The F-35’s program chief conceded to senators Tuesday that the fighter has outgrown the system built to support it, weeks after a GAO report put readiness at the lowest level on record.Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Gregory Masiello, who took over the F-35 Joint Program Office last July, testified before an open session of the Airland Subcommittee as the program defends a fiscal 2027 request that bundles more than $13 billion for the jet in fiscal 2027 alone. The request includes a buy of 85 U.S. aircraft and full funding for the Block 4 modernization effort and the engine core upgrade.…

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then China’s embrace of stealth aircraft technology is a compliment to American ingenuity. Both awed by — and apprehensive about — U.S. stealth capabilities, China has invested heavily in developing stealth aircraft, as well as anti-stealth air defenses. But China has learned the wrong lessons from America’s stealth program, according to U.S. Air Force analysis released this month. China is convinced that advanced technology is the foundation of U.S. stealth capabilities.But in reality, the key to American success has been treating stealth as just one component of integrated aerial warfare, the report…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. An Oregon environmental group is suing the Department of the Interior to stop a timber sale in the Coast Range because Congress invalidated the BLM resource management plan that would have ordinarily guided the sale of about 1,300 acres of timber in sensitive salmon-rearing habitat. Legal experts suggest this could be the opening salvo in a barrage of similar lawsuits that maintain federal timber sales, oil and gas leases, renewals of grazing permits, and even holiday-season permits to cut Christmas trees…

Editor’s note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter.I tried to schoolyard-taunt an AI language model once. My wife wasn’t home. I was bored and had to find another outlet for my childish male energy. So, I took jabs at Grok’s sexual orientation and its mother. I got no traction.“Bold of you to assume I’m gay, and have a mom who was in the sex industry — all while typing to a language model that doesn’t have parents, genitals, or racial identity,” said Grok,…

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A Persian Gulf War veteran with Alzheimer’s disease was pushed, punched and shoved violently into his wheelchair in a state-run veterans home this spring — allegedly by his caretaker, a man who also worked at a nearby Veterans Affairs hospital and was allowed to remain employed there after being fired from the state facility because of the abuse.Matthew A. Cox was charged April 2 for “endangering the welfare of an incompetent/physically disabled” person, 60-year-old former Marine Corps Cpl. Albert O’Toole. In a video secretly recorded by O’Toole’s wife on March 1, a person identified as Cox is seen grabbing food…

Sign up for the On The Gun Newsletter The latest for gun hunters and competitive shooters. The world of pistol caliber carbines is expansive. PCCs run the gamut in terms of price and configurations. Testing the entirety of that universe would be a Herculean task. Understanding that, I gathered a field of about 20 firearms that are representative of the dynamic nature of PCCs. Some are cheap, some cost thousands. Some makes are well known, others relatively obscure. We have folders, braced pistols, rifle-length competition guns, and all the major operating systems in the field: direct blowback, roller-delayed blowback, Browning…

Brent crude oil prices fell below $75 a barrel late yesterday, marking the first time the global benchmark has traded under that level since the outbreak of the Trump-initiated Iran conflict. The drop in crude prices could provide relief for consumers and businesses by easing pressure on fuel costs and inflation, a desired Washington outcome of the MoU signing – for which Trump has come under severe criticism from hawks at home. Speaking of escalating, we have another early morning Trump Truth Social statement, openly contradicting the consistently stated position of Tehran leaders. Since the Switzerland high-level talks led by Vance, there’s…

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The Pentagon has recently updated the guidance on the influenza vaccination, offering exceptions to policy to military services and select federal agencies.The move follows a localized flu outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, that sickened over 220 trainees at Basic Military Training as of June 18. The New York Times reported that the Air Force exception request to vaccinate all trainees was approved following the outbreak.The Air Force received an exception to vaccinate all trainees, a source familiar with the matter told Military Times. The Pentagon decline to say if all services will now require trainees to get a…

President Donald Trump’s administration asked the U.S. Congress on Wednesday for $87.6 billion in additional funding, most of it for “urgent needs” related to the Iran war, as well as for a response to the Ebola outbreak in Africa.The request, posted on the White House website, included $67.15 billion for the military. The White House said the request includes $21 billion for the Pentagon to procure munitions, strengthen the U.S. industrial base and support critical capabilities.It also includes $500 million for Global Health Security to prevent, detect and respond to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,…

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › If you need off-grid, two-way communication a walkie talkie is a great choice. They allow you to quickly communicate with your group as you drive, hike, camp, and fish. Here are 11 Prime Day Deals that will save you money on everything from high-value walkies to powerful, long-range options. Prime Day Walkie Talkie Deals Save 10% on Rocky Talkie Mountain Radio – Long Range Walkie Talkie, FRS Handheld Radio, 4 Day Battery Life, Max Durability, 1 Pack Save 15% on Rocky…

