The U.S. military has launched its most intensive Somalia bombing campaign on record, U.S. Africa Command strike data show.

A former Space Force officer who was relieved of command in 2021 over remarks stemming from a book he wrote on Marxist thinking within the U.S. military is now the No. 2 civilian leader of the Air Force.

A recently awarded Army contract aims to provide more weapons that use high-powered microwaves to help soldiers take down drone swarms in one swoop.

U.S. troops need more artificial intelligence support to challenge Russia and China on the information battlefield, where those two adversaries have American forces outgunned, according to a new Pentagon-commissioned report.

U.S. military police and German authorities this month practiced taking down a small drone during drills near Ramstein Air Base, which has seen multiple airspace violations in the past year by unmanned aircraft.   

Covering the conflict from February 2022 to July 2024, the report, titled “How Russia Fights,” is the result of a yearslong effort by a team of former American officers brought out of retirement.

David Mazzarella, 87, served as both editorial director and ombudsman for Stars and Stripes from 2000-2009. Prior to that, he spent five years as the editor of USA Today.

A recent robotic assault by Ukraine on Russian positions marked a watershed moment for how ground combat forces must prepare for war, a top U.S. general said.

The US-led NATO alliance must prepare for the possibility that Russia and China could launch wars in Europe and the Pacific simultaneously, with 2027 being a potential flashpoint year, Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich said.

Gen. Christopher Donahue, head of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, delivered a challenge to arms manufacturers, telling a gathering of defense industry insiders that he wants a universal rocket launcher so allies can fight as one.