Guarding the Skies: NORAD Defends Airspace Before, During & After Super Bowl "Just like the players are practicing and training for the game, we're practicing and preparing for our execution in the...
In 1983, the Soviets Shot Down a Passenger Plane and Killed a US Congressman The 48-year-old Democrat was arguably the most anti-communist voice in Congress. He had introduced legislation to ban all...
Irish Lawmaker Wants Legislation Requiring US Military Aircraft Inspections Conor Sheehan, an Irish Labour Party politician, called Ireland's lack of aircraft inspections "troubling."
How a B-52 Crash in Greenland Became One of the Cold War's Worst Nuclear Accidents At 3:39 p.m. on January 21, 1968, the aircraft slammed into the ice seven miles west of the base. The impact carved a 160...
Black Sunday Over Ploesti: WWII Mission Became the Costliest Air Raid in US History One hundred seventy-seven B-24 Liberators took off from Libya on August 1, 1943, bound for the Romanian oil refineries at...
The 1944 Air Battle Over Niš: The Only Direct Combat Between American and Soviet Forces in WWII On Nov. 7, 1944, that convergence produced the only acknowledged direct combat between American and Soviet forces in World...
How a US War Crime Against a German Rescue Mission Helped Exonerate a Nazi Admiral at Nuremberg Werner Hartenstein pulled drowning British troops from the Atlantic Ocean in September 1942. The German U-boat commander was...
Operation Hawkeye: US Attack on ISIS in Syria Leaves Open Questions The United States' latest coordinated strikes against ISIS targets comes as Washington signals sustained pressure on the...
Mexican Navy Medical Flight Lost Communication for Several Minutes Before Texas Crash Mexico's president says air traffic controllers lost communication for 10 minutes with a small Mexican Navy plane on a...
U.S. Air Force Plane Has Been Missing in the Yukon for 75 Years. The Military Won't Search for It: This Team Hopes New Technology Can Help The Douglas C-54 Skymaster departed Anchorage on January 26, 1950, carrying 42 service members and Joyce Espe—a pregnant...
Which Americans Will Be Automatically Registered for Military Draft, and When? Last year's defense bill passed by Congress paved the way for the new automatic registration process.
A VA Clinic Gave Veterans GLP-1s for Weight Loss. A Year Later, Everything Improved Researchers tracked 201 veterans prescribed semaglutide, the drug sold under the brand names Ozempic and Wegovy. After one...
WWII Veteran Who Lied About His Age to Serve Takes Honor Flight Joining the military at 16 to serve in World War II to service in Korea and Vietnam, humble Al Duran has lived quite a life.
Disabled Veterans Charged Up to $20K to File VA Benefits Claims: Lawsuit The company being sued told Military.com it doesn't charge for VA claims. Plaintiffs disagree, citing purported deceptive...
3 Big Military PCS Changes Are Coming at Once. Here’s What to Know Before 2026 Peak Season In 2026, three major changes are affecting military household goods moves: a new permanent agency to run the system, the end...
![](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2026-01/110124-d-7991k-007.jpg?itok=CqZoa-sL "Artwork "Fire Over Ploesti" by Roy Grinnell, Air Force Art. (Air Force Historical Support Division)")
