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The RQ-4Bs operated by the 4th Reconnaissance Squadron permanently relocated to Yokota AB, where they already deployed every year during the typhoon season. The U.S. Air Force permanently relocated its RQ-4B Global Hawks from Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, to Yokota Air Base, Japan, the 374th Airlift Wing announced on Jun. 15, 2026. The…

Days after the high profile resignations from the Ministry of Defence’s political leadership, the professional head of the UK’s armed forces, Sir Rich Knighton, has said that without more funding the UK will need to ‘dial back’ both its military exercises and frontline operational activities. The Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal, who has served…

The U.S. Air Force has awarded contracts for both the production of CCAs and the mission autonomy software as part of the program’s Increment 1. The U.S. Air Force awarded several contracts for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, including production contracts for the Increment 1 aircraft as well as mission autonomy software. The move represents…

Seeking Panama’s dictator Manuel Noriega on multiple drug trafficking charges, the U.S. deployed one of their most secretive and effective weapons for the first time in the darkness of Dec. 20, 1989. At 0101 hours on Dec. 20, 1989, the pitch black peaceful tropical night outside the Panamanian Defense Force (PDF) barracks was suddenly disturbed…