CENTCOM confirmed the pilot made an emergency landing during combat operations. CNN sources told the outlet the aircraft was struck by an Iranian munition. Shigeaki Mori, an atomic bomb survivor, spent decades researching the forgotten American prisoners of war killed in the Hiroshima attack. The move will save the commissary system money, officials said in their announcement of the change. The U.S. Postal Service temporarily suspended mail services in 28 military ZIP codes in the Middle East. Amid waves of Iranian drone attacks, the U.S. Defense Department is pushing to finally field high-energy laser weapons in the next 36 months. By Jared Keller
6 days ago Six airmen were killed when a U.S. Air Force KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed during ongoing combat operations against Iran. Pfc. Norton Retzsch was first reported missing in action on July 9, 1943, during the Battle of Enogai on New Georgia in the Solomon Islands. Capt. Robert A Lewis wrote the account during and in the immediate aftermath of dropping the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. An estimated 137,000 civilians are expected to receive bills for medical care they received at military hospitals and clinics since 2023. For more than two hours, Frank Crilley struggled to save his entangled shipmate below the sea. By Jon Guttman
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