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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy greets U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken before a meeting at Bankova in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool via AP)

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A look at the uranium-based ammunition the US is sending to Ukraine
By TARA COPP - Associated Press
Wed,09/06/23-3:10PM , 82 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has announced it's sending depleted uranium anti-tank rounds to Ukraine, following Britain's lead in sending the controversial munitions to help Kyiv push through Russian lines in its grueling counteroffensive.
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At a news conference, Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley says General CQ Brown Junior is a good choice to succeed him as the nation's top military officer.

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Air Force fighter pilot tapped by Biden to be next Joint Chiefs chairman has history of firsts
By TARA COPP - Associated Press
Wed,05/24/23-11:18PM , 95 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force fighter pilot tapped to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff got his call sign by ejecting from a burning F-16 fighter jet high above the Florida Everglades and falling into the watery sludge below.
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Ukrainian soldiers fire a cannon near Bakhmut, an eastern city where fierce battles against Russian forces have been taking place, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, May 15, 2023. For months, Western allies have shipped billions of dollars worth of weapons systems and ammunition to Ukraine with an urgency to get the supplies to Kyiv in time for an anticipated spring counteroffensive. Now summer is just weeks away. While Russia and Ukraine are focused on an intense battle for Bakhmut, the Ukrainian spring offensive has yet to begin. (AP Photo/Libkos, File)

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Why Ukraine's spring offensive still hasn't begun — with summer just weeks away
By TARA COPP - Associated Press
Thu,05/18/23-11:22PM , 253 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — For months, Western allies have shipped billions of dollars worth of weapons systems and ammunition to Ukraine with an urgency to get the supplies to Kyiv in time for an anticipated spring counteroffensive.
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In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, Airman 1st Class Jackson Ligon, left, and Senior Airman Jonathan Marinaccio, 341st Missile Maintenance Squadron technicians, connect a re-entry system to a spacer on an intercontinental ballistic missile during a Simulated Electronic Launch-Minuteman test Sept. 22, 2020, at a launch facility near Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, Mont. The Air Force says a review of a Montana nuclear missile base where an unusual number of troops have reported being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma has found no immediate risk factors. The same was true at two other bases that could launch ground-based warheads, the service said in a report obtained by the Associated Press. (Senior Airman Daniel Brosam/U.S. Air Force via AP, File)

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No cancer risk found at nuclear bases so far, Air Force says
By TARA COPP - Associated Press
Tue,05/02/23-11:50AM , 141 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — A review of a Montana nuclear missile base where an unusual number of troops have been diagnosed with blood cancer has found no current risk factors that could explain it, the Air Force says.
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