
All eyes on Venezuelan hospital, no sign of Chavez
At Caracas' military hospital, the only outward signs that President Hugo Chavez is a patient inside are the motorcades that come and go and the ...
Report: Failure of Glory climate satellite unknown
A group of experts investigating the launch failure of a NASA climate satellite has failed to come up with a reason. The Glory satellite plummeted ...
Iran plans to establish new navy base
Iran's official news agency says the country's navy plans to establish a new base near Pakistan's border in the Sea of Oman. The plans are part of ...

Clashes near Syria airport kill 150
Intense clashes between the Syrian army and rebel fighters near the country's second-largest airport killed around 150 people in recent days, ...

Syria rebels seize oil field, town
Syrian rebels captured most of an eastern oil field and stormed a military base in the south, anti-regime activists said Thursday, further chipping ...
Gitmo official: No eavesdropping on lawyers
A senior Guantanamo official says the FBI installed hidden microphones that have sparked fears of eavesdropping among defense attorneys in the Sept.

Syrian rebels close in on Aleppo airport
Syrian rebels knocked down army defenses and moved in on the country's second largest airport Wednesday, reportedly killing more than 40 soldiers and ...

Syrian rebels advance toward Aleppo airport
Rebels captured a small military base near Aleppo on Tuesday and stormed another in the same area that protects a major airport, a day after seizing ...

Military weighs cutbacks, shifts in drone programs
The Pentagon for the first time is considering scaling back the massive buildup of drones it has overseen in the past few years, both to save money ...

Latest Earth satellite launches from Calif. coast
A satellite launched into space Monday will keep closer tabs on Earth's glaciers, crops, forests and shorelines, continuing a tradition that began ...

Syrian troops, rebels clash over Damascus highway
Syrian troops backed by warplanes battled rebels for control of a key highway in Damascus Saturday, a day after opposition forces cut the strategic ...

Jets roar as US, Japan, Australia drill in Pacific
Fighter jets from the U.S. and two key allies roared into western Pacific skies in the combat phase of annual exercises that have gained importance ...

Panetta says US at risk of being second-rate power
The United States is at risk of becoming a second-rate power if automatic budget cuts go into effect, plunging the U.S. armed forces into the most ...

Syria threatens retaliation for Israeli airstrike
Syria threatened Thursday to retaliate for an Israeli airstrike and its ally Iran said the Jewish state will regret the attack. Syria sent a letter ...

Israel may feel need to strike Syria again
An Israeli air attack staged in Syria this week may be a sign of things to come. Israeli military officials appear to have concluded that the risks ...

High-tech cargo airship being built in California
The massive blimp-like aircraft flies but just barely, hovering only a dozen feet off a military hangar floor during flight testing south of Los ...
Health answers sought about burned-off war garbage
J.D. Williams didn't think much about the smoke cloud that often shrouded his air base in Iraq. Not when it covered everything he owned with black ...
Wife of female Army officer can join spouses club
A woman who is married to a female Army officer at Fort Bragg and who was recently denied membership in its officers' spouses club said late Friday ...

Women in combat face doubts over emotions, ability
During her time in Iraq, Alma Felix would see her fellow female soldiers leave the Army installations where she worked at a desk job and head into ...

Hawaii Coast Guardsman held during investigation
A Coast Guard rescue swimmer was being held at a Navy-run facility in Pearl Harbor Thursday while the military service investigates his three-month ...

Russia's Syria evacuation reflects doubts on Assad
The Kremlin's evacuation of Russians from Syria on Tuesday marks a turning point in its view of the civil war, representing increasing doubts about ...

Digital age prompting closure of base theaters
Stacey Darling loves watching family movies at the Ellsworth Air Force Base theater in South Dakota because it's so much more affordable than taking ...

Troops worry about defense, job cuts
The soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team have gone to war five times since 9/11, and 84 have been killed — including 13 during their ...

Fateful B-52 flight revealed deadly weakness
Flying low over snowy terrain on a Cold War training mission, Lt. Col. Dan Bulli's massive B-52 bomber hit turbulence that shook the plane so ...