CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager was remembered at a memorial service Friday as a hero, legend and friend who would go out of his way to help others.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A top Turkish official is calling on the new U.S. administration to engage in a dialogue with Turkey and to review a decision to sanction the country over its purchase of an advanced Russian air defense system.
NEW YORK (AP) — Norah O’Donnell has seen a lot during her career, including sexual assault in the military, the Las Vegas mass shooting, and interviews with world leaders. Yet, the CBS Evening News anchor says she’s “never covered a year in my entire journalistic career like this last year.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's concern about President Donald Trump potentially ordering the launch of a nuclear weapon in his final days in office highlights a little-known fact: Launch authority rests with the president alone.
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's concern about President Donald Trump potentially ordering the launch of a nuclear weapon in his final days in office highlights a little-known fact: Launch authority rests with the president alone.
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The U.S. Air Force has deployed about 90 airmen and an unspecified number of drone aircraft to a base in central Romania, boosting its military presence in the region where there are allied concerns that Russia is trying to display its military strength.
The Veterans Depot Museum in West Frankfort opened in 1989. Volunteers are currently working to inventory its collection and improve the space.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States flew strategic bombers over the Persian Gulf on Wednesday for the second time this month, a show of force meant to deter Iran from attacking American or allied targets in the Middle East.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Black service members in the Air Force are far more likely to be investigated, arrested, face disciplinary actions and be discharged for misconduct, according to a new report that looked at racial disparities across the service.
The 2020 graduating class of flight test pilots at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School in California includes five women — a record number.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — As eight Navy midshipmen file into their economics class, instructor Kurtis Swope points to the antibacterial wipes on the desk. "Did you grab wipes?" he asks, then tells each one to take two, wipe down the desk when they arrive and again when they leave. "That should be your process."
Bacon, a two-term incumbent and retired Air Force brigadier general, narrowly fended off a challenge during the blue wave of 2018 from nonprofit executive Kara Eastman in this Omaha-anchored seat. The Democrat is back this year with a more professional campaign team that has recalibrated her presentation to appeal to the district’s more moderate voters.
The FBI is investigating the shooting of a military helicopter during a training mission in Virginia, injuring one crew member, officials said.
Madison's Truax Field has been selected to receive new F-35 fighter jets from the Air Force. The jets may be marginally louder than the F-16s that currently fly from the base, so naturally Madison residents are in an uproar over the fighter planes.
OUR VIEW: Final report on impact of fighter jets helps reinforce benefits and ease fears
The Marines are “always faithful.” The Coastguard is “always ready.” The U.S. Navy is “always strong.” If there were a motto to describe the late Harvey “Sarge” Helms of Herrin, it might be "always there."
The sequence of events that led to the killing of the Quds Force commander began hours earlier in Beirut as drones tracked his every move.
Iranian Gen. Qassim Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, has been killed in an airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport, an attack that's expected to draw severe Iranian retaliation against Israel and American interests.
The strikes expose the simmering conflict between Israel and its archenemy Iran. The two foes have increasingly clashed over what Israel says is Iran's deeper presence along its borders.
McKenzie said the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces provided "early intelligence" that "was very helpful to us," adding "So I would say that they were part of it" while making it clear that only US personnel were involved in the raid itself.
After ISIS took over large parts of northeastern Syria and northwestern Iraq years ago, the US put together a coalition to combat the terror g…
A WWII-era bomber carrying 13 people crashed and burned Wednesday at a Connecticut airport as it attempted to return after a problem in the air, killing multiple people.
President Donald Trump says a U.S. warship destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between the two countries.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it shot down the drone over Iranian airspace in what was the first direct Iranian-claimed attack on the U.S. amid recent heightened tensions, while U.S. officials said the downing happened over international airspace in the Strait of Hormuz.
Operation Overlord begins