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In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, Aviation Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Nicholas Hawkins, signals an MV-22 Osprey to land on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea on May 17, 2019. When the U.S. military took the extraordinary step of grounding its fleet of V-22 Ospreys this week, it wasn't reacting just to the recent deadly crash of the aircraft off the coast of Japan. The aircraft has had a long list of problems in its short history. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Amber Smalley/U.S. Navy via AP) ** FILE **

Air Force secretary posthumously promotes pilot of Osprey aircraft that crashed off Japan

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

This image made from video provided by WCVB-TV, shows Jack Teixeira, in T-shirt and shorts, being taken into custody by armed tactical agents on Thursday, April 13, 2023, in Dighton, Mass. (WCVB-TV via AP) ** FILE **

Air Force fires commander, disciplines others in Massachusetts Air National Guard leak case

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A general view of the crater at a site of recent Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russia attacks Kyiv with ballistic missiles, but Ukraine says it intercepted all of them

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

In this August 2023 photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, two missile launch officers, or missileers, finish a 24-hour underground shift at a launch control center at Malmstrom Air Force Base. The capsules are still very much like they were when they were first designed in the 1960s, with old gear, bad lighting and not a lot of room to move around. The capsules will be completely redesigned as part of the new Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile system. While everything will be modernized and connected via 21st-century technology, there will still be a “human in the loop” if there was ever a launch. (U.S. Air Force via AP)

A gigantic new ICBM will take U.S. nuclear missiles out of Cold War-era but add 21st-century risks

By Tara Copp - Associated Press

A U.S. military CV-22 Osprey takes off from Iwakuni base, Yamaguchi prefecture, western Japan, on July 4, 2018. Japanese and American military divers have spotted what could be the remains of a U.S. Air Force Osprey aircraft that crashed last week off southwestern Japan and several of the six crewmembers who are still missing, local media reported Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. (Kyodo News via AP) ** FILE **

U.S. military grounds entire Osprey fleet following deadly crash off Japan

By Tara Copp - Associated Press

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, Airman 1st Class Jackson Ligon, 341st Missile Maintenance Squadron technician, examines the internals of an intercontinental ballistic missile during a simulated electronic launch Minuteman test Sept. 22, 2020, at a launch facility near Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, Mont. The Air Force has determined that cancer data recorded in health records of service members who worked with the nation's nuclear missiles warrants a further review, as part of a massive testing and cleanup effort it launched in response to reports that many who served are now ill. (Tristan Day/U.S. Air Force via AP) ** FILE **

The Air Force is expanding a review of cancers for service members who worked with nuclear missiles

By Tara Copp - Associated Press

The members of Japanese Coast Guard carry the debris which are believed to be from the crashed U.S. military Osprey aircraft, at a port in Yakushima, Kagoshima prefecture, southern Japan, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. Japanese and American military divers have spotted what could be the remains of a U.S. Air Force Osprey aircraft that crashed last week off southwestern Japan and several of the six crewmembers who are still missing, local media reported Monday.(Kyodo News via AP)

Search teams find crew remains and U.S. military Osprey wreckage off Japan’s coast

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

The Longshot, an air-launched unmanned aircraft that General Atomics is developing with the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency for use in tandem with piloted Air Force jets, is displayed at the Air & Space Forces Association Air, Space & Cyber Conference, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023 in Oxon Hill, Md. Pentagon planners envision using such drones in "human-machine teaming" to overwhelm an adversary. But to be fielded, developers will need to prove the AI tech is reliable and trustworthy enough. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pentagon steps on AI accelerator as age of lethal autonomy looms

By Frank Bajak - Associated Press

The Hawaii special team recovers a punt after Air Force wide receiver Brandon Engel (2) fumbled a punt during the second half of an NCAA college football game against, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, in Honolulu. Hawaii was called for a kick catch interference foul and the ball returned to Air Force. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

