Kadena to inspect F-15Es after fighter landed without wheel
Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, plans to inspect all of its F-15E Strike Eagles after one of the fighters was forced to conduct an emergency landing with a missing wheel. The planned safety inspections were announced Wednesday morning, two days after an F-15E returned...
Infantry basic training briefly bans ‘bay tossing’ before reversal
Two memos recently shared on social media show that the Army’s 197th Infantry Brigade commander briefly banned “bay tossing” by drill sergeants before rescinding the order a short time later. Bay tossing — a practice in which drill sergeants trash the trainees’ area by overturning...
8 decades after Hiroshima atomic bombing, search for missing continues
NINOSHIMA, Japan — When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on Aug. 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to the small, rural island of Ninoshima, just south of Hiroshima, by military boats with crews that had trained for suicide attack...
Reconciliation Monument to return to Arlington National Cemetery
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday that “The Reconciliation Monument,” a Confederate memorial, will be returning to Arlington National Cemetery. “I’m proud to announce that Moses Ezekiel’s beautiful and historic sculpture — often referred to as “The...
What the military could learn from the NFL preseason (and vice versa)
As summer winds down and the calendar inches toward September, two very different yet oddly similar American institutions begin to ramp up for their respective seasons. In the NFL, teams are grinding through training camp, evaluating rosters and trying to avoid devastating injuries. In the...
KJ Apa to star as WWII veteran Jimmy Stewart in biopic
The life of Jimmy Stewart is coming to the big screen. First reported by Variety, KJ Apa (“Riverdale”) has signed on to star as World War II veteran and famed “It’s a Wonderful Life” star, Jimmy Stewart, in the upcoming film, “Jimmy.” “I have always...
WWII shipwrecks revealed in historic survey of Ironbottom Sound
After 22 days above and below the sea, the Maritime Archaeology of Guadalcanal expedition (NA173) concluded its comprehensive and historic surveys of the infamous Ironbottom Sound — and the results are stunning. Led by Ocean Exploration Trust aboard Exploration Vessel Nautilus, live video available for...