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House backs $1.55 billion to revive E-7 Wedgetail, spares Navy Hawkeye

The White House budget office wants to raid a Navy radar-plane account and a classified Air Force line to pull the E-7 Wedgetail back from the dead.

By Michael Scanlon

3 days ago

Staff Sgt. Sabrina Scruggs, 315th Training Squadron instructor, celebrates her achievement during the technical sergeant release party at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, July 1, 2021. Coworkers and family members congratulated promotion selectees before they received their certificates. (Senior Airman Abbey Rieves/Air Force)

Air Force selects new technical sergeants with highest promotion rate since 2021

The Air Force announced the promotion of 6,668 staff sergeants to technical sergeant for a selection rate of 26.56%.

By Cristina Stassis

5 days ago

Flu outbreak sickens 200 trainees at Lackland Air Force Base

The outbreak among trainees comes two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the annual flu shot optional for U.S. military personnel.

By Cristina Stassis

6 days ago

US couldn’t repair battle-damaged ships in war with China, study finds

Battle-damaged U.S. warships could not be quickly repaired and returned to combat during a war with China, according to a new study by RAND.

By Michael Peck

6 days ago

US military lifts Navy blockade in Strait of Hormuz after two months

President Trump said the U.S. military is mine hunting in the strait and that the passage would be fully open Friday.

By Riley Ceder

9 days ago

Senate, House defense bills seek to prevent renaming of US Navy vessels

A section of the FY27 NDAA includes a provision that the Navy secretary may only change the name of a ship with the consent of the Senate.

By Claire Barrett

11 days ago

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