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USS Truman conducted largest airstrike in Navy history, official says
Sixteen aircraft dropped 124,000 pounds of ordnance in less than two minutes during a Feb. 1 airstrike in Somalia, a defense official told Military Times.
By Riley Ceder
Send Air Force F-35s to Japan
Stationing F-35As at Misawa Air Base in Japan would boost military cooperation with U.S. allies, writes this author.
By Dustin Walker
US holds fire on reports of Turkey’s second S-400 shipment
The U.S. warned against further engagement with Russia’s defense sector amid reports Turkey will move forward with a second S-400 batch.
Advanced engine industrial base at risk of ‘collapse,’ Air Force says
The head of the Air Force's propulsion directorate is concerned cancellation of AETP would weaken the advanced engine industrial base.
All US Air Force F-35s are flying again after ejection seat checks
Service technicians inspected 706 cartridges from 349 F-35s, as well as additional supplies of spare cartridges.
Here’s what we know about F-35 ejection seat woes so far
Military officials won’t answer whether they’ve found the problem on any planes.
Georgia residents say Air Force flyover damaged their homes
Residents said the Little League tournament flyover seemed louder and lower than usual and shook their homes.
Amid hiring boom, defense firms say labor shortage is dragging them down
Labor shortfalls rooted in the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic remain a millstone around the neck of the defense industry, forcing firms to juggle staff, hold job fairs and find workarounds to keep operations running as smoothly as possible.
Air Force grounds F-35As as ejection seat issue threatens fighter jets worldwide
Air Combat Command aims to finish checking its F-35As for faulty ejection seats by mid-October.
Biden pick for Pentagon acquisitions role vows to cut weapons system costs
The Pentagon is struggling to control costs associated with sustaining its weapons systems. For the Lockheed Martin-made F-35 jet, sustainment costs are on track to become so expensive that the Air Force will either have to cut its planned buy or flying hours, the the Government Accountability Office found.
By Joe Gould
Biden presses for chips legislation in meeting with Pentagon’s No. 2 and Lockheed
President Joe Biden met virtually on Monday with the chief executive of Lockheed Martin and other companies to spur forward a bill to boost semiconductor production in the United States.
By Joe Gould