USS Truman conducted largest airstrike in Navy history, official says
Sixteen aircraft dropped 124,000 pounds of ordnance in less than two minutes during a Feb. 1 airstrike in Somalia, a defense official told Military Times.
By Riley Ceder
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Jet landing on USS Truman goes overboard, forcing pilots to eject
The incident, in which the pilots were safely recovered, marks the third time since December that an F/A-18 assigned to the carrier Truman has been lost.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
Remains identified of WWII pilot missing since crash in 1945
He was on a strafing mission in the Philippines when his aircraft was hit.
Contested airspace: Airmen build base from scratch, through surface-to-air fires and non-permissive threats
Airmen can no longer depend on the long-standing, well-developed facilities like those through which they’ve rotated in the Middle East for going on two decades.
By Kyle Rempfer
Kosovo’s plan to build an army revives old Balkan tensions
Kosovo is moving to build itself a regular army, angering neighboring Serbia enough to talk of military intervention — a seemingly empty threat.
By Dusan Stojanovic, The Associated Press
'Eternally missed’: Marines identify 5 KC-130J crew members killed in midair collision off Japanese coast
The lone survivor in the tragic midair collision has since been released from the hospital and Corps officials have not released the Marine’s name.
By Shawn Snow
Military units to reunite for mental health support in new VA pilot to prevent suicide
The program, dubbed Operation Resilience, will focus on troops who saw heavy casualties in combat or high-rates of suicide at home.
Lone survivor in Marine Corps midair collision off Japanese coast released from the hospital
Six Marines were killed following a tragic air mishap between an F/A-18 and KC-130J.
By Shawn Snow
Trump says troops could finish building border wall
Troop deployment to the Mexico border has raised questions about improper use of armed forces.
Search called off for 5 Marines aboard lost KC-130
A search over thousands of miles of waters off the coast of Japan was unable to find the lost crew.
Marine Corps CH-53 damaged during ground taxi Class A mishap
It’s the second major aviation mishap for the Corps this month.
By Shawn Snow
Retired soldier educating South about Islam
A retired Army major speaks about the Middle East, Islam and Muslim culture to people who have little experience, but strong opinions, about those topics.
By Drew Brooks, The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer via the AP