Pentagon shifts $200 million to seal off border bombing range
The Pentagon is seeking to reallocate $200 million in funding for barriers to seal off areas surrounding Arizona’s Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
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Under new Trump rules, US troops sound the alarm on border crossings
U.S. troop deployments at the border have tripled to 7,600 and include every branch of the military — even as the number of attempted crossings plummet.
War is too important to be left to politicians: PODCAST
Defense News' Political Fallout Shelter podcast for the week of March 4, 2019: National emergency fight, military housing problems, Bryce Harper's new contract.
This week in Congress: Budget release countdown
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of March 4, 2019.
The border wall funding fight likely won’t impact Tyndall, but what about Air Force readiness?
The shifting of funds to rebuild Tyndall AFB has lawmakers concerned that Air Force readiness and other projects may be impacted down the line.
By Kyle Rempfer
This is what Saudi Arabia is doing to Osama bin Laden’s son
He's believed to have been born in 1989, the year of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, where his father became known among mujahedeen fighters.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
Border wall casts long shadow over FY20 defense budget — and that’s not all
Even before it arrives, the defense budget proposal is already taking flak from lawmakers over the bookkeeping gimmickry that’s likely to accompany it.
By Joe Gould
China denies having troops in Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor
China's defense ministry defended military cooperation with Tajikistan Thursday following a report of a sizable Chinese troop presence at a base in the Central Asian state.
1,800-year-old Roman penis carvings discovered near Hadrian’s Wall — some things never change
Militarized affinity for phallic scribbling dates back long before the first illustrations were ever fashioned by bored American service members.
By J.D. Simkins
Eglin AFB gets money for F-35 project, but another could be delayed by border wall
Eglin Air Force Base got the money for new dorms for students training to be F-35 maintainers, but another project could face deferment.
By Valerie Insinna
Frustrated lawmakers press Pentagon to reveal its plan for border wall funding
DoD officials detailed how they may redirect military construction funds to build President Trump's border wall.
By Joe Gould
Northern border along Arctic, not southern, is what worries NORAD leaders
The top officer at U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command warned lawmakers about growing Russian and Chinese interest in the Arctic.
By Kyle Rempfer