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VA may fast-track disability benefits for Air Force missile community
The Department of Veterans Affairs is considering offering easier access to disability benefits to airmen in the nuclear missile community.
Air Force expanding review of cancers in nuclear missile community
The expanded Air Force study will consider a broader range of career fields as well as an additional base.
By Tara Copp, AP
US Air Force’s Sentinel missile ‘struggling,’ faces rising costs
It has been decades since the Air Force last developed a nuclear missile, the secretary says, and surprise issues are cropping up.
Russia says it test-fired an ICBM from a new nuclear submarine
The report comes as tensions are soaring between Russia and the West over the fighting in Ukraine.
Air Force terminates missile test flight due to anomaly
An unarmed U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile was intentionally destroyed when something went wrong during a test launch from California.
F-35 program finishes years-late tests needed for full production
The complex simulations at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland were meant to test how well the F-35 would perform in real-world combat scenarios.
Air Force test-launches unarmed nuclear missile with 3 warheads
Test launches ensure America’s land-based nuclear missiles are still viable after more than 50 years.
A US Navy sub arrives in South Korea, a day after North’s missile test
The guided-missile submarine Michigan arrived Friday, a day after North Korea resumed missile tests to protest U.S.-South Korean live-fire drills.
The Space Force’s new fitness regime has landed
PT tests are suspended for all guardians until July 1 while people decide whether to sign up for the study.
China says it conducted mid-course missile interception test
Such systems aim to bring down ballistic missiles while they are flying in space midcourse on the way to their targets.
Republican budget plan will ‘undermine’ US security, warns Biden admin
The Biden administration is portraying plans from Republicans to gut the federal budget as jeopardizing national security.
By Joe Gould