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BIG BAD WOLF

Trump Voter Slams ‘Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing’ President

“I feel betrayed,” a retired U.S. Air Force captain said.

Isabel van Brugen

President Donald Trump reacts at the "Board of Peace" meeting during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 22, 2026.
GETTING MESSY

U.S. Death Toll Rises as Friendly Fire Downs Three Jets

Video shows a pilot in the trunk of a car as Kuwait authorities state “several” U.S. planes have been shot down.

Harry Thompson

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 17: A JetBlue Airways Airbus A321 airplane departs from Los Angeles International Airport en route to New York on October 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
CLOSE CALL

Flight Narrowly Avoids Midair Collision With U.S. Air Force

“It’s outrageous,” a pilot said about the near collision.

Wiktoria Gucia

Pete Hegseth celebrates Independence Day on “Fox & Friends Weekend” on July 4, 2021, in New York City.
HAIRY DEBATE

Tattooed Hegseth Is Going After Beards in the U.S. Military

The defense secretary, on an ongoing mission to cancel DEI policies, has set his sights on beards.

Conrad Quilty-Harper

Jets preparing to land at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 2019—drone incursions at the base forced its airspace to close for several hours.
RESTRICTED

Drones Force Shutdown of Crucial Military Base Airspace

An air traffic controller was recorded advising an aircraft to take “extreme caution,” according to a report.

Leigh Kimmins

Wilmer Puello-Mota, a former Massachusetts city councilor who allegedly fled the U.S. ahead of a trial for having explicit sexual images of a child, appeared in a new propaganda video released by the Russian Defense Ministry.
DRONING ON

Fugitive American Insists He’s Not a Traitor in Kremlin Clip

Former Massachusetts city councilor Wilmer Puello-Mota explained his reasoning for joining the Russian military without mentioning the U.S. trial he skipped out on.

Dan Ladden-Hall

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EXTREME

Airman Accused of Sharing Classified Info With Boogaloo Buds

USAF intel analyst and alleged extremist Jason Travis Gray ran a high-profile anti-government Facebook group, according to the feds.

Justin Rohrlich

Ukrainian soldiers of a tank unit.
‘MY SWEET DAVE’

Ex-Army Officer Shared Military Secrets on Dating Site: Feds

Authorities said David Franklin Slater was arrested after falling for a woman who sent him messages like: “Beloved Dave, do NATO and Biden have a plan to help us?”

AJ McDougall

A NASA shuttle carrier aircraft carrying the Space Shuttle Discovery performs a flyby over Joint Base Andrews in Maryland
‘SOLEMN DUTY’

Air Force Punishes 15 Airmen in Pentagon Leak Investigation

Investigators said members of Jack Teixeira’s unit “had information about as many as four separate instances of his questionable activity.”

Alex Nguyen

A photo illustration of the Bell Boeing MV-22 Osprey aircraft.
SILENT KILLER

‘Widowmaker’ in Fatal Air Crash Linked to 50+ U.S. Deaths

Families are urging the U.S. military to take action after tragedy struck yet another Osprey aircraft this week.

Justin Rohrlich

A wreck believed to belong to the U.S. military aircraft MV-22 Osprey that crashed into the sea off Yakushima Island, Kagoshima prefecture, western Japan, Nov. 29, 2023.
DISASTER

U.S. Osprey Crash Off Japan Leaves at Least One Dead

Six people were on board the aircraft that crashed into the ocean.

Dan Ladden-Hall

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