Air Force Wants to Fire Lasers from Aircraft by 2023 The Air Force plans to be able to incinerate targets such as incoming missiles with aircraft-launched laser weapons by 2023.
Russia 'Closing Gap' Between US with Newer Air Defenses, General Says Russia's development of new surface-to-air missile systems and other air defenses has 'closed the gap' between U.S. air...
Russia Arms Fighter-Bombers in Syria with Air-to-Air Missiles The potential for conflict between Russia and the U.S.-led coalition increased as Russia put air-to-air missiles on its jets...
Critics Try but Fail to Kill $1 Billion Weapons Deal for Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia is poised to receive a hefty $1.3 billion weapons package that includes 13,000 "smart bombs" from the United...
US Claims Right to Defend Against Russian Anti-Air Systems in Syria The DoD warned Russia that the U.S. has the right to self-defense against surface-to-air missiles deployed by Russia to Syria...
Police Who Shot Florida Airman 6 Times in His Home May Have Entered Wrong Apartment, Family Says Senior Airman Roger Fortson lived in an off-base residence, and his special operations squadron at Hurlburt Field in the...
Florida Airman Was Shot by Deputy Within Seconds of Opening Apartment Door, Body Cam Footage Shows Only as Fortson is lying on the floor of his apartment fatally wounded does the deputy tell him to drop his weapon, a firearm...
'They Took My Gift Away': In Interview, Mother of Florida Airman Killed by Police Describes Shock Meka Fortson told Military.com in an exclusive interview Thursday that her son, Senior Airman Roger Fortson, had always...
Army Pumping Millions into Food Kiosks, But They May Soon Be Obsolete Kiosks are effectively small snack stands providing soldiers with sandwiches, candy, chips and soda -- offerings that hold...
Apache Crash Injures 2 Fort Riley Soldiers as Army Grapples with Nonstop Aviation Incidents The pair of soldiers with the 1st Infantry Division's Combat Aviation Brigade were being treated for injuries after the crash...