a loophole in a massive veterans aid bill that has left out some of the very first troops who responded after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks

Jon Stewart pushes VA to help veterans sickened after post-9/11 exposure to uranium
Asia|News|Political

Massachusetts lawmakers call on the Pentagon to ground the Osprey again until crash causes are fixed

Three Massachusetts lawmakers are pressing Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to ground the V-22 Osprey aircraft again until the military can fix the root causes of multiple recent accidents, including a deadly crash in Japan

Massachusetts lawmakers call on the Pentagon to ground the Osprey again until crash causes are fixed
News|Opinion|Political

Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors unjustly punished in 1944 after a deadly California port explosion

The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors found to be unjustly punished in 1944 following a California port explosion that killed hundreds of service members and exposed racist double standards among the then-segregated ranks

Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors unjustly punished in 1944 after a deadly California port explosion
Economy|News|Political

New Sentinel nuclear weapons program is 81% over budget. But Pentagon says it must go forward

The new Sentinel nuclear weapons program is 81% over budget and is now estimated to cost nearly $141 billion

New Sentinel nuclear weapons program is 81% over budget. But Pentagon says it must go forward
News|Political

Defense Secretary Austin says the US will provide $2.3 billion more in military aid to Ukraine

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the U.S. will soon announce an additional $2.3 billion in security assistance for Ukraine, to include anti-tank weapons, interceptors and munitions for Patriot and other air defense systems

Defense Secretary Austin says the US will provide $2.3 billion more in military aid to Ukraine
News|Political

US military heightens the security alert at European bases due to a combination of threats

A Pentagon official won't say whether U.S. military bases in the Middle East, Africa or the Indo-Pacific are at increased force protection levels similar to bases in Europe

US military heightens the security alert at European bases due to a combination of threats
News|Political

Military officers begin to speak out on the harm done by Sen. Tuberville's holds on promotions

In the months since a single senator froze military promotions over the Pentagon’s abortion policy, the uniformed officers affected have been largely silent, wary of stepping into a political fray

Military officers begin to speak out on the harm done by Sen. Tuberville's holds on promotions
News|Political|World

US shifts assault ship to the Mediterranean to deter an escalation of the Israel-Lebanon conflict

The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp has entered the eastern Mediterranean Sea as the U.S. positions warships to try to keep fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon from escalating into a wider war in the Middle East

US shifts assault ship to the Mediterranean to deter an escalation of the Israel-Lebanon conflict
News|Opinion|Political

How troops convicted under a gay sex ban can apply for a pardon from Biden. Will benefits follow?

President Joe Biden says troops who were convicted under an old military policy criminalizing consensual gay sex can now apply for full pardons

How troops convicted under a gay sex ban can apply for a pardon from Biden. Will benefits follow?
News|Political

Ukraine may fire US-provided missiles into Russia wherever it is coming under attack, Pentagon says

The Pentagon says Ukraine’s military is allowed to use longer-range missiles provided by the U.S. to strike targets inside Russia across more than just the front lines near Kharkiv if Kyiv is acting in self-defense

Ukraine may fire US-provided missiles into Russia wherever it is coming under attack, Pentagon says

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