WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon believes it has identified the mechanical failure that led to a fatal crash of an Osprey aircraft in Japan and the grounding of the fleet for two months, a U.S. defense official told The Associated Press. It is now weighing how the aircraft can be returned to service. The Pentagon’s […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Monday that it was not aware of any Iranian deaths in the recent U.S. strikes against Iran-linked targets in Iraq and Syria. The United States launched airstrikes in Iraq and Syria on Friday against more than 85 targets linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) and militias it backs […]
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House Medical Unit during the Trump administration provided prescription drugs, including controlled substances, to ineligible staff and spent tens of thousands of dollars more on brand-name drugs than what generic equivalents would have cost, a Pentagon report shows. The unit, part of the White House Military Office, […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to return to the Pentagon on Monday, nearly a month after being secretly admitted to a hospital for complications from an undisclosed prostate cancer surgery in December, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday. Austin’s secrecy surrounding his condition and his Jan. 1 hospitalization caught […]
US aid for Ukraine has been blocked since Republicans voted down a security package in December. It means the US can’t repair weapons it sent to Ukraine, the Pentagon’s press secretary said. Ukraine has had to scale back its war effort since US support started drying up. The Pentagon said that US weapons are faltering […]
The Pentagon expects Ukraine to receive its first F-16 fighters and the accompanying spare parts and infrastructure this year. Source: Celeste Wallander, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, as reported by European Pravda Quote: “We are working as a coalition on [the F-16 program]; we are aiming to bring Ukraine’s F-16 program to […]
The Defense Department, thanks to the fiscal year 2024 defense policy bill, has the authority to increase family separation allowance sharply. But it hasn’t happened, yet. In its current form, family separation allowance provides an additional tax-free $250 per month to service members who are involuntarily separated from their families for 30 days or more. […]
WASHINGTON — The B-21 Raider is now in production, the Pentagon’s acquisition chief said Monday evening. William LaPlante, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, said in a statement to reporters that he approved low-rate production for the Northrop Grumman-made stealth bomber last fall after observing the results of its ground and flight tests. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time since Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin established the international group to support Ukraine in April 2022, the United States will host the monthly gathering of about 50 countries out of money, unable to send the ammunition and missiles that Ukraine needs to fend off Russia. While waiting for Congress […]
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will head the meeting of the Contact Group for the Defence of Ukraine on 23 January together with Charles Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US, but will participate in it from home. Source: Sabrina Singh, Spokesperson of the Pentagon, as reported by European Pravda Details: […]
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The replacement for the ground-based U.S. nuclear arsenal anchored by the Minuteman III has officially busted through its $95.8 billion budget due to the COVID-19 pandemic and inflation, the Air Force said on Thursday. The Air Force is notifying Congress that the program, being designed and managed by Northrop […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department will install solar panels on the Pentagon, part of the Biden administration’s plan to promote clean energy and “reestablish the federal government as a sustainability leader.” The Pentagon is one of 31 government sites that are receiving $104 million in Energy Department grants that are expected to double the […]