Ukraine is feeding intel to Patriot interceptor makers as Russia mixes up its missile attacks, lawmaker says

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The Ukrainian Air Force's F-16 fighter jets fly over a Patriot Air and Missile Defense System in an undisclosed location in Ukraine, Sunday, August 4, 2024.
Western countries have sent multiple Patriot batteries to Ukraine since the full-scale invasion began.

AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky

Ukrainian forces say Russian troops paid them for a fake Starlink service that instead revealed battlefield locations

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A Starlink terminal sits near a playground.
A recent block aimed at cutting off Russian Starlink access has prompted a slew of reports that the Kremlin's soldiers are approaching Ukrainians for help registering their terminals.

Serhii Korovayny/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

Troops are mocking Air Force gate guards over a new rule: 'You sound like a Walmart greeter'

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An Air Force Security Forces airman greets a driver.
Gate guards welcome people onto US military installations and also ensure security. The Air Force recently adopted a new approach to entry point greetings, and not everyone is loving it.

Senior Airman Elora J. Martinez/US Air Force

Ukraine says its drones hit nearly 1,100 miles into Russia in one of its deepest strikes, security official says

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A Ukrainian service member of the 14th Unmanned Aerial Systems Regiment prepares a deep strike unmanned aerial vehicle before its launch toward Russian territory, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location in Ukraine, undisclosed date, 2025.
A Ukrainian soldier prepares a long-range drone.

Valentyn Ogirenko/REUTERS

A US Navy destroyer and a support ship collided in the Caribbean during an at-sea resupply gone wrong

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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun sails alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) during a fueling-at-sea, Feb. 28.
The USS Truxtun collided with a support ship in the Caribbean Sea on Wednesday.

US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Ryan Colosanti

The US Air Force needs to buy hundreds of sixth-gen fighters and bombers to be ready for a China fight, airpower experts say

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A B-21 Raider bomber flies above a mountainous terrain with clouds and a clear blue sky in the background.
The US plans to acquire at least 185 F-47s and 100 B-21s.

Courtesy of the US Air Force

Russia has started an 'evacuation' of its citizens from Cuba amid the island's jet fuel crisis

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A Rossiya Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft flies above a lamp post.
Rossiya is one of the two airlines servicing one-way flights from Cuba amid the jet fuel crisis.

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Mexican cartel drones were behind the brief El Paso airspace chaos, says Trump administration official. The US military took them out.

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A Fort Bliss Law Enforcement Activity Military Police Company Soldier engages a simulated enemy drone with a handheld counter-unmanned aircraft system during an integrated protection exercise at Fort Bliss, Texas, August 20, 2025.
A US soldier engages a simulated drone during training at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas.

David Poe/Fort Bliss Public Affairs Office

A US Army general says new command tech lets him ditch the 'hourlong staff meeting'

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A soldier sits at a desk and looks at a computer inside a tent.
NGC2 has been developed through an iterative process involving soldiers, leadership, and command.

US Army photo by Spc. Samuel Brandon

Kyiv says Russian troops need Starlink so badly they're trying to get Ukrainians to register terminals for them

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A Starlink terminal is seen on the ground in Pokrovsk.
SpaceX has cut off Starlink access in Ukraine, allowing only terminals on a Ukrainian "whitelist" to connect to the service.

Pierre Crom/Getty Images

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