More Than a Year After its Landing Gear Collapsed, an F-22 Is Back in the Air
Virginia Air National Guard airmen assigned to the 192nd Maintenance Group prepare to launch F-22 Raptor tail #85 April 9, 2021, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. The team of maintainers rebuilt the fighter jet after a mishap upon landing in January 2020. (U.S. Air National Guard/Tech. Sgt. Lucretia Cunningham)
10 May 2021
More than a year after its landing gear collapsed on the flight line at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, an F-22 Raptor took to the skies for the first time last month thanks to Virginia Air National Guard maintainers.
Fall of Kabul, Taliban Overthrow Not a Foregone Conclusion, Milley Says
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark A. Milley hold a joint press briefing from the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 6, 2021. (DoD/U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jack Sanders)
6 May 2021
As the U.S. military s withdrawal from Afghanistan gathers steam, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley expressed cautious optimism Thursday about the Afghan government s ability to stand firm against the Taliban.
This month, the U.S. military officially began pulling its last few thousand troops out of Afghanistan, to meet President Joe Biden s Sept. 11 deadline for bringing the two decade-old war to a close.
$100K Grant to Make-A-Wish Foundation Boosts Outreach to Military Families
A child sits in the rear seat of a 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Joint Light Tactical Vehicle at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn., on May 1, 2021, where soldiers celebrated World Wish Day with the Make-A-Wish Middle Tennessee Chapter. In the Washington, D.C., region, the Make-A-Wish Chapter is expanding outreach to military children. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Iman Broady-Chin)
7 May 2021
The Make-A-Wish Foundation has granted the dreams of critically ill children for 41 years, giving them and their families a much-needed distraction from the day-to-day grind of medical appointments, treatments and caregiving.