Pentagon: U.S. shoots down a Syrian aircraft for the first time
The U.S. military on Sunday shot down a Syrian Air Force fighter jet that bombed local forces aligned with the Americans in the fight against Islamic State militants, an action...
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The Pentagon will send about 4,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan
The Pentagon will send almost 4,000 additional American forces to Afghanistan, a Trump administration official said Thursday, hoping to break a stalemate in a war that has now passed to...
U.S. officials say pirates have returned to waters off Somalia
Pirates have returned to the waters off Somalia, but the spike in attacks on commercial shipping does not yet constitute a trend, senior U.S. officials said Sunday.
Pence warns North Korea: “The sword stands ready”
From the wind-swept deck of a massive aircraft carrier, Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday warned North Korea not to test the resolve of the U.S. military, promising it would...
U.S. hit Islamic State tunnel in Afghanistan with largest non-nuclear bomb ever used
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� U.S. forces in Afghanistan on Thursday struck an Islamic State tunnel complex in eastern Afghanistan with "the mother of all bombs," the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used...
While Donald Trump talks tough, U.S. quietly cutting nuclear force
The Air Force is quietly shrinking its deployed force of land-based nuclear missiles as part of a holdover Obama administration plan to comply with an arms control treaty with Russia....