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In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers, center, fly in formation with South Korea's Air Force F-35A fighter jets and U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets, bottom left, over the South Korea Peninsula during a joint air drill in South Korea, Sunday, March 19, 2023.

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The Air Force expects pilot training shortfalls through the end of the fiscal year, and that the J85 enterprise won’t fully recover until April 2024.

Staff Sgt. David Dezwaan (left), and Airman 1st Class Alex Nona, 60th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technicians, conduct radioactive detection methods during an exercise May 5, 2016, at Clear Lake, California. The EOD technicians participated in Operation: Half-Life, an exercise designed to evaluate a synchronized, multi-agency response to a crisis situation. (Senior Airman Bobby Cummings/Air Force)

Panel acquits US airman of 2022 insider attack in Syria

A panel of three enlisted troops and five officers deliberated for six hours before issuing their verdict.

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The results are most likely proof of the “healthy deployer effect” as troops are required to be in fairly good health to go overseas.

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The Air Force Academy graduate flew combat missions in Afghanistan. He remained on active duty until 1998 and retired from the Air Force Reserve in 2014.

Despite the war's aftermath, these veterans remain proud of their service.

“We need to be able to use a scalpel and not a meat ax,” said Harlan Ullman, the defense consultant credited with coining "shock and awe."

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The Air Force says the B-21 is still on track for its first flight later this year, and that its internal schedules have been "aggressive."

The Air Force expects pilot training shortfalls through the end of the fiscal year, and that the J85 enterprise won’t fully recover until April 2024.

A panel of three enlisted troops and five officers deliberated for six hours before issuing their verdict.

One in 10 who sought promotion — from a pool of around 16,000 eligible master sergeants — will continue up the ladder.

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The latest info on pay, housing, retirement, spouses, home buying, the GI Bill, and more.

Explore Military Times' official ranking of employers who have programs and policies that support veterans.

Nominate someone for the 2023 Military Times Service Members of the Year awards.

Insights, tips, and tools and tools to help military families

Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of March 20, 2023.

The results are most likely proof of the “healthy deployer effect” as troops are required to be in fairly good health to go overseas.

The report comes days ahead of the Iraq war's anniversary.

Turkey, Finland and Sweden signed an agreement in June of last year to resolve differences over the Nordic states’ membership.

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In the two decades after the U.S. invasion of Iraq began, public support for the drawn-out war dwindled, according to think tanks and research groups.

The Defense Department says this story is false.

John Wick's status as a Marine Corps veteran has never been officially proven.

"SISU" is basically Finnish "John Wick."

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Turkey, Finland and Sweden signed an agreement in June of last year to resolve differences over the Nordic states’ membership.

In the two decades after the U.S. invasion of Iraq began, public support for the drawn-out war dwindled, according to think tanks and research groups.

“We need to be able to use a scalpel and not a meat ax,” said Harlan Ullman, the defense consultant credited with coining "shock and awe."

Seven officers found themselves on an extraordinary stage in April 2003 as the 3rd Infantry Division’s 2nd Brigade brought the Saddam regime to its knees.

The EPA on March 14 proposed new standards for six types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as “forever chemicals,” in drinking water.

The divorces, wars, and military bases blurred together as they do in military families.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a number of improvements in access to mental health care to try to reduce suicides in the military.

When people continued marching after a 7 p.m. curfew, the D.C. National Guard flew two helicopters 45 feet above protestors' heads.

The Air Force expects pilot training shortfalls through the end of the fiscal year, and that the J85 enterprise won’t fully recover until April 2024.

The Defense Department says this story is false.

Past treatment or diagnosis is still a bar to service for most.

John Wick's status as a Marine Corps veteran has never been officially proven.

The new statement will note VA's goal is "to care for those who have served in our nation’s military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors.”

The 42-second video shows a Russian Su-27 approaching the back of the MQ-9 drone and beginning to release fuel as it passes, the Pentagon said.

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