Worried about vulnerable airbases, a US ally landed a F-35A stealth fighter on a highway for the first time in NATO's newest member

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Norwegian F-35A performing a
Norwegian F-35A performing a "touch and go" on highway in Finland for the first time.

Ole Andreas Vekve, Norwegian Armed Forces

NATO's 2 least-friendly members have a history of aerial showdowns, and they're both about to get new stealth jets

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a TF KAAN during a ceremony in Ankara on May 1.

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Ukraine's front-line forces aren't advancing as much as 'hoped' in the face of tough Russian defenses, but they're gaining ground, about 300 feet per day, NATO chief says

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Ukrainian soldiers fire a mortar towards Russian positions at the front line, near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 12 2023.
Ukrainian soldiers fire a mortar towards Russian positions at the front line, near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 12 2023.

AP photo/Libkos

As Ukraine's air force dodges Russian missiles, the US and its allies are practicing to keep their jets flying while under attack

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A technician refuels a US F-16 during exercise Astral Knight 23 Part 6 at Šiauliai Air Base in Lithuania on August 22.

US Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Longoria

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.

FADEL SENNA / AFP) (Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images

Huge purchases of tanks and helicopters suggest Poland is borrowing a battlefield idea from the US Army

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Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak at a ceremony for the delivery of 14 US-made Abrams tanks in Szczecin on June 28.

Polish Foreign Ministry/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

The US is making 'irreversible' progress with a former Russian partner in a tense corner of Europe, but not everyone in NATO will be happy

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A US Army CH-47 helicopter over Cyprus in January 2020.

US Army/Maj. Robert Fellingham

Ukrainian pilots are finally learning to use F-16s, and NATO training plans have said they could be taught to fly other fighter jets too

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Swedish JAS 39 Gripens taxiing at Bodö airport before takeoff during NATO exercise Trident Juncture 18 on November 2, 2018.

Mats Nyström/Försvarsmakten

Ukraine is closer to having F-16s, but don't expect them to suddenly start 'taking down' Russia's formidable air defenses, top US general says

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Romanian Air Force F-16 jetfighters take part in the NATO exercise as part of the NATO Air Policing mission, in Alliance members' sovereign airspace on July 4, 2023.
Romanian F-16s on a NATO Air Policing mission on July 4.

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Wagner, infamous for brutality in Ukraine and a failed mutiny in Russia, is registered as an 'educational organization' in its new home

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Belarusian soldiers attend a training by mercenary fighters from Wagner private military company.
Belarusian soldiers attend a training by mercenary fighters from Wagner private military company.

Belarusian Defense Ministry via VoenTV via AP, File

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