French navy intercepts Russian tanker suspected of shadow fleet operations
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The French navy intercepted a Russian oil tanker in the Mediterranean suspected of operating as part of Moscow’s shadow fleet, a network of falsely-flagged vessels used to export oil and avoid Western sanctions, according to reports. President...
Space Forces Southern activated amid Western Hemisphere focus
The U.S. Space Force officially activated its southern component in a ceremony on Wednesday, formalizing Space Forces Southern’s role in space capabilities across the Western Hemisphere. During the ceremony at its headquarters of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona, SPACEFOR-SOUTH was formally recognized a month...
Qatar-gifted Air Force One plane delivery expected this summer
The Air Force expects to have a Boeing 747 gifted from Qatar ready to serve as an interim Air Force One presidential transport plane by this summer. In a statement to Defense News, an Air Force spokesperson said the service “remains committed to expediting delivery...
VA leader’s policies delaying care, destroying work force, report says
Under the Trump administration, wait times for mental health care at the Department of Veterans Affairs have increased while morale among employees has plummeted with the loss of 40,000 people, Senate Democrats said in a new report released Thursday. Actions taken by President Donald Trump,...
AI-powered military neurotech: Mind enhancement or control?
Neurable, a consumer neurotechnology startup, has partnered with the Air Force to study whether electrode-studded headphones can track service members’ cognitive fitness, much like Garmin smartwatches have monitored Space Force members’ physical fitness, company and government officials said this month. The $1.2 million project adds...
The Navy’s largest ship continues to be plagued by plumbing issues
The world’s largest aircraft carrier is experiencing difficulties with a service that is an integral part of every sailor’s life — the bathroom. The USS Gerald R. Ford, which cost roughly $13 billion to manufacture and most recently played a part in U.S. strikes against...
Army orders soldiers to stand by for possible Minneapolis deployment
The U.S. Army has ordered several dozen additional active-duty soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minneapolis if needed, a defense official said Wednesday, amid protests over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement crackdown. The defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss...
‘Militarily stupid to insult your allies’ — and other advice from 1942
“Don’t try to tell the British that America won the last war or make wise-cracks about the war debts or about British defeats in this war,” came the sage advice from the U.S. War Department in 1942. A then-seven-page pamphlet, issued to American GIs about...
How Ukraine’s frontline soldiers view peace talks
ZHYTOMYR, Ukraine — “These peace talks feel like cognitive dissonance to me,” “Primo” wrote in a message to Military Times while deployed in southern Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, home to Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, which has been under Russian occupation since the early weeks of...
Coast Guard reporting of sexual assault cases still lacking, GAO finds
The U.S. Coast Guard is facing further scrutiny after a recent Government Accountability Office report cited ongoing failures in how the service has reported cases of sexual assault and harassment to Congress since 2022. The GAO found that in a 2022 report to Congress on...
