US Navy guided missile cruiser renamed to honour civil war hero Robert Smalls
This is part of a Pentagon-wide plan to remove Confederate names from places of honour across their armed forces.
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Aircraft UK vs US: How do military pilots get assigned callsigns and are they cool like in the movies?
The rules and the history behind military aviation callsigns and nicknames revealed.
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USA JDAM: The low-cost precision bomb could see Ukraine strike from three times further away
Are Ukraine pilots getting US-supplied JDAM bombs?
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Russia Russian and US military firepower: A comparison
The latest data has recognised the countries' militaries as two of the most powerful in the world.
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WWII British WWII veteran gets VIP tour of US airbase hosting Exercise Red Flag
The veteran said that if he could he would join the Royal Air Force again tomorrow.
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Aircraft Production to end of Top Gun 2's F/A-18 Super Hornet jet
The F/A-18 - flown by Tom Cruise's character in Top Gun: Maverick - is a dual-role, multi-engine fighter aircraft.
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USA US spy plane pilot takes cockpit selfie above suspected Chinese surveillance balloon
These newly released photos, taken by the pilot of a U-2 spy plane, provide clear images of the balloon's payload.
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USA Pentagon warns US troops eating poppy seeds could lead to failed drug tests
The Department of Defense issued a memorandum on poppy seed consumption and military drug testing.
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Russia Putin intends to continue with the 'special military operation' in Ukraine
The Russian President made his first State of the Nation speech since 2021 and halted Russia's participation in a nuclear arms treaty.
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China 'Serious problem for us' if China supplies weapons to Russia, US Secretary of State says
Anthony Blinken told American media that the US had information that China was considering whether to give Russia weapons.
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USA Watch: A rare glimpse inside a factory making US Army ammunition
General Dynamics has allowed a rare glimpse behind the scenes to see one of its factories.
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RAF Meet the 'baddies' of the sky - the US Air Force's most-feared squadrons
Their motto is 'learn, teach, replicate' and they provide realistic air threats for training pilots by acting like adversaries.
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USA Exclusive: On board a US Navy destroyer patrolling the Mediterranean
Forces News has gone behind the scenes to see how personnel spend their days on the USS James E Williams.
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China Focus should be on contents of 'Chinese spy balloon' before getting too excited, ex-RAF chief says
Retired Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Graydon said focus should be on finding out what is in the shot-down suspected Chinese spy balloon.
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USA Worst recruitment since 1973 is not due to 'wokeness', US Army survey suggests
Major General Alex Fink, head of United States Army marketing, says wokeness is not to blame.
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USA UK to conduct security review after US military shoots down another mysterious object
It comes after a series of objects in Western airspace were shot down by the US military, including a suspected Chinese spy balloon.