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Retiring Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley speaks during the Armed Forces Farewell Tribute in honor of Milley at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, in Fort Meyer, Virginia, September 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
September 30, 2023, 4:43 am
‘Wannabe dictator’: US army chief swipes at Trump in farewell speech
US Army Gen. Mark Milley, without naming former president, says military doesn’t take oath to a ‘tyrant,’ urges defense of democracy, as he closes rocky 4-year term
By TARA COPP and Lolita C. Baldor
In this image from video provided by the US Air Force, a Russian fighter jet flies close to a US MQ-9 reaper drone over Syria on July 23, 2023. (US Air Force via AP)
July 27, 2023, 12:36 pm
Russian fighter jet again strikes US drone over Syria in 6th incident this month
Experts suggest Moscow is conducting the harassing attacks to support Iran’s goal of ousting US forces from Syria, easing its ability to provide lethal aid to Hezbollah
By TARA COPP and Lolita C. Baldor
In this image from video released by the US Air Force, a Russian fighter jet flies close to a US drone over Syria, July 23, 2023. (US Air Force via AP)
July 25, 2023, 10:07 pm
Russian fighter jet fires at US drone flying over Syria
Altercation follows incident last week in which a Russian fighter jet flew close to US surveillance plane with crew inside
By Lolita C. Baldor and TARA COPP
A photograph taken on July 3, 2022 shows an tail section of a 300mm rocket which appear to contained cluster bombs launched from a BM-30 Smerch multiple rocket launcher embedded in the ground after shelling in Kramatorsk, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Genya Savilov/AFP)
July 8, 2023, 9:21 am
US to send cluster bombs to Ukraine; Biden defends supplying controversial munition
Washington says Kyiv vowed to use weapons carefully; US to send version with reduced ‘dud rate,’ meaning fewer smaller bomblets fail to explode, later cause unintended deaths
By Zeke Miller, TARA COPP and Lolita C. Baldor
File: Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, applauds Col. Gen. Sergei Surovikin during an awards ceremony for troops who fought in Syria, in the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 28, 2017 (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
June 29, 2023, 9:02 pm
Russian general believed to be detained in aftermath of Wagner mutiny
US officials reportedly think Sergei Surovikin had advance knowledge of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plan to stage revolt against the Kremlin
By TARA COPP and NOMAAN MERCHANT
A US Air Force F-16 refuels in mid-flight from a KC-135 Stratotanker during a Red Flag exercise over The Nevada Test and Training Range on February 10, 2014. (John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
May 20, 2023, 5:26 am
US helping Ukraine get F-16s shows that for military aid, ‘no’ can become ‘yes’
Under pressure from Kyiv and European allies, Biden opens door for nations to supply the aircraft and for US to help train the pilots, despite earlier fears of enraging Kremlin
By Lolita C. Baldor and TARA COPP
In this photo provided by Maheen S , smoke fills the sky in Khartoum, Sudan, near Doha International Hospital on April 21, 2023. (Maheen S via AP)
April 23, 2023, 6:03 am
US evacuates diplomats, shuts embassy in violence-torn Sudan
US troops safely leave Sudanese airspace after airlifting American embassy personnel out of Khartoum
By Matthew Lee, TARA COPP and AAMER MADHANI
Jack Teixeira (via social media)
April 13, 2023, 11:09 pm
US nabs suspect in Pentagon intel leak, will charge him for removing classified docs
AG names detained person of interest as Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira, says he was taken into custody ‘without incident’
By Eric Tucker, TARA COPP and MICHAEL BALSAMO
A high altitude balloon floats over Billings, Mont., on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. The US is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted over US airspace for a couple days, but the Pentagon decided not to shoot it down due to risks of harm for people on the ground, officials said Thursday, February 2, 2023. The Pentagon would not confirm that the balloon in the photo was the surveillance balloon. (Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette via AP)
February 3, 2023, 5:08 am
US tracking suspected Chinese spy balloon spotted high over Montana
Pentagon declines to shoot down craft thought to be snooping on missile silo, due to fears of falling debris; claims balloon won’t find anything satellites can’t already see
By TARA COPP and Lolita C. Baldor
A soldier walks past a line of M1 Abrams tanks, November 29, 2016, at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)
January 25, 2023, 9:22 pm
US to send 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, following Germany’s lead
Biden says vehicles, part of new $400 million aid package, will help Kyiv ‘counter Russia’s evolving tactics and strategy on the battlefield’
By Lolita C. Baldor and TARA COPP
Illustrative: The image from video provided by the US Department of Defense, from 2015, shows an unexplained object as it is tracked while soaring high among the clouds, traveling against the wind. (Department of Defense via AP)
December 17, 2022, 4:42 pm
Pentagon receives hundreds of new UFO reports — though no evidence of aliens yet
All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office says it has seen uptick in reporting of unidentified objects in the sky; some may have been new technologies flown by Russia, China
By TARA COPP
This undated artist rending provided by the U.S. Air Force shows a US Air Force graphic of the Long Range Strike Bomber, designated the B-21. (US Air Force via AP)
December 2, 2022, 7:49 pm
In message to China, US unveiling new B-21 Raider stealth bomber
Highly classified B-21 is first new American nuclear bomber aircraft in more than 30 years and was developed and built in just seven years
By TARA COPP
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley speaks during a media conference after a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Oct. 12, 2022. (AP/Olivier Matthys, File)
November 10, 2022, 5:38 am
100,000 Russian troops killed or injured in Ukraine, US estimates
Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says Ukraine ‘probably’ suffered similar military casualties, killings of as many as 40,000 civilians
By TARA COPP
Then-defense secretary Ash Carter speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, June 30, 2016. (Alex Brandon/AP)
October 25, 2022, 5:40 pm
Ash Carter, Obama defense chief who opened military combat jobs to women, dies at 68
Groundbreaking former official succumbs to a heart attack; as a senior figure in Obama administration, he also ended a ban on transgender people serving in the armed forces
By TARA COPP
In this image provided by the US Army, soldiers, from the 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment of the 18th Field Artillery Brigade out of Fort Bragg North Carolina, conduct live fire testing at White Sands Missile Range, on December 14, 2021, of early versions of the Army Tactical Missile System. (John Hamilton/US Army via AP)
October 13, 2022, 3:51 pm
The US weapons systems Ukraine may or may not get
Kyiv has increased push for advanced weaponry as it absorbs renewed Russian missile attacks
By TARA COPP and Lolita C. Baldor
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