Brayden Schager accounts for 3 TDs, Hawaii hands Air Force first MWC loss, 27-13

Associated Press

The B-21 Raider stealth bomber is unveiled at Northrop Grumman, Dec. 2, 2022, in Palmdale, Calif. The B-21 Raider has taken its first flight, moving the futuristic warplane closer to becoming the nation’s next nuclear weapons stealth bomber. The Raider flew out of Palmdale, Calif., where it has been under testing and development by Northrop Grumman. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Air Force’s nuclear stealth bomber takes first test flight

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Wind turbines work on June 25, 2023, in Kodiak, Alaska. The IEA’s annual world energy outlook, which analyzes the global picture of energy supply and demand, was released Tuesday, Oct. 24. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)

The Air Force asks Congress to protect its nuclear launch sites from encroaching wind turbines

By Tara Copp - Associated Press

The Pentagon is seen in this aerial view made through an airplane window in Washington, Jan. 26, 2020. U.S. officials say the number of suicides in the U.S. military and their families dipped slightly in 2022, compared with the previous year. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

The number of military suicides dipped in 2022 as the Pentagon works on new prevention programs

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

This image from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, a Tu-22M3 bomber of the Russian air forces flies over the Mediterranean after taking off from the Hemeimeem Air Base in Syria, on Feb. 19, 2022. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

Top Air Force general in Middle East: Russia dials back provocative air operations in Syria

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II performs a demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show, in Le Bourget, east of Paris, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. On Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, a Marine Corps pilot safely ejected from an F-35 Lightning II over North Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Search continues for Marine jet fighter that went down near Charleston over the weekend

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a J-15 Chinese fighter jet takes off from the Shandong aircraft carrier during the combat readiness patrol and military exercises around the Taiwan Island by the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) on, April 9, 2023. China’s local maritime authorities have issued a warning for possible rocket debris in waters northeast of Taiwan, saying ships would be banned from entering the area on April 16. The announcement comes after China held large-scale military drills that formally ended Monday in response to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen's transit visit last week to the United States. (An Ni/Xinhua via AP, File)

Stepped-up Chinese aerial intercepts may lead to a global crisis, U.S. Pacific command warns

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition, March 9, 2020, in Washington. Musk’s refusal to allow Ukraine to use Starlink internet services to launch a surprise attack on Russian forces in Crimea last September has raised questions for the Pentagon. The Air Force's top civilian leader, Frank Kendall, says the military may need to be more explicit in future defense contracts that services or products it purchases could be used in war. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Elon Musk’s refusal to have Starlink support Ukraine attack in Crimea raises questions for Pentagon

By Tara Copp - Associated Press

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, leaves the chamber as senators arrive for votes, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. Tuberville is delaying civilian and flag officer nominations in the Pentagon as he protests a Defense Department policy providing leave and reimbursement for service members who need to travel to get an abortion. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Hundreds of military promotions are on hold as a Republican senator demands end to abortion policy

By Kevin Freking and Tara Copp - Associated Press

In this handout photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Saturday, June 24, 2023, the top Russian military commander in Ukraine, Gen. Sergei Surovikin records his appeal to armed rebellion at the unknown location. Gen. Surovikin, a former commander of Russia's forces in Ukraine who was linked to the leader of an armed rebellion, has been dismissed from his job as chief of the air force, according to Russian state media. The report Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, came after weeks of uncertainty about his fate following the short-lived uprising.(Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) **FILE**

A top Russian general linked to the head of a rebellious mercenary group is reportedly dismissed

Associated Press

This image provided by the U.S. Air Force shows a rendering of a blended-wing body prototype aircraft. The Air Force has promised $235 million to help start-up manufacturer JetZero build a jet with a blended-wing body that officials say could provide greater range and efficiency for military tankers and cargo planes and perhaps eventually be used to carry airline passengers. JetZero and the Air Force, which announced the award Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, say they hope that the full-size demonstrator plane will be ready to fly in 2027. (U.S. Air Force via AP)

Air Force awards start-up company $235 million to build example of sleek new plane

Associated Press

Spectators wave Chinese flags as military vehicles carrying DF-41 nuclear ballistic missiles roll during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing on Oct. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

No let-up in China nuclear weapons expansion, Stratcom general says

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times