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The Space Force’s top-ranked uniformed officer sported the service’s new mess dress uniform ahead of its formal wear testing this fall.Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman donned the first wear-test asset of the mess dress at the Air Force Weapons School graduation on June 13, a Department of the Air Force spokesperson told Military Times.The uniform, as worn by Saltzman during the ceremony in Las Vegas, Nevada, can be worn for black-tie events. The mess dress is all black with silver buttons along the front of the uniform and contains a silver outline that swirls into a diamond shape…

Credit: USNDefense Feeds, Patuxent River. The P-8 Poseidon missile test aircraft has begun an unexpected second career after the first-ever P-8 Poseidon built was reassigned to support missile testing activities across the Pacific.Rather than retiring after years of developmental and evaluation work, the aircraft is now being used to assist missile tracking, test monitoring and data collection missions, giving the pioneering platform a new operational purpose.The move highlights how military organizations continue finding value in older test assets by adapting them for specialized missions that support the development of next-generation weapons and defense technologies. P-8 Poseidon Missile Test Aircraft Takes…

UFC star Paddy Pimblett has looked ahead to his upcoming clash with Benoit Saint Denis at UFC 329 next month. At UFC 329, Paddy Pimblett will attempt to prove that he has what it takes to become a genuine title contender once again in the lightweight division. He will go head to head with Benoit Saint Denis, who has put together a great run as of late to put himself on the brink, too. RELATED: Paddy Pimblett will show “underestimated skill set” in Benoit Saint-Denis UFC 329 bout, per PFL San Diego training partner of ‘The Baddy’ Pimblett has been…

Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH and GEK TERNA S.A. announce a strategic partnership aimed at enhancing Greece’s defence capabilities and reinforcing the country’s sovereign industrial base in the defence sector. Following the Memorandum of Understanding signed in the fourth quarter of 2025, Rheinmetall Landsysteme and GEK TERNA have now executed a long-term binding Strategic Framework Agreement that combines GEK TERNA’s leading position in critical infrastructure, energy and industrial investments across South-Eastern Europe with Rheinmetall’s world-class portfolio of land systems and defence technologies. The partnership creates the foundation for substantial industrial cooperation in Greece, with significant local added value, sustainable capability development and…

For years of expeditionary counterinsurgency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, US and coalition forces benefited from a logistics enterprise that was so effective that, for many, its operations seemed essentially automatic, something that happened in the background. Equipment, ammunition, fuel, spare parts, food and water—all was available when needed, if not at the most miniscule outposts, at least at forward operating bases spread across the battlespace. That was possible because logistics activities—extending from installations at home, through sea and air lines, and all the way to small units in contact—were undertaken largely without disruption by enemy forces. A major war…

“I made it very clear that I was waiting for the White House event to be over so we could figure out what the next step was. Now we know,” Oliveira told MMA Fighting. “The champion is Justin Gaethje, and I definitely want that fight. I definitely want to be next in line. And there’s nothing better than putting both belts on the line, the BMF title and the lightweight championship.”“I’m just waiting for a phone call,” Oliveira said. “They know there’s a lot at stake in this fight. There’s everything that happened with the weigh-in, the fact that I…

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An estimated 4.8 million U.S. veterans have used psychedelic drugs, but many are hesitant about discussing that use with their Department of Veterans Affairs providers for fear of jeopardizing their VA benefits, according to a new RAND study.The research, released by the the Washington think tank Tuesday, examined veterans’ use of psilocybin mushrooms, LSD and MDMA, along with their levels of support for legal use of the drugs and their understanding of the VA’s policies on them. The study comes as President Donald Trump’s administration has funneled funds into studying psychedelics as a form of mental health therapy, often promoting…

There’s something almost unsettling about modern stealth fighter jets, like watching a machine that technically shouldn’t be “there,” yet somehow owns the sky anyway.One moment the radar screen is clean, the next it’s… not. No warning, no drama. Just disappearance and dominance.That’s the strange reality of today’s best stealth fighter jets. They’re not just faster or more armed than older aircraft, they’re designed to rewrite the rules of detection itself.In modern air combat, seeing first often means winning first, and stealth is the closest thing to invisibility that engineers have ever managed to build into metal and carbon composites.If you…