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Nearly 1,000 cadets graduate from Air Force Academy at Falcon Stadium
An undergraduate journey that began with tumult ended in cheers Thursday as nearly 1,000 Air Force Academy cadets graduated at Falcon Stadium.
For US military leaders, Afghan news strikes personal chord
The top two Pentagon leaders made it clear that the scenes unfolding in Afghanistan were tough for them to watch.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
US Senate votes down $50B defense infrastructure boost
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday rejected a Republican proposal to add $50 billion in defense infrastructure spending to Democrats’ budget resolution.
By Joe Gould
Sailor accused of starting USS Bonhomme Richard fire identified in warrant
Seaman Apprentice Ryan Sawyer Mays told investigators he was "setup," according to an affidavit.
Defense top line ‘will probably go up’: Key Dems see GOP boost as path to a deal
“The people who want to spend more than the Biden number have built a lot of support, and yes, I think that is a potential bipartisan pathway,” says House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith. “I don’t support it, I don’t think that’s where we should go, but at the end of the day, I have one vote.”
By Joe Gould
National Guard funding shortfalls could be fixed by week’s end under new congressional plan
Guard officials have said that they will cancel summer training if they don't get the money by August 1.
Guard training could be canceled as political fights delay reimbursement for Capitol Hill mission
Guard officials say they need $521 million in the next few weeks to avoid financial shortfalls for the rest of this fiscal year.
Can defense squeeze onto Congress’ busy agenda?
On Congress’ agenda when members return from the July 4 recess: late-arriving defense spending and policy bills as well as President Joe Biden’s pick for Navy secretary, among other Pentagon nominees.
By Joe Gould
Air Force Academy cadet killed in plane crash while home on leave
Cadet 2nd Class Nick Duran, 21, was one of two people aboard the single-engine plane when it went down Thursday night in Johnson County, Texas, near Fort Worth.
By Air Force Times staff