Trump’s budget proposes massive defense spending with 10% cut to other programs
The proposed surge in defense spending includes a 5-7% pay raise for military personnel.
By Bo Erickson and Ryan Patrick Jones, Reuters
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Iranian strikes target the infrastructure behind US airpower
Iran has struck radar systems, satellite communications and mission-critical aircraft at US bases across Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
By Michael Scanlon
Rape charges dropped against former MTI in Lackland scandal
The Air Force on Monday dropped rape charges against a former military training instructor, whose convictions were overturned last year.
Key Democrat fighting plan to slash Pentagon agencies
The House Armed Services Committee’s top Democrat is pushing back on a proposal to shutter seven Pentagon support agencies and slash 25 percent from the budgets of most of the others.
By Joe Gould
Major bill aims to slash Pentagon bureaucracy
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee has targeted most Pentagon support agencies for a 25 percent cut, proposing seven be shuttered entirely.
By Joe Gould
US to hit Russia with new sanctions for aiding Syria’s Assad
President Donald Trump on Sunday defended his use of the phrase “Mission Accomplished” to describe a U.S.-led missile attack on Syria’s chemical weapons program, even as his aides stressed continuing U.S. troop involvement and plans for new economic sanctions against Russia for enabling the government of Bashar Assad.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
The Pentagon is asking for 3 times as many drones for 2019
A new report from the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard University found the Department of Defense is asking for three times as many drones for 2019 as it did in 2018.
By Kelsey D. Atherton