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Time is running out to recognize, compensate aging atomic veterans

The VA’s failure to provide timely benefits makes RECA a critical lifeline for many veterans, Keith Kiefer argues in an op-ed.

By Keith Kiefer

10 days ago

B-1 bomber rises from the ‘Boneyard’ to rejoin the Air Force’s fleet

After an engine fire destroyed a B-1 Lancer bomber in 2022, the Air Force picked a new "Bone" from its jet graveyard to replace it.

By Courtney Mabeus-Brown and Zamone Perez

3 weeks ago

With Turkey’s invasion of Syria, concerns mount over nukes at Incirlik

Some are questioning whether it's time to pull nukes out of Incirlik.

By Stephen Losey

5 years ago

North Korea threatens to resume nuke, long-range missile tests

North Korea threatened again Thursday to resume nuclear and long-range missile tests, accusing the U.S. of having instigated some members of the U.N. Security Council to condemn its recent weapons tests.

5 years ago

B-52 Stratofortresses deploy to England

The BUFF was previously deployed to RAF Fairford earlier this year, and returned home in April.

By Stephen Losey

5 years ago

North Korea: No more talks until US ends ‘hostile policy’

North Korea said Sunday that it won’t meet with the United States for more “sickening negotiations” unless it abandons its “hostile policy” against the North, as the two countries offered different takes on their weekend nuclear talks in Sweden.

5 years ago

North Korea says submarine-launched missile test succeeded

North Korea confirmed Thursday it has carried out its first underwater-launched ballistic missile test in three years, in an apparent bid to dial up pressure on the United States ahead of a weekend resumption of their nuclear diplomacy.

5 years ago

Iran supports European plan to bolster nuclear deal

President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that Iran supports a plan by European countries to bolster a nuclear deal that Tehran reached with the West in 2015 and from which the United States withdrew last year.

5 years ago

At least seven dead in fiery crash of World War II-era B-17 Flying Fortress

A World War II-era B-17 bomber crashed in a fireball as it tried to land Wednesday at New England’s second-busiest airport, seriously injuring at least six people aboard, officials said.

5 years ago

South Korea says North Korea fired a projectile off eastern coast

North Korea on Wednesday fired projectiles toward its eastern sea, South Korea’s military said, in an apparent display of its expanding military capabilities ahead of planned nuclear negotiations with the United States this weekend.

5 years ago

Bolton critical of North Korea in first speech since ouster from Trump administration

Former national security adviser John Bolton gave a characteristically pessimistic outlook on the prospects for getting North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons as he made his first public appearance since he was ousted from his post by President Donald Trump.

5 years ago

Parade marking 70 years of Communist Party rule in China offers a glimpse into country’s military ambitions

A parade Tuesday by China’s secretive military will offer a rare look at its rapidly developing arsenal, including possibly a nuclear-capable missile that could reach the United States in 30 minutes, as Beijing gets closer to matching Washington and other powers in weapons technology.

5 years ago