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The U.S. Marine Corps said it has fired the commanding officer of the unit involved in a fatal training exercise in July that resulted in the deaths of nine members of the U.S. military....Read More

The U.S. Air Force assumed full control of NATO’s air policing mission in the North Atlantic this week....Read More

U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command has approved Raytheon’s StormBreaker smart weapon for use on the F-15E, Raytheon announced Tuesday....Read More

The U.S. Air Force Materiel Command and Global Strike Command agreed to partner to better understand each other’s practices, the Air Force said on Monday....Read More

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Stout returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Va., on Monday, after a record 215 days at sea....Read More

Turkey is preparing live-fire exercises in the Aegean Sea, angering Greece, and has transported its Russian-made S-400 air defense system to the Black Sea....Read More

The Defense Department announced it has awarded $600 million in contracts to several companies for testing of 5G communications technology at five U.S. military sites....Read More

Two U.S. senators have urged the State Department to sanction Turkey for purchase of the S-400 after an unconfirmed report that Turkey used the system to track a U.S. made F-16....Read More

The secretary of the Navy has announced the name of the new class of Guided Missile Frigate ships....Read More

Taiwan must significantly increase its defense budget to counter any military threat from China, a senior U.S. official told an audience in Taipei, saying that a proposed $1.4 billion increase is inadequate....Read More