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A retired Vice Chief of Naval Operations was arrested Friday on charges of bribery stemming from an alleged government contract scheme between 2020 and 2022.

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The U.S. Air Force has inked its first contract for Joint Strike Missile (JSM) cruise missiles. The Norwegian-made missiles are ostensibly intended to give the service’s F-35As an interim stand-off anti-ship capability until the jets get the larger AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM). However, the JSMs can also engage targets on land and will be able to fit inside the F-35A’s internal weapon bays, allowing the jets to employ these weapons while staying as stealthy as possible.

Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35As operated by 313 Squadron at Volkel Air Base will now undertake the country’s nuclear mission on behalf of NATO. (Royal Netherlands Air Force)
The Netherlands has become the first operator of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) to publicly declare that its aircraft have now taken on the nuclear mission.
The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) said that it had now fully transitioned the nuclear deterrence mission it performs on behalf of NATO over to the F-35A from the Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon.

Back in the 1970s, as USAF aircraft featured increasingly sophisticated communications and electronic warfare systems, the service established a secretive testing project to measure the emissions and effectiveness of aircraft antennae systems. Known unofficially as the “Upside-Down Air Force,” the project is still an important part of USAF testing to this day.
The Upside-Down Air Force has involved many types of aircraft over the years, from fighters to tankers, including the C-130 Hercules featured above, which was pictured in July 1986.

Marc Buddensiek holding the coveted GoRuck Selection patch that only few have earned. (GoRuck photo/Nick Schrein).
Almost 80 years ago, American soldiers and their allies landed on beaches along the Normandy coast with one mission in mind: save the world. Eight decades later, candidates taking on the GoRuck Selection endurance event paid homage to those who battled their way up the beach. 
“We wanted to be here at a deeply personal level, and so we wanted to share in why we wanted to be here,” said GoRuck CEO and founder Jason McCarthy, a former U.S. Special Forces soldier.

A florida sheriff fired the deputy that shot and killed Air Force special operations aircrew member senior airman Roger Fortson.Photo courtesy Fortson family.
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed Senior Airman Roger Fortson at his apartment on May 3 has been fired, the sheriff’s office announced on Friday. Deputy Eddie Duran was fired after an administrative investigation found his use of deadly force was “not objectionably reasonable,” a news release from the sheriff’s office says.
“The objective facts of the administrative investigation concluded that Mr.

Screenshot of a video showing an Israeli soldier leading an American soldier in a Jewish prayer. Though filmed on the Gaza pier, U.S. official say troops assigned to the relief mission are holding to U.S. promises. Video from @colliveofficial on Instagram.
Capping a tumultuous week around the war in Gaza, President Biden proposed a new ceasefire Friday between Israel and Hamas while U.S. officials confirmed that the U.S. Army-built cargo pier on the Gaza beach will need another week of repairs after breaking apart in bad weather.
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