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Amid Red Sea clashes, Navy leaders ask: Where are our ship lasers?
“We’re 10 years down the road, and we still don’t have something we can field?”
Navy launches ship named for gay rights leader Harvey Milk
Harvey Milk was one of the first openly gay candidates elected to public office.
Veteran takes flight, sets adaptive paragliding record at 103
A pilot in World War II, Korean War breaks the record as oldest to paraglide in America.
By Alexander Shur
This Tuskegee Airman accomplished a lot. But nothing topped winning the 1st ‘Top Gun’ trophy
Their trophy is now on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
Reagan carrier strike group now operating in 5th Fleet amid Afghanistan withdrawal
The Reagan carrier strike group will “operate and train alongside regional and coalition partners” and provide airpower to assist U.S. and coalition forces while the U.S. withdraws troops from Afghanistan.
By Diana Stancy
Stolen Army assault rifles keep showing up in California
Nearly a decade after the theft, at least nine AK-74s remain missing.
By Jeannie Ohm
30 Years On, Veterans Recall the Desert Storm Air War
People tend to remember Desert Storm as a short, easy war—and compared with the “forever” wars that followed, that makes sense: a 100-hour ground war blip in the annals of history.
By Kelly Kennedy, The War Horse
This 97-year-old just finished the Marine Corps Marathon. Here’s how the Iwo Jima veteran earned a Silver Star
The backstory behind this inspiring Marine:
By Jared Morgan
97-year-old Silver Star Iwo Jima veteran to be oldest Marine participant in Marine Corps Marathon
“I haven’t competed in a marathon before, but I’ve never been afraid of a challenge."
By Jared Morgan
Montana ridge named in honor of airmen who died in 1962 B-47 crash
The area of Montana countryside where an Air Force plane crashed was renamed "B-47 Ridge" in honor of the airmen killed in the 1962 incident.
Congress passes bill honoring airmen killed in 1962 B-47 crash in Montana
The B-47 Ridge Designation Act, a bill honoring four airmen killed in a 1962 crash on Emigrant Peak, passed the House of Representatives unanimously.
By Sam Klomhaus, Livingston (Mont.) Enterprise via the AP