Navy families evacuated from Naval Support Activity Bahrain cannot return to retrieve personal belongings, but service members outside Bahrain are able to designate someone to do it on their behalf, according to the Navy. Over six months after the evacuation of approximately 1,300 dependents from NSA Bahrain, some families remain separated from household goods, vehicles and pets that were left behind.The Navy says family members and non-essential personnel who remain outside Bahrain have not been authorized to return to retrieve personal property because of ongoing security concerns.“Service members and affiliated civilians are responsible for initiating the household goods move process…

The Navy awarded a $562 million fixed-price incentive contract to Boeing on Monday to kick off Lot 1 Low Rate Initial Production of the MQ-25A Stingray unmanned tanker, the service announced.Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao teed up the LRIP and deployment announcement in May during a Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing. Boeing’s MQ-25A will become the Defense Department’s first unmanned tanker and the Navy’s first operational carrier-based unmanned aircraft.The UAV is designed to extend the life of the Navy’s F/A-18 Super Hornets and relieve the fighter jets of their aerial refueling role so the aircraft can focus on…

Family members, survivors and first responders turned out Saturday to break ground on a visitor center at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial 18 years after the historic site first opened. The $100 million Pentagon 9/11 Memorial Visitor Education Center, located across a busy parkway from the Pentagon and its adjacent memorial in Arlington, Virginia, will contain exhibits and host programs about the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. The facility, expected to open in 2029, will also include event spaces, a cafe and bookstore. The Pentagon Memorial first opened to the public on Sept. 11, 2008, the first of the…

The U.S. Department of the Air Force deployed on-orbit space control weapons in an effort to meet evolving threats from adversaries and boost space capabilities.Air Force Secretary Troy Meink announced Monday at the the Air & Space Forces Association’s 2026 Air, Space & Cyber Conference that the service has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the joint force against “hostile adversary action.”Meink announced in a keynote address Monday at the Air & Space Forces Association’s 2026 Air, Space & Cyber Conference that the service has on-orbit space control weapons that are capable of defending the joint force against “hostile…

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works will build four more Vectis uncrewed aircraft in addition to the prototype already under construction, the company said Monday, with the first expected to fly by the end of 2027.A full-scale Vectis model was publicly displayed for the first time on Monday at the Air & Space Forces Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, according to Lockheed. The announcement brings the total Vectis prototypes to five.“Domestic and international customer conversations, coupled with our internal analysis, continue to reinforce the urgent need for a survivable, autonomous and multi-mission capability,” Ron Fehlen, vice president…

A new conservation easement worth $29.3 million establishes year-round public access for hunting and fishing on roughly 20,000 acres of privately-owned timber land in northwest Montana. The deal, announced Thursday by the Trust for Public Land, is the fourth of its kind between TPL and the Stimson Lumber Company. The conservation easement permanently protects 20,629 acres of forest from development in Lincoln, Mineral, and Sanders counties. That includes 39 miles of streams, 309 acres of riparian habitat, and 472 acres of wetlands. This helps maintain water quality for some 30,000 downstream residents — a small but crucial effort as the…

Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon’s resignation has underscored growing concerns about the risks posed by AI. Coxon said that “the people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.” Michael Hiatt, chief technology officer of Epirus, has taken a different tack.During a panel regarding counter-drone defenses at the Air and Space Cyber Conference, Hiatt noted that “everyone talks about cost asymmetry… and how important that solving that cost asymmetry problem is. But for the folks that are on the ground, the battle captain trying to make that assessment, it’s not a cost asymmetry…

This story, “Meanest Bear of All,” appeared in the January 1960 issue of Outdoor Life. This is not the usual adventure story about bear hunting. It can’t be, for we killed no bears. We worked long enough and hard enough, but such was our luck that the only mammal we collected for the American Museum of Natural History, which sponsored the expedition, was one common chipmunk. Although we were hunting in magnificently rugged country — Hokkaido, northernmost Japan — no one’s life was endangered even momentarily, and in point of thrills the show was a washout. In spite of these…

With lingering questions regarding the depleted U.S. stockpiles due to the war with Iran, the Air Force is looking to build the “right mix” of weapons, not just “replenishing what has been expended,” Brig. Gen. Robert Lyons III said. During the panel, “Rethinking the Stockpile: Building the Right Mix for Future Conflict” at the Air and Space Cyber Conference on Monday, Lyons noted that the service is working to balance “capability, capacity cost and the adaptability to produce at the speed and scale for future conflicts.”Citing the conflict in Ukraine, where battlefield adaptations can come within hours and minutes, not…

