Air Force to retire A-10 attack jets from South Korea, modernize F-16s

The Air Force is retiring A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from South Korea and upgrading its F-16 Fighting Falcons there as part of a “modernization effort” across the service, a news release said.

Marines to beef up presence at US-Japan exercise focused on island defense

The Marine Corps will have a larger role in a joint U.S.-Japan virtual exercise scheduled for December that will focus on defending remote Indo-Pacific islands, according to Japanese officials.

Modified Japanese carrier completes F-35B trials off Southern California

A Japanese warship recently concluded F-35B Lightning II trials off Southern California, part of Japan’s pursuit of fifth-generation fighter capabilities at sea.

Navy destroyers near Red Sea fend off 16 Houthi drones, missiles

The USS Stockdale and USS Spruance were attacked by at least eight drones and eight missiles while transiting the Bab el Mandeb Strait, a narrow waterway between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

Photograph stolen from veteran 78 years ago returned

One image of a young Army master sergeant standing in his uniform was unseen for 78 years, but now it’s on display at the Those Who Served War Museum in Princeton, W.Va.

US Navy base in Sicily returns to normal operations after weather warning

The Navy’s only air station in Europe restricted its operations to essential personnel Tuesday as Italian authorities issued a weather alert for parts of Sicily.

Japan cancels exercise with US Navy after blaze sinks minesweeper, Japanese sailor goes missing

A joint U.S.-Japan naval drill has been canceled after a Japanese sailor went missing following a weekend fire aboard a minesweeper that eventually sank.

US Forces Japan scouts central Tokyo property ahead of major command overhaul

As part of a restructuring initiative, U.S. Forces Japan is looking into appropriating an Army compound in central Tokyo as the command weighs a move from the city’s western suburbs potentially to a downtown district just a few miles from Japan’s Ministry of Defense.

US, Japanese athletes gather for Special Olympics at Air Force base in Tokyo

About 100 young athletes from across Japan gathered at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo over the weekend for the 45th Kanto Plains Special Olympics.

‘Dedicated’ Fort Stewart soldier jumps in river to get crab trap and goes under, Army officials say

Spc. Carlito Lindsey, 26, a member of the 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, drowned Nov. 7 in the Tivoli River in Richmond Hill.