A pilot from Alabama had just been promoted to major in January and had been deployed less than a week when the refueling aircraft he was aboard crashed in Iraq this week, killing him and five

US military transport planes have flown out of South Korea in recent days, flight-tracking data showed, after Seoul confirmed it was discussing the possible redeployment of American military assets as the Iran conflict escalates.

Designed to function as an airborne command centre during nuclear war or national catastrophe – two E-6B Mercury flights were spotted over the US on 2 March, reports say

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As science fiction technology quickly continues becoming real, the U.S. military now has plans for an experimental plane taken straight out of video games.