The US surged over 150 aircraft into Iran for a high-risk rescue and used deception to trick Iranian forces

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A US Air Force F-15 fighter flies in the night.
Both airmen have been rescued in a high-risk mission, with the president revealing details on the operation.

US Air Force Photo

The survival training that kicks in after an American pilot is shot down

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Three US Air Force F-15 jets were shot down in a friendly fire incident over Kuwait on Sunday.
Three US Air Force F-15 jets were shot down in a friendly fire incident over Kuwait on Sunday.

Senior Airman Jonah Bliss/US Air Force

Photos appear to show destroyed US aircraft left in Iran after special forces rescued a stranded F-15E airman

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Plane wreckage sticks out of the desert.
Multiple Western reports said the US bombed its aircraft to prevent them from falling into Iranian hands.

SOCIAL MEDIA/Social Media via REUTERS

Here's how US combat search-and-rescue crews save downed fighter pilots in the middle of a war

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A HH-60W Jolly Green II, the Air Force's specialized search and rescue Black Hawk, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, Feb. 25, 2026.
A HH-60W Jolly Green II, the Air Force's specialized search-and-rescue Black Hawk, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, Feb. 25, 2026.

Airman Bre Lewis/US Air Force

White House pushes ahead on Golden Fleet and the new Trump-class battleship with a request for billions of dollars for shipbuilding

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US President Donald Trump stands next to a poster showing a render of a Trump-class battleship.
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ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP

The US lost a fighter jet over Iran, reports say, adding to a growing list of aircraft losses in the war

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A US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle from Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base's 335th Fighter Squadron breaks off after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker from the Tennessee Air National Guard's 151st Air Refueling Squadron, over the US Central Command area of responsibility, April 20, 2024.
A US F-15 operates over the Middle East.

US Air Force Photo

The US is burning through expensive missiles. DARPA is looking for cheaper ones that can be built in days, not months.

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US soldiers from the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade conduct a Patriot missile live-fire exercise near Fort Bliss, Texas, Aug. 23, 2025.
US soldiers from the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade conduct a Patriot missile live-fire exercise near Fort Bliss, Texas, Aug. 23, 2025.

Sgt. JaDarius Duncan/US Army

Shahed-killing interceptor drones may look simple, but building them to keep up with the threat isn't easy

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A Skyfall employee pilots a P1-Sun interceptor drone.
Skyfall's P1 Sun interceptor drone.

Genya SAVILOV / AFP via Getty Images

With Ukraine's Leopard 2s needed on the front lines, it's training tank crews with mixed-reality headsets used by NATO

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A man uses a Varjo headset and sensors as four others watch.
Varjo's headsets are being used in tank training, as seen in this photo provided by a school in Kharkiv.

Ukraine Military Institute of Armored Forces, Tank Institute

Ukrainian troops showed 'greater tactical imagination' than Western trainers, British officer says, pointing to their ambush tactics

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Two figures wearing camouflage hold firearms in the air and run inside a trench with mist and trees behind them
The experienced Ukrainian soldiers getting the Western training have more battle experience than their trainers.

JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images

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