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On board the flight were the pilots, two employees of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and four contractors. BECKY BOHRER August 21, 2026 6:14 pm 3 min read JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A plane that crashed at a remote military site in western Alaska, killing all eight people on board, was making its second runway approach in heavy fog when it lost contact, authorities said Friday. The Cessna’s two pilots could not see the gravel airstrip and were flying solely by instruments when the plane crashed about midday Thursday, Clint Johnson, the National Transportation Board’s Alaska region chief, told…

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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 James G. Roche, the 20th Secretary of the Air Force who led the department from 2001-2005, died Aug. 4. He was 86. As Secretary, Roche led the Air Force through the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and subsequent preparations and campaigns in Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003. During his tenure, he pushed for tighter synergy between the Air Force’s air and space activities, improved readiness, a shift from platform-based…

What if a military sniper rifle didn’t have to belong to just one caliber?That question sits at the heart of the Accuracy International AXSR, a precision rifle designed around a concept that challenges the traditional idea of matching one rifle to one cartridge. Instead, the Accuracy International AXSR can be configured for different calibers, allowing the same basic platform to adapt to different operational requirements.That sounds simple on paper. In practice, it raises a much more interesting question: does a multi-caliber rifle actually make a military unit more flexible, or does it simply move the complexity into barrels, bolts, magazines…

The speed at which vaccines and other medical countermeasures (MCMs) can be developed and deployed is critical in determining whether an emerging pathogen is contained or becomes a global emergency. COVID-19 demonstrated both the extraordinary scientific progress made in recent years and the major gaps that remain. Although a safe and effective vaccine was developed in record time it was still not available quickly enough to prevent devastating global health, economic and social consequences. This experience underlined the importance of the 100 Days Mission (100DM), launched by the United Kingdom in 2021 and endorsed by the G7, G20 and global…

Designed for Compact Tactical Riflescopes Richmond, VA. (August 14th, 2026) – German Precision Optics(GPO USA) proudly announces the GPO SetbackÔ Cantilever 3” extension mount designed for compact tactical 30mm riflescopes. This design allows compact riflescopes to be mounted up to either 3” forward or rearward, depending on what the optical system requires for optimal eye relief. “This new mount is a must for compact riflescope users,” said Mike Jensen, Owner and CEO of GPO, USA. “Most riflescope mounts push optics forward. Compact tactical scopes often require the opposite. The GPO SetBack™ allows you to bring the optic rearward, allowing shooters…

Key PointsKongsberg signed a NOK 1.1 billion, about $118 million, follow-on contract with GDLS-Canada to supply PROTECTOR RS4 weapon systems for Canada’s ACSV fleet.The RS4 order builds on a roughly NOK 500 million contract from May 2020 and comes as Canada has ordered 190 additional ACSVs in 2026.Kongsberg has signed a contract worth NOK 1.1 billion, about $118.4 million, to supply additional PROTECTOR RS4 Remote Weapon Systems to General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada for the Canadian Army’s Armoured Combat Support Vehicle program. The Norwegian defense company said the deal is a follow-on order building on previous RS4 deliveries for the same…

Din Thomas is set for a double-quick retirement U-turn after the recent Gillian Robertson controversy at UFC 330. At the UFC 330 post-show, the former fighter-turned-analyst abruptly announced he was retiring from cornering fighters after Robertson’s loss to Mackenzie Dern in her title fight. The timing and the way he announced it saw Thomas earn the fury of the MMA community. There were several notable names who called him out, and Sean Strickland was one among them. Taking to X, the middleweight champ wrote: Din Thomas is a f*cking c*nt.. Ive had my a*s kicked in multiple weight classes through…

Harrison Schoen spent three months on the USS New Orleans staring at the ocean, watching for anyone who might fall overboard, when he decided his life needed to change. That decision eventually led him to a spotlight moment on national television, where he turned down $1 million rather than betray 60 strangers who had trusted him with the choice. Enlisting in January 2016, Schoen served four years as a logistics specialist aboard the USS New Orleans and the USS Theodore Roosevelt before separating in January 2020. It was during a deployment on the New Orleans, however, standing lookout watch for…

The arrival of low-cost, high-resolution and wide field-of-view head mounted displays combined with high-definition XR visual systems has revolutionised training. Such systems provide a new era of portable training that can be used at the conventional training centre or deployed on operations for air, land and sea training applications. nVIDIA defines Extended Reality (XR) as an umbrella or collective term that encompasses a spectrum of immersive technologies that include Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR). Focussing more closely on these technologies, VR immerses the user in a virtual environment; AR sees VR rendered images overlaid on…