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US February 13

Fishing boat captain who rescued Navy pilots after jet crash describes surreal moment: 'What we see in movies'

A charter fishing boat captain described rescuing two fighter jet pilots from the water after a Navy jet crashed into the San Diego Bay.

Opinion February 12

If Iran goes nuclear, B-2 bomber will get the call

Inspectors say Iran is dangerously close to making a nuclear weapon. If it goes that route, the B-2 bomber has the stealth and payload needed to knock out buried nuclear sites.

Navy February 10

'Like a car crash': Navy fighter pilot describes brain injury phenomenon now at center of congressional probe

The House Oversight Committee is demanding the Navy reveal more information about a secret effort to learn more about a brain injury phenomenon among its most elite fighter pilots.

Opinion January 29

China's two new stealth fighters should send shockwaves through Pentagon

The competition to win the next war is heating up fast. China just released videos of two different sixth-generation planes, putting it substantially ahead of US military development.

US Navy January 7

Trump threatens to tap allies for military shipbuilding if US can't produce

President-elect Donald Trump, fed up with America’s lagging ship-building capabilities, offered an out-of-character solution to the problem: Outsource production if the U.S. can’t keep up.

Defense December 25

Here's how many US service members are spending the holidays away from home deployed overseas

As millions of Americans gather together with loved ones to celebrate the Christmas holiday and ring in the new year, hundreds of thousands more will mark the holidays away from family.

World December 11

US Navy defeats Houthi attacks in Gulf of Aden for second time in weeks

U.S. Navy destroyers USS Stockdale (DDG 106) and USS O’Kane (DDG 77) successfully defeated a range of Houthi-launched weapons while transiting the Gulf of Aden for the second time.

Opinion December 2

America’s nuclear submarine crisis on a collision course with China

Our nuclear submarine fleet is in big trouble. Production and repairs are backlogged. We can't even manufacture two per year and China is catching up. Trump team has to move fast.

US Navy December 1

Navy putting first shipborne hypersonic weapon on vessel once seen as 'costly blunder'

The US is deploying a shipborn hypersonic missile battery to the USS Zumwalt, a destroyer once thought a major mistake.

MILITARY November 13

US forces target Houthi weapons storage facilities in Yemen over the weekend: CENTCOM

U.S. military assets conducted strikes on Houthi-controlled weapon storage facilities in Yemen over the weekend, using the F-35C for the first time in combat.