The Pentagon said it's unlikely that U.S. military operations caused civilian casualties in more than a dozen instances around the world in 2022. In a memo obtained by Defense News, a Marine Corps squadron commander raises the alarm about the quality of Lockheed Martin's new F-35C jets. After an engine fire destroyed a B-1 Lancer bomber in 2022, the Air Force picked a new "Bone" from its jet graveyard to replace it. The Marine was part of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Training Squadron 303, which trains pilots to fly the AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom helicopters. A new risk worksheet introduced by Air Education and Training Command aims to get to the root of maintainer mishaps. The Air Force’s fleet is already less than one-fifth of its size at its 1956 peak, when it had 26,104 aircraft. A decision on whether Special Forces families will get a child development center at Camp "Bull" Simons, Florida, may arrive in the coming weeks. The U.S. Army will no longer allow military commanders to decide on their own whether soldiers accused of certain serious crimes can leave the service rath By Vianna Davila and Lexi Churchill, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune and Davis Winkie 3 weeks ago The Corps has 100 trained MQ-9A pilots but needs more. Between 2004 and 2019, the Marine Corps recorded more than 1,500 aviation incidents involving bird or animal strikes. Load More