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US plans to shrink forces available to NATO during crises, sources say

The Trump administration is planning to shrink the pool of U.S. military capabilities available to assist NATO's European nations in a major crisis.

By Gram Slattery, Jonathan Landay and Andrew Gray, Reuters

2 hours ago

War in pieces: Air Force wants special ops plane that can be built on the fly

The Skyraider II, a militarized version of the AT-802 crop duster, is built to give isolated special ops teams eyes overhead and firepower on call.

By Michael Scanlon

4 hours ago

AI tool has ‘saved a lot of aircraft’ in Epic Fury, AFSOC chief says

Lt. Gen. Michael Conley said “necessity had been the mother of invention” in spurring the service to apply available machine learning tools in combat.

By Hope Hodge Seck

6 days ago

US special operations leaders frustrated by inability to modify their own equipment

The military must wait for manufacturers to fix or upgrade equipment, leaving them with outdated capabilities as technology evolves quickly, they said.

By Michael Peck

6 days ago

Coast Guard to stand up special forces command

The U.S. Coast Guard is standing up a new Special Missions Command to consolidate its elite maritime response forces.

13 days ago

Pentagon assures safe passage through Strait of Hormuz despite presence of mines

The guarantee follows a security warning from U.S. Naval Forces Central Command to vessels on Monday about the presence of mines in the strait.

2 weeks ago