The Pennsylvania gun company Geissele Automatics introduced a production-ready model of its Hypervelocity Improved Capability Assault Rifle, or HICAR, as part of a Special Operations Command (SOCOM) program to extend the service life of the legacy M4 carbine with new capabilities. The company started a series of promotional videos about building the HICAR since announcing the weapon early last month, saying it wants to highlight the design’s performance and show what “high-speed product development” looks like. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, which issued the solicitation in May, had a 21-day response period that has ended. The solicitation asked for an…

Within two years, the U.S. Air Force will stand up a new career field to defend American air bases worldwide.Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Ken Wilsbach announced Monday at the Air and Space Cyber Conference that the service is advancing two initiatives in the wake of devastating Iranian attacks on U.S. bases across the Middle East in recent months. “First,” said Wilsbach, “we will establish the point defense weapons system, bringing together kinetic and non-kinetic capabilities to secure our air bases.”“Second,” he continued, “we established a new career field of point defense airmen. This new career field…

This story first appeared in the October 1994 issue of Outdoor Life as “My Favorite Deer Rifle Is…” My Model 70 Winchester in .30-06 By Jim Zumbo, former OL Hunting Editor It was 1964 when I walked into the small sporting-goods store and inspected the new rifles neatly lined up in the gun racks. I was looking for a deer rifle, which was to be a college graduation gift, and I was just as excited at the prospect of the new gun as I was at receiving my forestry degree. I knew exactly what I wanted before walking into the…

The FQ-42A and FQ-44A, the U.S. Air Force’s newest Collaborative Combat Aircraft, have been dubbed “Vengeance” and “Fury,” respectively.Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink used the names for the first time during a Monday keynote address at the Air & Space Forces Association’s 2026 Air, Space & Cyber Conference while announcing that the Air Force intends to have at least 500 autonomous aircraft in service by 2032. The CCAs are expected to perform many of the same missions manned fighters complete currently. “Because of the steps we are taking today, we will have a significantly different force by 2032,”…

Whether you call them bark burners, tree rats, or limb chickens, squirrels are good for more than frustrating you during deer season. They make delicious table fare when properly skinned, cleaned, and cooked. The flavor and texture of squirrel meat falls somewhere between rabbit and chicken. It has a super mild flavor that isn’t at all gamey. The best squirrel recipes make it almost impossible to tell you’re eating squirrel at all. Squirrel meat can be used as a substitute for chicken in many popular dishes, especially in soups, stews, and casseroles. So, if you want to introduce game meat…

You already own enough gear. He makes the case.

California-based Swarm Aero on Monday unveiled a new low-cost unmanned aerial system capable of carrying a payload of more than 2,800 pounds.The new UAS, dubbed Gamera, comes as the Air Force searches for risk-tolerant aircraft that can be produced cheaply and in large numbers as part of its new Massed Modular Aircraft, or MMA, program. The company revealed the platform at the Air & Space Forces Association’s annual conference near Washington.In a press release, the company said Gamera is the first UAS designed to carry bomber-class strike munitions such as the Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile, or LRASM, and Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff…

Fishing has been front and center in my life since I was born. On my dad’s side of the family, my grandfather dragged me along to every bluegill hole, trout stream, and catfish lake in the state. My mom’s parents owned a bait and tackle shop in Central New Jersey. After school, Mom would happily bait my hooks and untangle my line at local ponds. My dad took me fishing anywhere I wanted to go. We were such a fishing family that even when I wasn’t on the water, I still fished. Rubber sharks became tarpon. Paperclips became hooks. The…

Getting prone looks simple. There’s a right way to do it.

One man’s breakdown of what happened in Utah.

A legal civilian P90 machine gun. Note the question mark.

Loud headline. The footage is the part that matters.

NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan — China’s armed forces will get every possible resource from the home front if needed during a war, according to a change in the law to take effect in October.And its militarily less endowed neighbors such as Taiwan and the Philippines would bear the brunt of a fully kitted People’s Liberation Army, which the updated National Defense Mobilization Law says may draw from deep within the civilian population for resources, analysts say.Australia, Japan and the United States also would note Beijing’s revised law as they’re most likely to become involved in any Taiwan “contingency” or conflict…

Belted in, boxed in. The gun still has to run.

A third-gen Cummins, built the whole way through.