MAY 7, 2026 - Air Force F-22 Raptors assigned to the 90th Fighter Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and the 27th Fighter Squadron, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, arrived at Kadena Air Base, Japan, marking the latest fighter rotation supporting operations across the Indo-Pacific region. While deployed to the Keystone of the Pacific, the F-22s will … [Read more...]
Pentagon Lab Day Demonstrates Best Research
MAY 7, 2026 - Dozens of scientists and engineers from around the War Department visited the Pentagon. They showcased what the best and brightest minds are creating in the nation's most advanced research labs. Some of the technology on display included bacteria that makes concrete. Other highlights were lasers that can bend to increase the lethality of energy weapons at … [Read more...]
Guard Welcomes Remains of WWII Airman Home
MAY 6, 2026 – When Army Air Corps 2nd Lt. Joseph Burke came home to Troy, New York, on May 1 – 84 years after he left – New York Army National Guard Soldiers welcomed him at the airport. Joseph Leroy “Roy” Burke was captured by the Japanese in May 1942 in the Philippines and held prisoner for more than two years. He was killed inadvertently by U.S. forces in January 1945, as … [Read more...]
Coast Guard to Counter Maritime Threats at Home, Abroad
MAY 6, 2026 – The Coast Guard is standing up the Special Missions Command to oversee its deployable specialized forces. The command will enhance the operational effectiveness of the Coast Guard in responding to a wide range of national emergencies and events as the demand for deployable specialized forces capabilities increase. The Coast Guard selected the existing Coast … [Read more...]
82nd Airborne Division Ready to Respond
MAY 6, 2026 - When the president or the secretary of war needs immediate, scalable and lethal combat power anywhere in the world, 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers answer the call, Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said today during a Pentagon press briefing. Caine said the "All American Division" is the core of the nation's immediate … [Read more...]