A missing F-35 stealth fighter may have kept flying after its pilot ejected. A pilotless Soviet jet once flew 500 miles before crashing in NATO territory.

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An F-35B Lightning II with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing crosses the Pacific from Yuma, Ariz. to Iwakuni, Japan, on Jan. 9, 2017.

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Sen. Tuberville slammed poetry by US sailors that is a time-honored tradition

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama at a hearing on Capitol Hill on February 17, 2022.
Tuberville has singlehandedly blocked hundreds of military promotions since March and refuses to let up unless the Pentagon reverses its abortion policy.

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville argues the Navy is 'too woke' because 'people are doing poems on aircraft carriers'

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville.

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Ukraine's military shared video of the moment it says one of its aerial drones sank a Russian naval vessel

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Ukraine claimed the attack destroyed a Russian KS-701 patrol boat, killing six "occupiers."

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Russia's new 'sea of fire' tactic makes it even more treacherous for Ukraine to clear minefields, report says

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A billboard indicating the presence of landmines in a suburb of Kyiv.

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NATO-trained Ukrainian recruits admit they're being overpowered by Russia's battle-hardened troops in the northern sector, Kyiv Independent reports

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A Ukrainian serviceman smokes a cigarette in a trench at the front line east of Kharkiv.

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North Korea's new ICBM looks and works an awful lot like a Russian ICBM, experts say

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Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from an undisclosed location in North Korea in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on July 13, 2023.
North Korea conducted a test launch of the Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile in July.

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville doubles down after blocking hundreds of military promotions: 'I don't care if they promote anybody'

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville speaks to reporters in the Senate subway at the US Capitol on July 10, 2023

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Nation's top general says it's an 'overstatement' to say 'the entire military is woke' over a few drag shows on bases

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Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley.

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China's military claims to have found a way to build a laser weapon that can fire indefinitely

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An operational demonstration of the Office of Naval Research-sponsored Laser Weapon System while deployed to the Arabian Gulf.

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