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The sign for Joint Base Andrews is seen, Friday, March 26, 2021, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. An intruder has breached the home of Air Force One, one of the nation's most sensitive military bases, and this time a resident opened fire on the trespasser, Joint Base Andrews said in a statement late Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Joint Base Andrews intruder reached Air Force leader’s residence before husband opened fire

By Tara Copp - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping waves at an event to introduce new members of the Politburo Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China held Taiwan war council in October, general’s memo reveals

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

This handout photo provided by the U.S. Navy shows a common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB) launching from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, in Kauai, Hawaii, March 19, 2020, during a Department of Defense flight experiment. The department is working in collaboration with industry and academia to field hypersonic war-fighting capabilities. (Luke Lamborn/U.S. Navy via AP) ** FILE **

Pentagon successfully tests hypersonic missile

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Venezuelan migrants crowd around an outdoor bonfire as temperatures plummet in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022. Hundreds of migrants are gathered in unusually frigid cold temperatures along the Mexican-U.S. border near El Paso, Texas, awaiting a U.S. Supreme Court decision on whether and when to lift pandemic-era restrictions that prevent many from seeking asylum. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Winter weather live updates | Travel chaos, bitter cold

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this Sept. 3, 2015, file photo provided by the U.S. Navy, F-35C Lightning IIs, attached to the Grim Reapers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101, and F/A-18E/F Super Hornets attached to the Naval Aviation Warfighter Development Center (NAWDC) fly over Naval Air Station Fallon's (NASF) Range Training Complex near Fallon, Nev. The U.S. Senate passed a massive expansion of a northern Nevada naval air base as part of its defense spending bill, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, that is set to finalize a historic transfer of public land to military use. The amendment designates 558,000 additional acres for military training at the Naval Air Station Fallon east of Reno. (Lt. Cmdr. Darin Russell/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

GAO: Air Force, Navy should better analyze which aging planes still useful

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Air Force head coach Troy Calhoun looks on as players warm up before an NCAA college football game against Colorado State, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022, at Air Force Academy, Colo. Baylor and Air Force will play in the Armed Forced Bowl on Dec. 22 in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Baylor set to face Air Force in frigid Armed Forces Bowl

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A B-2 Spirit bomber, deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., is prepared for a training mission at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Jan. 17, 2019. Three B-2 bombers and more than 200 Airmen deployed here in support of U.S. Strategic Command’s Bomber Task Force mission. Bomber aircraft regularly rotate through the Indo-Pacific region to integrate capabilities with key regional partners and maintain a high state of aircrew proficiency. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Barley)

Air Force grounds stealth bomber fleet after emergency landing

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

This photo released by the U.S. Air Force shows a B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, flying over an oil tanker in the Middle East on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022. (Staff Sgt. Charles Fultz/U.S. Air Force via AP) ** FILE **

After earlier failures, Air Force claims first successful hypersonic missile test

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Pentagon debuts its new stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider

By Tara Copp - Associated Press

In this photo released by the U.S. Air Force, an Israeli Air Force F-15 Strike Eagle flies in formation with a U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer over Israel as part of a deterrence flight Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. Members of the Air Force and Space Force will now be able to tell others what pronouns they use in official correspondence under a just-adopted diversity policy change endorsed by the senior brass. (U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Jerreht Harris via AP)

Biden’s DoD pulls F-15 Eagles from Japan amid rising China threat: ‘Sends the wrong signal’

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the Joint Staff of the Japanese Self-Defense Force, three F-15 warplanes of the Japanese Self-Defense Force, front, and four F-16 fighters of the U.S. Armed Forces fly over the Sea of Japan on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (Joint Staff of the Japanese Self-Defense Force via AP) ** FILE **

Plan to pull F-15 fighters from Okinawa sparks alarm in Congress

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Jennifer-Ruth Green, the Republican candidate for Indiana's 1st Congressional District and an U.S. Air Force veteran poses for a photo Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, in Gary, Ind. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Air Force confirms leak of personnel records of GOP House candidate

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Jennifer-Ruth Green, the Republican candidate for Indiana's 1st Congressional District and an U.S. Air Force veteran listens to business owners during a roundtable meeting Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, in Gary, Ind. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Lawmakers demand answers over leaked Air Force records of GOP House candidate

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Air Force Academy cadets make their way to their seats as family and friends cheer from the stands during the United States Air Force Academy's Class of 2021 graduation ceremony at the USAFA in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 26, 2021. (Chancey Bush/The Gazette via AP, File)

Three senators ask Air Force secretary to explain Yom Kippur scheduling snafu at service academy

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

J.R. Majewski, Republican candidate for U.S. Representative for Ohio's 9th Congressional District, speaks at a campaign rally in Youngstown, Ohio, Sept. 17, 2022. Majewski has centered his campaign for a competitive Ohio congressional seat around his biography as an Air Force veteran. But one of the big questions that has surfaced is why Majewski was told that he could not reenlist in the Air Force after his initial four years were up. (AP Photo/Tom E. Puskar, File)

Records contradict Majewski’s account of military punishment

By Brian Slodysko and James Laporta - Associated Press

A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, assigned to the 509th/131st Bomb Wings out of Whiteman Air Force Base, performs a flyover of Barnes-Jewish Hospital to honor healthcare professionals and essential employees fighting against the coronavirus Friday, May 8, 2020, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Air Force to introduce new stealth bomber later this year

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launches during an operational test at 1:13 A.M. PDT, Sept. 7, 2022, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. ICBM test launches demonstrate that the U.S. ICBM fleet is relevant, essential and key to leveraging dominance in an era of strategic competition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Quijas) ** FILE **

Pentagon tests multi-warhead ICBM after delays

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrives to the XV Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, July 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Austin picks Air Force Gen. Ryder as next Pentagon spokesman

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this Monday, March 9, 2020, file photo released by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), a Russian Tu-142 maritime reconnaissance aircraft, top right, is intercepted near the Alaska coastline. A similar incursion by two Russian maritime patrol aircraft tested the U.S. and Canadian air defense zone in early July 2022, in a show of force in the midst of Moscow's military operation in Ukraine and nuclear saber-rattling, the commander of the Northern Command said on July 22. The U.S.-Canadian air defense command is playing down two recent Russian military encounters near Alaska as non-threatening — despite one intrusion that included nuclear-capable bombers. The North American Aerospace Defense command delayed releasing details on the two separate incidents for two days, even though multiple U.S. fighter jets and support aircraft were used to intercept and escort the Tu-95 bombers and Su-35 jets off the Alaskan coast on May 11. (North American Aerospace Defense Command via AP, File)

Russia tests U.S. air defenses in midst of Ukraine war

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Racing fans stop at the U.S. Air Force recruiting tent prior to a NASCAR race at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Sunday, July 17, 2022, in Loudon, N.H. These are tough times for military recruiters. All services are having problems finding young people who want to join and can meet the physical, mental and moral requirements. Recruiters are offering bigger bonuses and other incentives to those who sign up. And they are seizing on the boost that Hollywood may offer – such as the buzz over Top Gun. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

As recruiters struggle, Air Force seeks lift from ‘Top Gun’

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press