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Pilot reported fire on vintage military plane before Alaska crash
The C54D-DC airplane — a military version of the WWII-era Douglas DC-4 aircraft — crashed outside Fairbanks Tuesday. No survivors were found.
American doughboys in World War I depended on foreign weapons technology, US Navy might
The U.S. Navy was the best-prepared and best-equipped of all the country’s armed forces. For many years, it had been focusing much of its energy on preparing for a surface naval confrontation with Germany.
By David Longenbach, Pennsylvania State University
Faulty nav data caused drone to enter fatal dive, break apart
An RQ-4B Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft broke apart and crashed in California last June after its navigation system began producing faulty navigation data, causing it to nearly invert and dive.
Global Hawk drone crashed off the coast of Spain in June, but the Air Force stayed mum
An RQ-4 Global Hawk crashed off the coast of Spain in June, the Air Force acknowledging, about 2 ½ months after the remotely piloted aircraft plunged into the ocean.
Trump wants NATO to aim for 4 percent defense spending
U.S. President Donald Trump has railed on NATO nations for not spending 2 percent GDP on defense. Now he's raising the bar.
By Aaron Mehta
This week in Congress: New military money and a new VA Secretary
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of June 25.
Number of Air Force drone-related mishaps has remained steady since 2011
The number of drone accidents over the past five to six years has remained steady, but the rate of crashes seems to be decreasing, data on aviation mishaps shows.
By Valerie Insinna
Leaked ISIS propaganda video allegedly shows deaths of US troops in Niger ambush
The Islamic State released a propaganda video Sunday that allegedly depicts the Oct. 4 ambush near the village of Tongo Tongo, Niger, that killed four U.S. soldiers.
Air Force board begins choosing next enlisted RPA pilots
The Air Force has begun selecting the next group of enlisted airmen who will train to fly remotely-piloted aircraft.
How North Vietnam's P-4s missed the mark
Modifications to the aluminum-hulled vessels improved the P-4’s air defense but had a downside.
By Carl O. Schuster