Military

WATCH: Pentagon officials say allies will train Ukrainians on F-16s, but warns jets aren't 'magic weapons'

By Lolita Baldor, Tara Copp, Associated Press

“There are no magic weapons,” said Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who spoke alongside Austin at a Pentagon press conference. He said providing 10 F-16s could cost $2 billion, including maintenance.

Israeli military says forces have killed 3 Palestinians behind deaths of British-Israelis

By Isabel Debre, Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press

The Israeli military says it has killed three Palestinians wanted in connection with an attack that killed a British-Israeli woman and two of her daughters.

Army identifies 3 soldiers killed in helicopter crash en route to Alaska base

By Martha Bellisle, Associated Press

The U.S. Army identified on Saturday the three soldiers who were killed when two helicopters collided in Alaska while returning from a training mission.

U.S. Army grounds aviators until units complete training after fatal crashes

By Becky Bohrer, Associated Press

The U.S. Army has grounded aviation units for training after 12 soldiers died within the last month in helicopter crashes in Alaska and Kentucky, the military branch announced Friday.

3 soldiers killed when Army helicopters crashed in Alaska

By Associated Press

The Army said the cause of the crash was under investigation and more details would be released when they become available.

U.S. armed forces returning to Philippines to counter China threats

By Jim Gomez, Associated Press

Washington has been reinforcing an arc of military alliances in Asia in a starkly different post-Cold War era in which the perceived new regional threat is an increasingly belligerent China.

U.S., Japan plan to boost defense cooperation

By Lolita C. Baldor, Matthew Lee, Associated Press

The United States and Japan are boosting military and security cooperation as their top national security officials hold talks in Washington.

GOP elections committee chair in Wisconsin sues to sequester military ballots

By Scott Bauer, Associated Press

The Republican chair of the Wisconsin Assembly’s elections committee along with a veterans group and other voters have filed a lawsuit seeking a court order requiring the sequestering of military absentee ballots in the battleground state.

Bolsonaro supporters call on Brazil's military to keep him in power

By Diane Jeantet, Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press

Thousands of people who back the far-right president gathered outside one of the army's eight regional headquarters a day after Bolsonaro stopped short of conceding the election but authorized his chief of staff to begin the transition process.

Members of Korean pop group BTS face possible military enrollment

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press

South Korea's military appears to want to conscript members of the K-pop supergroup BTS for mandatory military duties, as the public remains sharply divided over whether they should be given exemptions.