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Here are the two companies creating drone wingmen for the US Air Force
The decision marks the service’s most significant step yet as it aims to create a series of drones using autonomous software to fly alongside piloted jets.
Test Pilot School looks to the cosmos in new space program
Fifteen students graduated from the Air Force Test Pilot School's new, three-month space program April 6.
Book excerpt: ‘The West’s War Against Islamic State: Operation Inherent Resolve in Syria and Iraq’
“The West’s War Against Islamic State” offers the first history of Operation Inherent Resolve and the West’s war against ISIS, from its inception in 2014 to the fall of Raqqa in 2017.
By Andrew Mumford
US Africa Command official hails ‘new beginning’ in Sudan
A U.S. deputy commander for Africa on Wednesday welcomed a “new beginning” and a “renewed relationship” between the U.S. and Sudan following the African country’s removal from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.
Former SEAL, not-for-profit sue VA over new rules restricting caregiver benefits
Andrew Sheets, his wife and caretaker, and Veteran Warriors, Inc. are suing the VA for restricting eligibility for a program that gives many parents, spouses and other caretakers the financial ability to care for disabled veterans.
By Harm Venhuizen
Biden landing team for Pentagon announced
Fifteen of the 23 individuals named on the landing team for the Pentagon are women
By Aaron Mehta
That time the Marine Corps killed a John Wayne movie
The Marine Corps put the kabosh on a John Wayne film, suggesting it to be a PR nightmare.
By Davis Winkie
NATO stands up Joint Force Command Norfolk to boost readiness in the Atlantic
The command is designed to reinforce NATO readiness in the Atlantic and bolster communications between Europe and North America.
By Diana Stancy
At military academies, COVID-19 is the enemy to be defeated
Under the siege of the coronavirus pandemic, classes have begun at the Naval Academy, the Air Force Academy and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press