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WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) — The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, deployed in operations against Iran, is expected to temporarily pull into port after a fire on board, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, the 18th day of the war with Tehran.The carrier, America’s newest and the world’s largest, is currently located in the Red Sea. It is expected to temporarily go to Souda Bay on the Greek island of Crete, the two officials said.The warship has been deployed for nine months, including taking part in operations against Venezuela in the Caribbean prior to arriving in the Middle East.…

The Kyiv Independent At least 11 people have been killed and 55 others injured in Russian attacks against Ukraine over the past day, local authorities said on March 17. Russia launched 178 drones at Ukraine overnight, the Air Force said, reporting that Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 154. At least 22 drones evaded defenses and struck 12 locations. The fall of debris was recorded at two locations. Click here to read more.

At first glance, placing Army modernization of small unmanned aircraft systems—sUAS—under the leadership of the aviation branch seems reasonable. After all, sUAS fly and share battlefield airspace with crewed aircraft, so it is logical for the Army to charge the Aviation Center of Excellence to manage the modernization of all sUAS platforms (including Groups 1 and 2). But beyond the fact that sUAS, like the crewed aircraft that belong to the aviation branch, fly, there is good reason for the Maneuver Center of Excellence (MCoE) to assume responsibility for the management of modernizing and integrating sUAS, which are inextricably linked…

PARIS — European NATO allies pushed back against demands by U.S. President Donald Trump to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz by force, weeks after Iran shut down the majority of shipping through the critical trade artery in response to the American-Israeli war against the country.British Prime Minister Kier Starmer said on Monday the United Kingdom “will not be drawn into the wider war,” while German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said “this is not our war.” Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, said member states have no appetite to expand their maritime-security operation in the Red Sea to…

Officials said at a hearing Tuesday that tradeoffs in services may be necessary, as the U.S. Postal Service faces the prospect of running out of money within the next year. “We would hope that this is the beginning of the ultimate end of the ongoing [postal] crises that we have all witnessed far too long,” said Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Md., the ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform panel’s Government Operations Subcommittee. In his testimony, Postmaster General David Steiner warned that USPS could reach a financial cliff as soon as fall 2026. As a response, he floated reducing the postal…

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org As the Air Force races to develop and field new semi-autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft, the service is also rethinking its production plan for CCAs—how many and how quickly—to replace the notional figures set several years ago. Gen. Dale R. White, who is charged with overseeing the program, said March 17 at the McAleese Defense Programs Conference that officials will decide as early as this summer on the new plan, which could…

Springfield Armory® is proud to announce the launch of its new Aimpoint® COA®-equipped line of pistols. Select firearms arrive factory-milled with the Aimpoint A-CUT™ interface and are fitted with the class-leading Aimpoint COA closed-emitter red dot sight. Paired with the 9mm Echelon at launch, the line will later expand to include select 1911 DS Prodigy™ and 1911 variants. The Aimpoint® COA® A-CUT integrates directly into the slides of these Springfield Armory pistols via a full-length dovetail secured by a front hook and rear wedge. The wedge-locking mechanism transfers lateral forces into the dovetail, reducing the load on screws and mounting…

Austen Lane will be changing weight classes at UFC London on Saturday. Lane is set to drop down to light heavyweight after competing at heavyweight in his UFC tenure. He’s set to take on Iwo Baraniewski in an intriguing fight, and the thought process of dropping down to light heavyweight was something Lane thought of as he was rehabbing from surgery. “It’s not something I thought about for a while,” Lane said on Just Scrap Radio on BJPENN.com. “Basically, what happened is I had to have surgery after my last fight, and I was sidelined for a little bit. In…

A former UFC champion believes the key to Sean Strickland shocking the world again at UFC 328 is not a takedown or a jab, but a psychological crack in Khamzat Chimaev on fight night. He thinks Strickland can drag the undefeated middleweight king into an emotional brawl, force early mistakes, and turn a daunting stylistic task into a winnable title fight. Khamzat Chimaev vs. Sean Strickland Khamzat Chimaev will defend his undisputed UFC middleweight title against former champion Sean Strickland in the main event of UFC 328 on May 9 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. It is…

European Commission News article 16 March 2026 Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) The European Commission is confirming €450 million in humanitarian aid for Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt in 2026. With major donors withdrawing from the region and international humanitarian law under unprecedented strain, the EU is sustaining life-saving assistance to millions of people. In Syria, €210 million in EU humanitarian funding will sustain life-saving emergency response and protection across the entire country. More than a year after the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, 16.5 million people continue to require humanitarian…