Marine Corps officials said Wednesday they will continue to let units in Afghanistan use 60 mm mortars but maintain the suspension of their use in training until completing an investigation into why one malfunctioned, killing seven Marines Monday night during an exercise at the Hawthorne Army Depot.
There’s a new warbird on the block at Nellis Air Force Base.
HAWTHORNE — Tears were shed Tuesday in this town of about 3,000 for seven U.S. Marines no one here knew.
Seven Marines were killed and several others injured Monday night in an explosion during a training exercise at the Hawthorne Army Depot in Northern Nevada.
Nevada residents who gave their lives in the war in Iraq, which began 10 years ago today.
A Las Vegas-based former defense adviser is one of 20 former advisers to write a letter to President Barack Obama regarding North Korea’s nuclear missile tests.
Eugene Poteat is a living piece of Cold War history, and the 83-year-old retired CIA senior scientific intelligence officer believes the conflict is still under way.
The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday unanimously approved a bill that would expand the penalties for people who falsely claim to have received military awards.
RALEIGH, N.C. — The U.S. Air Force joined other military branches Tuesday in suspending tuition aid that thousands of active-duty service members rely on to pay for college classes.
WASHINGTON — The military has stopped production of a new medal for remote warfare troops — drone operators and cyber warfighters — as it considers complaints from veterans and lawmakers over the award, which was ranked higher than such traditional combat medals as the Purple Heart and Bronze Star.
An F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet destined for Nellis Air Force Base made an unexpected landing at the Lubbock, Texas, airport Monday after the pilot noticed a warning light in the cockpit, a Lockheed Martin spokesman said.
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. — They may never come face to face with a Taliban insurgent, never dodge a roadside bomb or take fire, but they still may be responsible for taking lives or putting their own colleagues in mortal danger. And now the military has begun to grapple with the mental and emotional strains endured by these Air Force personnel.
CARSON CITY — A Nevada War Memorial honoring all fallen Nevadan soldiers since statehood would be added to Capitol Complex under a bill introduced Monday in the state Senate.
At least one F-35 jet landed at Nellis Air Force Base on Wednesday, though later than expected, after the Pentagon grounded the fleet of planes in February when one was found to have cracked engine blade.
Sequestration and gridlock in Washington have clipped the wings of the Thunderbirds, an Air Force demonstration team based at Nellis Air Force Base. But flyovers and air shows will go on until April 1.
