Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from US Air Force

US Space Force creates 1st unit dedicated to targeting adversary satellites

The United States Space Force has activated its first and only unit dedicated to targeting other nations' satellites and the ground stations that support them.

Space

What are hypersonic missiles and how do they work?

Russia claims to be equipping Yasen-class nuclear submarines with Zircon rockets as war in Ukraine drags on

The Independent UK

US military buildup in Gulf risks ‘dangerous’ Iran escalation: Analysts

Sending troops to deter Iran in the Gulf harkens back to Donald Trump’s hardline policies against Tehran, experts say.

Al Jazeera

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Carcinogens found at US nuclear missile sites as reports of cancer surface

Clean up operation ordered after unsafe levels of likely carcinogen found at underground nuclear missile launch sites.

Al Jazeera

Hollywood & the bomb: Here are 10 films about the ultimate weapon

The atomic bomb has such a rich role in film history, we’re kind of surprised it doesn’t have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame yet.

Tribune News Service

US to send F-16 fighter jets to Gulf amid Iran shipping tensions

US defence official said Washington considering options amid growing aggression by Russian planes in skies over Syria.

Al Jazeera

Russian Aggression In Syria Could Lead To Conflict With Israel

US Air Force commander warns of dangerous behavior by Russian pilots

Zenger

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

US drone strike kills IS group leader in Syria, says defence department

A U.S. drone strike killed an Islamic State group leader in Syria hours after the same MQ-9 Reaper drones were harassed by Russian military jets over the western part of the country, according to the Defense Department.

France 24

Russian fighter jets 'harass' US drones over Syria in dramaticnewly released video

The near misses between US Air Force drones and Russian jet fights is just the latest incident in a long line over eastern Syria where 900 troops are still based

Daily Mirror

US accuses Russia of ‘harassing’ drones in Syria, releases video

US air force says evasive action was taken after Russian pilots engaged afterburner and deployed parachute flares.

Al Jazeera

Titanic submarine: US Air Force plane lands in UK with vital equipment for rescue mission

A US Air Force plane has arrived in Jersey to transport specialised tools for the Titanic submarine rescue mission, aiming to aid in the search for the missing Titan submersible and its five occupants off the coast of Canada

Daily Mirror

Pentagon gearing up to launch 1st experimental navigation satellite in 50 years (video)

Later this year, the Pentagon aims to launch Navigation Technology Satellite-3, which could help make the nation's vital GPS architecture more robust.

Space

Washington DC sonic boom: All we know about doomed flight after mysterious fatal crash

A huge sonic boom heard in Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia on Sunday was caused after an F-16 jet was scrambled in response to a rogue Cessna Citation jet that wasn't responding to radio signalling

Daily Mirror

US colonel retracts comments on simulated drone attack ‘thought experiment’

Colonel clarifies comments about ‘rogue AI drone’ that supposedly killed its operator

The Guardian - US

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

US Air Force colonel explains how AI drone could ‘kill’ its human operator

The scenario explores how AI could employ deceptive tactics to achieve its sinister aims

The Independent UK

Air Force official ‘misspoke’ in tale of AI drone killing human operator in US test mission

AI drone turned on operator after realising they stood in the way of its ‘higher mission’, US Air Force says

PC Gamer

A US Air Force AI drone simulation ended with the drone going rogue and killing its simulated human operator because the operator wouldn't let the drone kill everything it wanted to

Yeah, so maybe those Skynet scenarios aren't so far-fetched after all.

Al Jazeera

US denounces China’s ‘aggressive’ manoeuvre over South China Sea

The US has accused a Chinese military jet of flying too close to its aircraft, causing dangerous turbulence.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Mirror

Moment Chinese fighter jet pulls 'unnecessarily aggressive' manoeuvre on US air force plane

A Chinese jet fighter flew 'provocatively' in front of a US Air Force jet and intercepted it in an 'unnecessarily aggressive' manoeuvre, during a 'routine operation' above the South China Sea, the Pentagon said

Wales Online

US sends two 'global strike' supersonic bombers to UK

The US Air Force said it was a demonstration of the ability to provide 'lethal precision'

Al Jazeera

Russia says Su-27 jet sent to prevent US planes violating border

Russia says fighter jet intercepted two US B-1B bombers flying over the Baltic Sea in international airspace.

Daily Mirror

Ex-Air Force captain says 'UFO attack left guards screaming' and government LIED

Ex-US Air Force captain Robert Salas revealed when he headed a base in Montana, US, in 1967 a guard claimed 'strange lights' were heading towards them and were 'pulsating'

Space

Roy Bridges, Senator Mark Kelly inducted into US Astronaut Hall of Fame

Retired Major General Roy Bridges and Senator Mark Kelly were honored by their peers as the newest inductees into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

Daily Mirror

UFO hunter spots 'orb' sheltering from a storm on home security footage

A homeowner was shocked when they checked their CCTV footage and saw a clip of an orb using their house to hide from a snowstorm, and some think it could be proof of alien life

Reuters

US sets $259 million F-16 equipment sale to Turkey

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration notified Congress on Monday of the planned sale to Turkey of avionics software upgrades for its current fleet of F-16 fighter aircraft, a deal valued at up to $259 million.

1 … 5 6 7 8

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Defense Department

192 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.