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U.S. military officials said they had removed some 60 planeloads of gear from Afghanistan and identified about 1,300 pieces of equipment for destruction by Tuesday as the Pentagon works to exit the country where American troops have been at war for nearly 20 years.

Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, told House lawmakers on Tuesday that the establishment of a Space National Guard is a top priority, as he and other service officials are fairly close to finalizing details to be sent to the Pentagon.

“The first thing that comes to mind is fire,” said Staff Sgt. Michael Rogers, 57th Rescue Squadron pararescueman, or PJ. “There were so many things covered in fuel and burning. It looked apocalyptic.”

Authorities are searching for a U.S. Air Force member who went missing off Surfside Beach on Sunday.

U.S. jets are intercepting more Russian aircraft than ever off the West Coast, says one Alaskan-based military official.

Peace activists who allege that Ramstein Air Base unlawfully supports drone operations in the Middle East and elsewhere will protest by riding bicycles around the base Friday and Saturday.

A CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from a wing of the Hurlburt Field-headquartered Air Force Special Operations Command demolished the helicopter landing pad at a British hospital during training operations on Wednesday.

President Joe Biden will nominate the Pentagon’s former chief weapons buyer to serve as his Air Force secretary, the White House announced Tuesday.

A night of heavy drinking with fellow airmen that ended in a deadly car crash two years ago has landed a Spangdahlem airman in jail for three years and ended his military career.

A Grand Forks airman will spend 100 days in prison and will receive a bad conduct discharge from the U.S. Air Force for illegally purchasing the firearm that was used in a murder-suicide last spring at Grand Forks Air Force Base.