MAY 19, 2026 - Following a successful first flight in April, Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao announced today that the MQ-25A Stingray received Milestone C approval to move into Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP). The milestone marks a major step forward in the Navy’s commitment to unmanned carrier aviation. An LRIP Lot 1 contract for three aircraft is expected to be … [Read more...]
Field Artillery Creates Bonds Between Soldiers
MAY 19, 2026 - To most people outside the Army, field artillery is noise, firepower and destruction. The thunder of a howitzer firing can shake the ground beneath a soldier's feet, while the speed and precision required on the gunline can seem almost mechanical. For soldiers like Army Spc. Joshua Baizer, assigned to 1st Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd … [Read more...]
B-17 Pilot’s Story Silences the Room
MAY 19, 2026 — The hangar fell quiet. For nearly 30 minutes on Armed Forces Day, Capt. Richard "Dick" Nelms stood before a crowd at the B-17 Alliance Museum & Restoration Hangar at Salem McNary Airfield and described, in precise and unhurried detail, what it felt like to fly a B-17 Flying Fortress over Nazi-occupied Europe at 25,000 feet with flak tearing through the … [Read more...]
Airmen Pioneer AI Integration for Daily Operations
MAY 19, 2026 - Luke Air Force Base Airmen are shaping how the Air Force integrates artificial intelligence into daily operations, supporting faster decision-making and improved mission effectiveness across the force. What began with a short-notice tasking quickly evolved into a focused effort as a small team of Airmen set to identify how AI could be applied across the … [Read more...]
Hegseth Underscores Significance of Purple Hearts
MAY 19, 2026 - During a visit today with the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, as part of its "Week of the Eagles" celebration, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth administered the oath of enlistment to a handful of screaming eagle soldiers and pinned Purple Heart medals to the chests of nine others. While addressing the soldiers, the secretary laid out a "back … [Read more...]