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Russian jets harass US drones over Syria for second time in 24 hours
The U.S. Air Force says Russian fighter jets flew dangerously close to U.S. drone aircraft over Syria again Thursday.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press and Tara Copp, AP
Around-the-clock NATO air patrols fly to keep Russia at bay
NATO has nearly doubled the usual number of military jets on alert across Europe.
No, EU countries aren’t sending fighter jets to Ukraine
"NATO is not to be part of the conflict,” Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday.
Best pics of the week: May 16, 2021
Airmen test the new Uniform Integrated Protective Ensemble Air two-piece system, troops participate in Exercise Northern Edge and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
Best pics of the week: Feb. 16, 2020
An obstacle endurance course at Quantico, field training exercises at Fort Sill and more of this week's best military photos.
Mattis says Iran downing a US aircraft should be met with ‘retaliation’
Mattis said when he was the commander of CENTCOM an Iranian fighter made three attempts to shoot down a U.S. drone and missed each time. “Says something about their accuracy that they missed all three times.”
By Shawn Snow
Russia shows hypersonic weapon to US inspectors
The Russian military says it has shown its latest hypersonic weapon to U.S. inspectors.
US: Egypt could face sanctions if it purchases Russian fighter jets
A senior U.S. official warned Egypt on Monday that if it purchases Russian fighter jets it risks American sanctions.
Unsafe intercepts involving NATO aircraft have decreased, and often are the result of a ‘hot-dogging’ pilot, top general says
“In many of the cases where they’re unsafe, when you take a look at the experience level of the operators that were involved, it typically turns into a young man or woman that was probably just hot-dogging it a little bit more than they should." - U.S. Air Force Gen. Tod Wolters, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe and commander of U.S. European Command
By Shawn Snow
27 reports of extremist activity by US service members over the past 5 years, DoD says
Out of those 27 reports, the DoD said all but two had been formally investigated and that 18 service members were disciplined or separated from the military.
By Shawn Snow