The order had already come down. The assault on a fortified Mahdi Army position in the Iraqi city of Karbala was off. It was August 2004. Army Col. Peter Mansoor and his brigade had spent days preparing to clear the enemy stronghold, located across from one of Shia Islam’s holiest sites. Then coalition officials canceled the operation, deciding the political risks were too high. The enemy remained in place. Mansoor still had an AC-130 gunship circling overhead. There was no instruction manual for what happened next. Leveraging years of experience at the National Training Center with the 11th Armored Cavalry…

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › I’ve been overwhelmingly disappointed with most “sales” this year. They’ve been a lot of 10% to 15% off so-so products. But, Bass Pro Shops is having a sale that’s actually really good. There are real discounts on products you’ll use season after season. Here are the best deals I found and I’ll be updating this list as I discover more. In the past things have gone out of stock, especially fish finders on clearance. If there’s something you need, grab it…

France has just confirmed its first Ebola case. The patient is a doctor who had returned from a mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo). The health ministry said the patient has a “very low” viral load and that contacts are “currently being identified”. The organization “confirms today the identification of a first positive case of Ebola virus disease on national territory”, said a statement. This is the first time Ebola has ever been detected in France, and the case is the first of the deadly hemorrhagic fever to be identified outside the African continent during the current…

The United States, Britain, France and Germany raised the alarm on Wednesday over recent Chinese activities off the east coast of Taiwan where China has mounted Coast Guard patrols, saying they threaten regional stability and freedom of navigation.China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, sent Coast Guard ships earlier in June into the waters off the island’s east coast for what it called a “special maritime traffic law-enforcement operation,” angering Taipei.China said the operation was in response to an announcement by Japan and the Philippines that they would begin formal talks on their maritime boundaries, which Beijing…

A U.S. Army sergeant was sentenced to six life sentences for shooting and wounding his fiance and four other soldiers at a Georgia base last August, the service said in a Tuesday statement. Sgt. Quornelius S. Radford, 29, was convicted by a military judge of attempting to murder six people during a shooting spree at his unit headquarters at Fort Stewart, the Army Office of Special Trial Counsel said. All five shooting victims survived after soldiers overpowered Radford and administered first aid until emergency medical providers arrived. Radford was found guilty of two specifications of attempted premeditated murder and four…

Australia is experiencing a bird flu outbreak. It has ramped up surveillance procedures after just two cases of ⁠the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu were confirmed in migratory seabirds. It does claim that other birds could also have contracted the virus. Tests are underway in South Australia (SA) after two dead sub-Antarctic seabirds and a pelican ​were found on Monday near Fowlers Bay, more than 1,200 ‌kilometers east of Esperance in Western Australia, (WA) where the first ​two confirmed cases were reported, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), as reported by The Japan Times. Both bird in Fowlers Bay…

A U.S. sailor who was reported missing in mid-June was discovered dead on Friday in the water near the piers on Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, the service confirmed.Engineman Fireman Apprentice Isaac Benjamin Norris, 22, was assigned to the USS Harry S. Truman and was last seen on Naval Station Norfolk on June 14. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service did not announce a cause of death.“NCIS remains committed to working closely with Navy leadership and our law enforcement partners to ensure the safety and security of our Navy and Marine Corps communities while conducting thorough investigations and supporting affected personnel and…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics Dylan Smith, a fisherman from Idaho Falls, has reclaimed his spot in the Idaho record book with another 40-plus-inch lake trout. The monster laker came from Payette Lake, which is the same water body where he broke the state’s catch-and-release laker record in 2018. It’s also where Smith’s record was replaced by an angler from Utah, Aaron Goettsche, in 2025.  Smith was fishing on Payette on May 2 when he caught the trout, according to an announcement from the Idaho Fish and Game Department on Tuesday.…

A senior Islamic State leader was killed by an airstrike last week, Central Command announced on Wednesday, as the region grapples with a fraught security landscape amid U.S. base closures in Syria and the escape of ISIS personnel from detainment. Ali Husayn al-Ulaywi was killed in a precision airstrike on June 19 as part of the U.S.’s ongoing campaign to eradicate the militant group, the command said.“CENTCOM and our partners remain committed to rooting out remaining remnants of ISIS to ensure its enduring defeat,” Adm. Brad Cooper, the CENTCOM commander, said in the Wednesday statement. “We will continue to defend…

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