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Three years after Abbey Gate, Air Force nurse receives Bronze Star
A flight nurse that risked his life to save victims of the 2021 Kabul airport attack was awarded a Bronze Star earlier this month for his valor.
By Riley Ceder
US, Philippine forces launch combat drills in South China Sea
American and Filipino forces launched their largest combat exercises in years Monday in a show of allied firepower that has alarmed Beijing.
Review says Abbey Gate bombing wasn’t preventable
A new review says the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed U.S. troops and Afghans in August 2021 was not preventable.
Guardian’s NASA mission lands a first for Space Force
The Crew-9 mission is part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, designed to shuttle workers to and from the International Space Station.
Airmen who saved lives after Kabul bombing awarded Bronze Stars
Capt. Carlos Mendoza and Staff Sgt. Morgan Reed received the medals Nov. 9.
Air Guard nurse walked alongside Taliban to rescue patients from Kabul
Maj. Katie Lunning, Military Times' 2023 Airman of the Year, helped saved dozens of lives during the evacuation of Afghanistan as a critical care nurse.
Watchdog: Nuclear states modernize weapons, Chinese arsenal growing
Swedish think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said that “we are drifting into one of the most dangerous periods in human history."
By The Associated Press
Pentagon draws ire of lawmakers over war crimes evidence sharing
Much of the session was spent answering lawmakers’ questions about the Pentagon’s resistance to cooperating with the International Criminal Court.
By Zamone Perez
Taliban kill mastermind of suicide bombing at Kabul airport
The Taliban have killed the senior Islamic State group leader behind the August 2021 bombing outside the Kabul airport that killed 13 U.S. service members.
By FARNOUSH AMIRI, MATTHEW LEE, AAMER MADHANI and LOLITA C. BALDOR