Airmen cut red tape to bring innovation to Air Force warplane operations

The Air Force recently chose two grassroots projects to streamline bomb-loading and weapons system maintenance on warplanes across the service.

Filipino activists and fishermen sail in 100-boat flotilla to disputed shoal guarded by China

A flotilla of about 100 mostly small fishing boats led by Filipino activists sailed to a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, where Beijing’s coast guard and suspected militia ships have used powerful water cannons to ward off what they regard as intruders.

Naval Academy plebes end their first year with daunting traditional climb of Herndon Monument

First-year students at the U.S. Naval Academy are taking part in the annual Herndon Monument Climb on Wednesday, a ritual that marks the end of their plebe year and some say foreshadows career success.

‘Playing their hearts out’: DODEA baseball all-stars show their skills to Major League scouts

Scouts from the Detroit Tigers, Miami Marlins and Tampa Bay Rays offered a touch of professional training to all-stars from Defense Department schools in the Pacific and the Yokohama Bay Boys, a Japanese high school team. The five-hour event took place on Yokosuka’s Berkey Field.

Land forces hold key to keeping peace, US Army Pacific commander says

The commanding general of U.S. Army Pacific stood before hundreds of soldiers from armed forces around the region Tuesday and continually returned to one topic: peace.

Okinawa governor complains about jump training at Air Force base on main island

Okinawa’s governor has asked for a halt to parachute training at the Air Force base on the prefecture’s main island and for a range of other measures aimed at curbing the impact of U.S. forces stationed there.

Biden administration is moving ahead on new $1.26 billion arms sale to Israel, congressional aides say

The Biden administration, congressional aides say, has told key lawmakers it would send a new package of roughly $1.26 billion in additional arms and ammunition to Israel to include about $700 million for tank ammunition, $500 million in tactical vehicles and $60 million in mortar rounds.

Navy cost for fire at shuttered California blimp hangar could surpass $100M

The Navy could pay up to $137 million to clean up the site of a World War II blimp hangar in Southern California destroyed in a fire in November, local officials estimate.

Dayton Air Show will feature MQ-9 Reaper drone for the first time

For the first time, visitors to the CenterPoint Energy Dayton Air Show will be able to see a General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drone up close, parked on the tarmac at Dayton International Airport.