The U.S. Air Force certified a team of special agents to operate small autonomous systems, or sUAS, in an effort to improve the drone’s system operations across the service.In a first, the Air Force Office of Special Investigations has certified the group to operate and instruct others on the Skydio X10D, with the model able to assist missions that need “an eye in the sky,” according to a Tuesday release.Six personnel completed a weeklong course at the office’s headquarters in Quantico, Virginia, making up the first group of instructors able to bring back the capability to technical operation units in the field, the statement reads.“We not only learned how to operate the drones, but also how to properly instruct other individuals on how to fly successfully to meet mission needs,” Special Agent Logan Trigg, assigned to the 2nd Field Investigations Squadron Technical Operations Program, said in the announcement.Trigg will now train the entire 2nd FIS on drone operations in order for all agents to be certified, ensuring the ability to “attack the mission effectively.”With the “train-the-trainer” model, the Office of Special Investigations aims to grow the program so the capability can support surveillance, outdoor crime scene, protective-service support and other…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Controversial Twitch streamer Hasan Piker made waves with his visit to the University of Texas-Austin before he even made it into the Lone Star State. While he was speaking at an event last week hosted by University Democrats, a student group, another speaker with a much different point of view was telling her story of survival. Former Hamas hostage Maya Regev spoke to students with the goal of ensuring that they hear from someone who witnessed the horrors of Oct. 7, 2023, firsthand.In a recent conversation with Fox News Digital, Regev took issue with one of Piker’s infamous remarks that “It doesn’t matter if rapes f—ing happened on Oct. 7, like that doesn’t change the dynamic for me.”HAMAS USED SEXUAL VIOLENCE ‘DELIBERATELY AND SYSTEMATICALLY’ ON OCT 7, COMMISSION REPORT FINDS Regev said students concerned about cases like the sexual assault allegations against Cornell fraternity members may be listening to a person who’s said “rape doesn’t matter.”Asked about his controversial remarks about the reported rapes committed by Hamas on Oct. 7, Piker told The New Republic that there was “definitely testimony of sexual violence that had taken place amongst the hostages. But that doesn’t…

The USS Abraham Lincoln will return to its California homeport after a 320-day deployment that raised concerns over degrading sailor morale and mental health.The ship left Naval Station San Diego on Nov. 21, 2025, and joined military operations in the Middle East after the U.S. launched the Iran war alongside Israel on Feb. 28. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will greet sailors when they set foot on American soil for the first time in over 10 months.“Secretary Hegseth will welcome the USS Lincoln home tomorrow following their deployment,” the Defense Department said. “Secretary Hegseth will also speak to the crew on the ship, participate in PT and eat lunch with warfighters in the area.”On Aug. 6, families of loved ones aboard the Lincoln told military officials at a town hall meeting in San Diego, California, that they were concerned about possibilities of self-harm and food shortages.Military Times reported several days later that two service members attempted to jump overboard, though the circumstances that led to their attempts were unclear.Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao confirmed in a Sept. 22 letter to Congress that eight sailors attempted suicide aboard ships from the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group since the beginning of its…

We Knife Co. has just unleashed the Nexomorph onto the world. This is a high-end knife that transforms between punch dagger and modern locking knife forms. While we have literally no engineering knowledge, years of observing, interviewing, and writing about knife makers large and small makes us think that designing a morphing knife would be quite the challenge – to say nothing about implementing such a design on a mass production scale. But this is not We Knife Co.’s first morphing knife rodeo; under the Civivi label, they created the Typhoeus, which could switch between a push blade and a fixed blade form. The Nexomorph closes up just like a regular folding knife The Nexomorph brings that piece to mind, obviously, but it’s really an evolution of the concept as a whole – especially when you consider that, unlike the Typhoeus, the Nexomorph incorporates an entire button lock system so that, in its folding knife form, it can be used with confidence. The Nexomorph’s blade is 2.95 inches long, so in that folder form it will be a reliable EDC knife, whether your DC needs involve breaking down boxes, cutting cordage, or slicing up an apple. As usual We implemented…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Alan Alda is sharing his surprising method of coping with Parkinson’s.The actor, 90, best known for portraying Captain Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce in the CBS wartime sitcom “M*A*S*H,” was diagnosed with the degenerative motor disease in 2015 and publicly shared the news in 2018. The diagnosis came after the actor learned that his own behavior of acting out dreams could be an early Parkinson’s symptom.DAD JOKES MAY BE GOOD FOR YOUR BRAIN IN ONE SURPRISING WAY, EXPERTS SAY”I had a symptom, which at the time was not that well-known: Acting out your dreams,” he said in an Oct. 4 interview with CBS News. “I had a dream that somebody was attacking me. And I picked up a sack of potatoes and threw it at ’em. What I was really doing was throwing a pillow at Arlene, my wife.”Alda identified humor as his way of coping with the frustrations and limitations of the disease. While he acknowledged the frustrations of the physical effects and limitations of Parkinson’s, he said “the best way to deal with anything that’s a little bit of a problem is to find out what’s funny about it and laugh at…

