OCTOBER 18, 2024 – A new Stryker unit has been designated to 6th Battalion, 56th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (ADAR), 1st Cavalry Division. This development marks a pivotal step in modernizing our air defense systems to combat evolving threats in contemporary warfare environments by enhancing our battlefield capabilities. Staff Sgt. Craig Jordan, from Rockledge, Florida, … [Read more...]
Archives for 2024
U.S. Strikes Underground Targets in Yemen
OCTOBER 18, 2024 - Late Wednesday evening, the Pentagon announced that the United States had deployed B-2 Spirit bombers to the Middle East to destroy targets in Yemen. The target sites, controlled by the Houthis, were buried deep underground, said the Pentagon press secretary during a briefing today. "U.S. military forces, including U.S. Air Force B-2 bombers, conducted … [Read more...]
Hicks Speaks on Defense-Related Challenges
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks conducts a Center for Strategic and International Studies fire side discussion with Washington Programs at Syracuse University director, Beverly Kirk, Washington, D.C., Oct. 15, 2024. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders) OCTOBER 17, 2024 - Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks spoke of the challenges the … [Read more...]
Guard Honors WWII Pilot with Heritage Jet
Jim Kunkle, World War II U.S. Army Air Corps veteran, poses outside, Sept. 21, 2024, during the Central Coast AirFest at the Santa Maria Airport in Santa Maria, California. The 155th Air Refueling Wing's KC-135 had heritage paint scheme honoring Kunkle, replicating the P-38 he flew in WWII. Kunkle served as a fighter pilot during WWII and flew P-38 and P-57 aircraft. Kunkle … [Read more...]
Search Continues for VAQ-130 Aviators
[UPDATE: OCTOBER 21, 2024] The U.S. Navy has declared two missing crewmembers of the EA-18G Growler crash, deceased. Electronic Attack Wing Pacific has shifted from search and rescue efforts to recovery operations, Oct. 20. As a matter of respect for the families and in accordance with Navy policy, the identities of the Naval Aviators will be withheld until 24 hours after … [Read more...]