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Military officials are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding an unattended toolbox found Monday at the vehicle search area on Pulaski Barracks, an incident that prompted the closure of the gates to incoming and outgoing traffic at Pulaski and Kapan for several hours.

Three days before he leaves Europe for the Pentagon, the Air Force’s next chief master sergeant gave some parting advice to a group of young students at Ramstein High School.

Regardless of whether the talks in the freezing Kazakh capital provide a path forward for peace in Syria, there was one definite and tangible outcome: The country's ragtag army of rebels has found a place at the negotiating table, literally.

The deployment constitutes the first large movement of Hill’s F-35 fleet since the Air Force declared the jets combat-ready in August 2016. "Red Flag" is a realistic combat training exercise that involves the Air Force and select U.S. allies.

FBI Director James Comey, whose agents are pursuing multiple lines of inquiry that intersect with the Trump administration and who himself is under a Department of Justice Inspector General investigation, has told people he has been asked to stay in his post, people familiar with the matter say.

What began as the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers is now the Dayton VA Medical Center. This year, it marks its 150th anniversary with a year-long roster of ceremonies and events.

The Army’s primary ground combat weapons such as tanks and cannons are old, growing outdated and, in some cases, being surpassed by those of foreign militaries, raising questions about their usefulness on future battlefields, a recent Congressional Research Service report found.

The Army’s primary ground combat weapons such as tanks and cannons are old, growing outdated and, in some cases, being surpassed by those of foreign militaries, raising questions about their usefulness on future battlefields, a recent Congressional Research Service report found.

Israel announced plans Tuesday to build 2,500 more settler homes on the West Bank, moving to step up construction just days after the swearing-in of Donald Trump brought to power a U.S. administration seen as friendly to the settlement movement.

Gov. Bill Walker introduced legislation on Monday that would bring the state in compliance with the Real ID Act and prevent travel restrictions on Alaskans.

Sentry Aloha is an ongoing series of exercises hosted by the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 154th Wing intended to provide training for homeland defense and missions overseas. The combat training will involve the U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard and other Department of Defense services.

An amendment to Alaska's divorce statutes makes it the first state in the country to require courts to take "into consideration the well-being of the animal" and to explicitly empower judges to assign joint custody over pets.

The tiny Baltic nation of Estonia is experimenting with the idea of cyberconscription, a move that gives draftees with tech skills the chance to work shoring up their military's electronic infrastructure, an Estonian defense official said Tuesday.

Sen. John McCain on Tuesday convened a Senate hearing and urged a costly and long-term build-up of the military to reverse years of falling budgets.

A “kill zone” where Iraqi soldiers shoot anything that moves, runs along the east bank of the Tigris River here.

Kassady Huffman, a Colorado Springs native who attended Air Academy and Air Force prep, blocked six shots against Nevada to establish a single-game mark for the Falcons. She broke a mark of five that she shared with several others.

Trump is a bold deal-maker who makes outrageous opening offers. If he succeeds, we succeed.

Perceived popularity — and the perceived enthusiasm of the opposition — really does matter, and not just on the president’s influence.

Austria's interior minister says suspected Islamic radical detained last week and suspected of planning a possible attack has told interrogators that he built a test bomb.

Despite Lockheed Martin’s dogfight with President Donald Trump in recent weeks over the cost of the F-35 Lightning II, increased sales and profits from the stealth fighter boosted the company bottom line in the final quarter and for 2016.

This is Iceland, where police are often unarmed and people walk safely at all hours of the night — just as Birna Brjansdottir was doing 10 days ago, when she disappeared. And then her Doc Martens turned up near a dock, and the 20-year-old's blood was found in a car. And then there were drones over Iceland, and helicopters and arrests on the open sea.

Fierce fighting erupted in Mosul on Tuesday as Iraqi forces tried to drive Islamic State militants from one of their last bastions in the eastern half of the city, while aid groups expressed concern for the estimated 750,000 people still in the militant-held west.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he discussed the deal on Monday night with Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, and held talks with the leaders of New Zealand and Singapore. Steven Ciobo, Australia's trade minister, told ABC Radio on Tuesday a Trans-Pacific Partnership without the U.S. was "very much a live option."

In October, a shoeless Mark Baumer left his house in Providence, R.I., on a walk across America. He made it as far as Ohio before harsh winter weather held him up. From there, he took a bus due south to Florida to start fresh in warmer temperatures. That was where his journey ended.

An Afghan Defense Ministry official says the Taliban have launched nearly 19,000 attacks throughout the country in the last 10 months. By comparison the Afghan National Security Forces carried out roughly 700 counter-insurgency operations during the same period.