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U.S. Army soldiers go through a command post modernization operational assessment at the Kinnard Mission Training Complex at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, in 2021.

For command post survival, US Army wants more mobility and concealment

Command posts of the past were relatively stationary, cumbersome to set up and break down, and often identifiable by the heat and noise they emit.

By Colin Demarest

7 months ago

Members of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing take part in the inactivation ceremony of the 41st Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 28, 2021. The 41st EECS operated the EC-130H Compass Call aircraft, conducting electronic warfare for just under 20 years in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility before being officially inactivated. (Master Sgt. Wolfram Stumpf/Air Force)

This Compass Call squadron is coming home after 20 years of hacking and jamming enemies in CENTCOM

These EC-130H crews have flown about 14,750 sorties in U.S. CENTCOM — more than 90,000 hours in the air.

By Rachel S. Cohen

2 years ago

Russian intercept marks a return to Cold War behavior in Europe’s skies

Russian fighters buzzing U.S. Navy recon planes in Eastern Europe could lead to disaster, analysts warn.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

5 years ago

Russian fighter jet flies dangerously close to US airplane, Navy says

Monday's encounter over the Black Sea was the latest in a string of hazardous intercepts involving U.S. Navy recon planes and Russian fighter jets.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz and Tara Copp, AP

5 years ago

How the US dropped more munitions in Afghanistan this year than it has since the height of the war

U.S. Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A) has dropped more munitions in the first three months of this year than during the same time period in 2011 — a time widely considered the height of the war in Afghanistan.

By Kyle Rempfer

6 years ago

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