The Pentagon on Monday named four directed-energy weapons for a homeland counter-drone pilot, the first systems the military will field and test at U.S. bases under a program ordered by Congress.The four systems selected are AeroVironment’s Palletized High-Energy Laser, Epirus’ Leonidas high-powered microwave, Kord’s Firefly high-energy laser and Boeing’s Compact Laser Weapon System, the Defense Department said in a release. The pilot is run by Joint Interagency Task Force 401, or JIATF-401, the Army-led organization set up last year to coordinate counter-drone work across the military and other federal agencies.“High-energy lasers and high-powered microwave systems are tools that can be effectively used in a layered drone defense,” Army Brig. Gen. Matt Ross, the task force director, said in the release. “This pilot program will test these capabilities in an operational environment so we can understand how best to integrate and sustain them to defend the homeland.”The department said the pilot will gather real-time data on how the systems perform, what they cost and what it takes to operate and maintain them. Ross said in August the pilot will run for a year, with service members operating and maintaining the weapons at the bases. The task force is coordinating the pilot…

For the first time in his life, let alone his career, LeBron James is calling the East Coast his home.The NBA’s all-time leading scorer is set to begin his unprecedented 24th season later this month as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers after spending his previous eight seasons in Los Angeles with the Lakers.But it does not appear that he has made the Philly area or even nearby New Jersey his home. Instead, James seems to be making the commute over the New Jersey Turnpike and into New York City.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM James has arrived at and left practices via helicopter, which has been shown to be traveling to and from the Big Apple. But better yet, the helicopter is on someone else’s dime.James’ brand deal with Fanatics includes use of the company’s corporate aviation, a source with the company told Fox News.THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW!A spokesperson for James confirmed as such to Fox News via email.”The deal we signed with Fanatics almost three years ago includes access to their corporate aviation. It’s a feature in many of their deals with their largest athletes, and we appreciate…

U.S. officials directed all military personnel on Okinawa, Japan, to cease operations for 48 hours to allow leaders to conduct standards training after a Marine lance corporal was arrested for allegedly murdering and robbing a local woman.The operation pause comes just days after local police arrested Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Devin Jacob Ballard, assigned to the III Marine Expeditionary Force headquartered at Camp Courtney in Okinawa, for the suspected robbery and murder of Anna Yagi, a 39-year-old Naha resident.All U.S. military personnel on Okinawa will execute an operational pause from noon on Wednesday to noon on Friday for a Period of Training in an effort to engage personnel with their responsibilities and reinforce expectations, according to a U.S. Forces Japan statement posted on social media by III MEF.“Every member of this force must understand that individual conduct has consequences,” the Tuesday message, signed by Lt. Gen. Benjamin T. Watson, Okinawa Area Coordinator and commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force, reads.Watson ordered that during the 48-hour period, no off-base liberty is allowed, including a complete ban on alcohol consumption on and off base.Commanders and senior enlisted leaders will train all service members on standards, discipline and troops’ responsibilities as members…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former President Joe Biden has been largely absent from the campaign trail as Democrats fight to win back House and Senate majorities in November, even as former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Kamala Harris step up efforts to boost the party’s candidates.Biden, 83, has kept a limited public schedule while battling advanced, metastatic prostate cancer. He has endorsed candidates and is helping Democrats raise money, according to a source in Biden’s political circle. But the former president has made few political appearances this year.The contrast is increasingly visible with four weeks to go until Election Day.Obama is cutting ads for Senate and gubernatorial candidates, helping the party fundraise and preparing to hit the trail during the closing stretch of the midterm campaign. Harris, the Democrats’ 2024 presidential nominee, is also campaigning across key battleground states, including a recent stop in Michigan with Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed.MIDTERM MATH: THE THREE FORCES THAT COULD STOP A DEMOCRATIC BLUE WAVE Biden has appeared at just a handful of political events this year. He spoke in February at a reception honoring his 2020 South Carolina primary victory, which propelled him toward the Democratic nomination…

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower returned home Monday after an aviation accident left eight sailors injured.The ship pulled into Norfolk, Virginia, a week after naval aviators landing an E/A-18G Growler were forced to eject when the plane’s arresting gear failed.The cause of the mishap is under investigation.Search-and-rescue personnel from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 7 recovered the aviators from the ocean and returned them to the ship before they were flown off to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth for further medical evaluation.Six other shipboard personnel were injured during the incident.One sailor was medically evacuated from the ship to receive further treatment for non-life-threatening injuries at a Norfolk, Virginia, facility.Another two sailors were flown to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth.The Navy told Military Times that the E/A-18G Growler that went overboard has not been recovered from the ocean.The Navy’s investigation will recommend whether the service should salvage the aircraft.The Eisenhower returned on July 15, 2024, from a nine-month deployment, during which it battled Iran-backed Houthi rebels along the Red Sea.The ship finished up sea trials in April as part of its planned incremental availability and was conducting carrier qualifications in the Atlantic at the time of the incident.Riley Ceder is a…