John Phelan is out as the secretary of the Navy, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. Phelan, who this week attended the Navy League’s annual Sea-Air-Space symposium in Washington, is departing the role “effective immediately,” Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell announced. U.S. Navy Undersecretary Hung Cao, a former Virginia Senate candidate and special operations veteran, will assume…
WASHINGTON — As the Pentagon plans to spend just shy of $12 billion in fiscal 2027 for its Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI), the top admiral overseeing operations there says the budget request zeroes out his need for a funding wishlist. When a lawmaker asked Commander of Indo-Pacific Command Adm. Samuel Paparo if he has everything…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email The Pentagon denounced a “highly provocative move” from the Venezuelan military after it deployed two F-16 fighter jets to fly near a U.S….
Shorouk Express Donald Trump calls Nigel Farage a ‘great guy’ at CPAC Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Elon Musk has lashed out after a Pentagon official called the ultimatum email…
Airmen assigned to the thirty fourth Fighter Squadron and Fighter Technology Squadron carry out pre-flight checks on F-35A Lightning IIs throughout an agile fight employment train at Mountain House Air Power Base, Idaho, March 28, 2024. (U.S. Air Power photograph by Airman Keagan Lee) WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has awarded Lockheed Martin a roughly $11.8…
