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House backs $1.55 billion to revive E-7 Wedgetail, spares Navy Hawkeye

The White House budget office wants to raid a Navy radar-plane account and a classified Air Force line to pull the E-7 Wedgetail back from the dead.

By Michael Scanlon

18 hours ago

Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Michael Beatty, right, receives an influenza vaccine from Hospitalman Glenda Martinez on Nov. 20, 2020, in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the Pacific Ocean.

In shift, Pentagon grants flu vaccine exceptions to military services, some federal agencies

The Pentagon has updated their guidance on influenza vaccinations, giving select forces and agencies exceptions to the optional policy.

By Cristina Stassis

2 days ago

I once made my VA therapist cry. Then an AI chatbot got me talking about war and guilt

Talking with an AI chatbot started as a diversion, but later became a way to confess what I saw and did in Iraq, this veteran writes for The War Horse.

By Casey Elliott, The War Horse

2 days ago

Top Space Force official wears new mess dress uniform ahead of its formal wear testing

Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman sported the first wear-test asset of the mess dress at an Air Force graduation ceremony in mid-June.

By Cristina Stassis

2 days ago

Air Force selects new technical sergeants with highest promotion rate since 2021

The Air Force announced the promotion of 6,668 staff sergeants to technical sergeant for a selection rate of 26.56%.

By Cristina Stassis

3 days ago

Flu outbreak sickens 200 trainees at Lackland Air Force Base

The outbreak among trainees comes two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the annual flu shot optional for U.S. military personnel.

By Cristina Stassis

4 days ago