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Asia-Pacific’s military maintenance costs are set to reach around $44bn in 2025 as shifts in the region’s security led to an uptick for MRO.

Cummings Aerospace concluded flight trials with its Hellhound drone, placing it as a potential candidate for the US Army’s LASSO programme.

A soldier who died as one of Darby’s Rangers — the original World War II unit that modern Army Rangers trace their origins to — will finally be laid to rest in April.
Pfc. Robert L. Bryant was part of a four-man team that went missing in 1943 while searching for wounded comrades from 4th Ranger Battalion during heavy fighting in Italy.
Bryant’s remains were identified in the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery in Nettuna, a coastal Italian city outside Anzio.

Source tell AFP rumors of female transgender pilot untrue

This story is developing and AFP will report more as information is received that we can verify…
Social media has erupted over theories the deceased female pilot of the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter that crashed into a commercial jet near Reagan National airport in Washington, DC was a transgender pilot.
Sources tell AFP this rumor is untrue, and the deceased Blackhawk driver was indeed a woman.
However, the name of the female pilot has not been released.

Gary Anderson, RCDefense

Ashley Roque, Breaking Defense
WASHINGTON — In the wake of last night’s tragic accident involving a civilian aircraft and U.S.

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Three unidentified Army soldiers died after their Black Hawk helicopter collided with a passenger flight over Washington, D.C.

Orr, National Interest
NGAD represents just one component of a broader effort to keep pace with adversaries such as Russia and China.

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As the U.S. Air Force develops its NGAD 6th-gen fighter, speculation is already mounting about what a 7th-generation aircraft might look like.

For some people, the new year brings a resolution to refrain from drinking — if only for a month. In 2013, a British charity launched the “Dry January” campaign to raise awareness of the health and lifestyle benefits of giving up drinking temporarily. Over 200,000 people signed up to participate in the challenge in 2024. Given that January has come to an end, it is perhaps fitting to offer a historical account about war and mixology. Indeed, after a month without alcohol, some may be wanting to imbibe. There is no doubt that Maj. Gen. Edward P. King, Jr.