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Adaptive engine work feeds sixth-gen fighter design, says US Air Force
The Air Force is adapting AETP features into the future Next Generation Air Dominance platform’s engines.
Biden and Erdogan to meet at a tense moment for Turkish-US ties
The list of disagreements is unusually long for the two NATO allies: There's U.S. support for Kurdish fighters in Syria, as well as Turkey’s purchase of a Russian weapons system.
It’s time to solve the puzzle for veterans exposed to toxic hazards
Hope for veterans exposed to toxic exposures is on the horizon with multiple legislative solutions, say the authors of this commentary.
By Stephen “Butch” Whitehead, Hal Roesch II and Lt. Gen. (ret.) Michael Linnington
Air Force JTACS training Syrians to help call in helo airstrikes raises questions
Syrian Democratic Forces aren't quite learning to be JTACs, but they've been getting some training.
By Kyle Rempfer
NORAD F-22s intercept Russian fighters, bombers near Alaska
NORAD said the Russian aircraft never entered U.S. or Canadian airspace.
Soldier to receive Medal of Honor for Iraq hostage rescue
An American soldier who helped rescue about 70 hostages set to be executed by Islamic State militants in Iraq has been approved to receive the Medal of Honor for actions during a daring 2015 raid, The Associated Press has learned.
Over 10,000 Islamic State fighters active in Iraq, Syria as attacks ‘significantly’ increase: UN
Though no longer a physical caliphate, ISIS remains a threat.
By Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press
Fallen Ranger died freeing Taliban’s prisoners last year
Upon landing in Jawand district, the team received small-arms fire and the guards at the Taliban detention facility released their prisoners.
By Kyle Rempfer
No coalition casualties as US troops, SDF, return fire on pro-Syrian regime forces in Syria, officials say
Syrian state media and an opposition war monitoring group reported that a U.S. helicopter gunship attacked a Syrian army checkpoint. U.S. defense officials say that didn't happen.
By Howard Altman
Here’s the current US plan to build up Syrian proxies, including an oilfield guard force
OIR wants to double the size of some proxy forces in Syria and train a 2,200-man local “oilfield guard force” in the northeastern part of the country.
By Kyle Rempfer