New in 2024: With first B-21 flight done, Northrop eyes next contract

The first B-21 flight came nearly a year after its highly publicized December 2022 debut in California.

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Military quality of life a key focus of Congress in 2024

A special House panel has been examining the issue for the last year.

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In this Oct. 19, 2018, photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, one of the multiple launch switches sits in the upper-left portion of a panel at a missile alert facility launch control center operated by the 320th Missile Squadron at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo.

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Air Force said its nuclear missile silos were safe, but dangers lurked

Documents show the risks toxic substances posed in the underground capsules and silos where Air Force nuclear missile crews have worked since the 1960s.

New in 2024: A fresh start for enlisted leadership

Will the new chiefs win fans or fall flat?

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This undated photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows an X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

US military space plane blasts off on another secretive mission

The Space Force's reusable, robotic craft is carrying classified experiments. There's no one on board.

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‘All we can do for you now’: How Czech sabotage saved a B-17 crew

It was not until the 1944 introduction of the P-51 Mustang that B-17s would be regularly accompanied by fighter escorts.

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New military child care benefit to kick in starting January 1

Open season is over, but many troops with a qualifying life event may still be able to sign up for the new benefit.

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Military hypothermia and frostbite decline as cold-weather ops ramp up

Even as more troops participate in cold-weather training, injuries associated with the cold are on the way down.

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New in 2024: Moving to your next base should be a bit easier

Troops who planned to be stateside between October and December 2023 will now come back by the end of March 2024.

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Sexual assault prosecutions officially out of the chain of command

For the first time, unit commanders won't have to make decisions on whether to prosecute a variety of serious crimes.

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American soldiers, members of Gen. Frank Merrill's 'marauders', with trained Chinese soldiers on a jungle trail in Burma circa 1940.

Russell Hamler of famed WWII Merrill’s Marauders dies at 99

Russell Hamler was believed to be the last living member of the famed American jungle fighting unit in World War II nicknamed the Merrill’s Marauders.

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Ukrainian servicemen carry national flags and photos of their comrade Vasyl Boichuk who was killed in Mykolayiv in March 2022, during his funeral ceremony at the cemetery in Iltsi village, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023.

US announces new weapons package for Ukraine

It could be the final package of military aid to Ukraine unless Congress approves supplemental funding legislation that is stalled on Capitol Hill.

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New in 2024: Air officer, enlisted training gets a makeover

At every level of an airman's career, education will start to look a little different.

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New in 2024: A new slate of officers takes over

“We have accelerated change, and now must turn this momentum into outcomes,” he said Nov. 17.

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The Capitol in Washington, D.C., is seen Nov. 4, 2022.

New year brings same government shutdown threats

Congress enters 2024 without a clear plan for federal spending, just a few weeks before another budget deadline.

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Navy wife films heartwarming pregnancy reveal gone awry

This Navy family's pregnancy reveal fail will warm your icy heart.

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New in 2024: Another year of deployment reform begins

Three “air task forces,” announced in September, will take shape over the course of 2024.

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A Marine Osprey lands aboard the USS Somerset, Feb. 27, 2014, in Philadelphia.

Congress launches an investigation into the Osprey program

A congressional oversight committee has launched an investigation into the V-22 Osprey program following a deadly crash in Japan on Nov. 29.

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B-2 Spirit stealth bomber set to return for New Year’s Day flyover

The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is set to fly over the Tournament of Roses after missing it this past year.

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Daily News Roundup

The first B-21 flight came nearly a year after its highly publicized December 2022 debut in California.

A special House panel has been examining the issue for the last year.

Documents show the risks toxic substances posed in the underground capsules and silos where Air Force nuclear missile crews have worked since the 1960s.

Will the new chiefs win fans or fall flat?

The Space Force's reusable, robotic craft is carrying classified experiments. There's no one on board.

It was not until the 1944 introduction of the P-51 Mustang that B-17s would be regularly accompanied by fighter escorts.

Open season is over, but many troops with a qualifying life event may still be able to sign up for the new benefit.

Even as more troops participate in cold-weather training, injuries associated with the cold are on the way down.

Troops who planned to be stateside between October and December 2023 will now come back by the end of March 2024.

For the first time, unit commanders won't have to make decisions on whether to prosecute a variety of serious crimes.

Russell Hamler was believed to be the last living member of the famed American jungle fighting unit in World War II nicknamed the Merrill’s Marauders.

It could be the final package of military aid to Ukraine unless Congress approves supplemental funding legislation that is stalled on Capitol Hill.

At every level of an airman's career, education will start to look a little different.

“We have accelerated change, and now must turn this momentum into outcomes,” he said Nov. 17.

Congress enters 2024 without a clear plan for federal spending, just a few weeks before another budget deadline.

This Navy family's pregnancy reveal fail will warm your icy heart.

Three “air task forces,” announced in September, will take shape over the course of 2024.

A congressional oversight committee has launched an investigation into the V-22 Osprey program following a deadly crash in Japan on Nov. 29.

The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is set to fly over the Tournament of Roses after missing it this past year.