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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Soldiers from the District of Columbia National Guard; Jamaica Defence Force, or JDF; Jamaica National Reserve; and Barbados Defence Force Reserves recently participated in the ...

An Air Force officer claims the Air Force can no longer depend on the Army for base protection. Here, a Patriot PAC-2 missile battery prepares to move into the firing position during an exercise at Al ...

STATEHOUSE – State Rep. Stephen Bartels (R-Eckerty) was recently selected by Indiana Governor Mike Braun to serve as chair of ...

Last March, the customarily lively halls of the Air Force's largest warfighting conference felt more like a ghost town. Military attendance at the Air and Space Forces Association’s Warfare Symposium ...

Air Force leaders are axing more major organizational changes started under the Biden administration such as reorienting commands, creating new offices, and shifting combat forces for a potential ...

This story has been corrected. The U.S. Air Force will begin its largest joint multinational exercise in the western Pacific next week to stress-test its maneuver concept for modern warfare. Resolute ...

The Honourable David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence, has officially established the Canadian Joint Forces Command (CJFC), a new Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) command designed to strengthen ...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — A newly promoted lieutenant general will take command of 5th Air Force in Tokyo, a role that until recently was held by the head of U.S. Forces Japan but has now been split as ...

The destroyer JS Kaga, the second ship of the Izumo class. Credit: Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force In March 2026, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) will undertake its most sweeping ...