The U.S. Air Force is underestimating the lengths maintenance delays at its aircraft maintenance depots, according to a new government watchdog report.Unplanned maintenance — the inevitable surprises that are discovered when aircraft undergo scheduled work — are not being reflected in metrics that assess depot performance. The result is that the Air Force “is not reporting the full extent of depot maintenance challenges and may not be able to make accurate comparisons across the fleet,” warned the Government Accountability Office in a report released Thursday.The question is how unplanned maintenance is recorded. When assessing whether depots are meeting their deadlines or experiencing delays, the Air Force is supposed to use the scheduled target date for completion. But depots often discover unexpected problems with an aircraft, such as corrosion or stress cracks, that require additional time to fix. “Air Force officials cited unplanned work as a major issue contributing to overall delays,” GAO said. When this happens, depots often miss their deadlines. “The depot planned to fix, say, 20 things,” Diana Maurer, a director in GAO’s defense capabilities and management team, told Military Times. But as far as the depots are concerned, “if it turned out that 30 things need to…

One of the biggest stories of the Stanley Cup Playoffs has been Vegas Golden Knights star Mitch Marner.Everyone knew he was an elite player in the NHL, but the biggest knock against him during his time in Toronto was his play in the postseason. And, truthfully, it was not great.But, the second he skips town? Well, he’s led Vegas to the Western Conference Final, and that’s kind of hilarious because we’ve seen this happen before. Marner scored just over a minute into Game 6 against the Anaheim Ducks, which Vegas went on to win 5-1 to punch its ticket for a date with the Colorado Avalanche (lucky them).GOLDEN KNIGHTS REPORTEDLY BLOCK OILERS FROM INTERVIEWING THEIR FORMER HEAD COACH BRUCE CASSIDYThe goal was Marner’s seventh of the postseason, and he leads the playoffs in points with 18 points, three clear of the player tied for second, Quinn Hughes and Kirill Kaprizov of the now-eliminated Minnesota Wild.I think a lot of people saw this coming. Toronto’s playoff problems are well documented. No Stanley Cup since 1967, and the Maple Leafs went nearly 20 years between series wins between 2004 and 2023. So, it’s kind of hilarious to see Marner explode the second…

The U.S. Army is moving beyond battling individual drone threats as it experiments with tactics to combat — and attack with — throngs of unmanned aircraft in saturated skies. The latest iteration of Project Flytrap, a multinational exercise to test new drone technologies in a realistic conflict setting, pitted U.S. and allied forces against each other in scenarios that featured drone swarms, jamming systems and counter-UAS defenses that continue to redefine modern warfare.Army leaders have emphasized the need to integrate drones into doctrine and tactics, as they say the rise of inexpensive, mass-produced drones have forced the service to rethink everything from aviation to infantry patrols.Project Flytrap took place in Lithuania, involved nearly 1,000 personnel and centered around pushing the Army’s technology to its limits amid variable weather and terrain.Exercise leaders speaking during a Thursday roundtable said soldiers practiced massing unmanned platforms to test the limits of their systems and practice pinning down enemy forces, sometimes using tens of drones at a time.Sgt. 1st Class Tyler Harrington, a platoon sergeant for Eagle Troop, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, led soldiers in developing counter-UAS tactics during the exercise. The proliferation of drones has changed the basics of soldiering, modifying even the way units…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The White House got an unexpected buzz Friday when thousands of bees swarmed the North Lawn weeks after first lady Melania Trump added new bee colonies to the executive mansion grounds.Numerous black dots, later identified as a swarm of bees, were spotted on the White House near the press corps’ Pebble Beach media area on the North Lawn.About 20 minutes later, the bees swarmed into a hive on a tree on the North Lawn of the White House.NICKI MINAJ GOES WILD AFTER TRUMP AND MELANIA USE HER VIRAL SONG IN WHITE HOUSE TIKTOK It is unclear what led to the swarm, though just weeks ago the first lady announced the addition of two new bee colonies to the property’s existing two.She also unveiled a new replica White House beehive on the South Lawn.It is unclear if the bees confused the historic mansion with their new, similarly styled home.The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.MELANIA TRUMP’S ‘SOFT POWER’ ON DISPLAY IN THE WHITE HOUSE: SEE THE PHOTOS The hive took center stage during Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla’s state visit when the royal couple,…

A bipartisan group of lawmakers unveiled legislation on Thursday that would dismantle the government agency responsible for maintaining the military draft database of young, eligible men.The bill — advanced by Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo. — would phase out the Selective Service System, citing its annual operating cost of more than $31 million per year. The senators argued that the agency has been largely defunct since 1973, the last time the United States conducted conscription. “The Selective Service is an outdated program that costs millions of taxpayer dollars to prepare for a military draft that Americans don’t want or need,” Wyden said in a statement. “Our volunteer military forces are the strongest in the world, and there is no need to replicate the same draft that sent two million unwilling young men to war 50 years ago.” Paul, in a separate statement, added: “I’ve long stated that if a war is worth fighting, Congress will vote to declare it and people will volunteer. This outdated government program no longer serves a purpose and should be eliminated permanently.”In its 2024 annual report, the SSS acknowledged a recent decline in registration rates, but noted that an…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Molly Sims turned heads when she arrived at the launch of the 2026 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue event in New York City.The 52-year-old model stunned in a figure-hugging floor-length sheer black gown, which showcased her toned stomach and legs.She paired the look with gold jewelry, a black clutch and natural makeup. MOLLY SIMS STUNS IN PURPLE FLORAL BIKINI DURING WEEKEND BEACH GETAWAY WITH FRIENDSSims appears in the issue this year, celebrating the accomplishment on her Instagram with a series of photos from inside the magazine. Also at the event was Brooks Nader, who posed for photos in a black, floor-length dress with a plunging neckline. Nader posed on the red carpet alongside her “Baywatch” co-star Livvy Dunne, who opted for a little black dress with floral embellishments on the skirt. The “Love Thy Nader” star famously made her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit debut in 2019 after winning an open casting call, and made it onto the cover in 2023. She appears in the magazine again this year.This year’s issue was celebrated with an exclusive party held at the Hard Rock Hotel New York, and included appearances from many big names, including three out of…

HONOLULU — The U.S. Army is continuing to tweak its formations to position the service for success in future fights, with the latest move the establishment of the Multi-Domain Command-Pacific, or MDC-PAC.The new two-star command will combine the 7th Infantry Division and the 1st Multi-Domain Task Force, Army leaders announced during the 2026 Land Forces of the Pacific Symposium and Exposition in Hawaii. Speaking to reporters at the symposium, U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Matthew McFarlane, commanding general of I Corps and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, where the merging units are headquartered, lauded the change as a forward-looking departure from the days “when we’ve waited till all the equipment was produced and [then] created the formations.” “We made the formations to test and integrate the equipment, and we’re adjusting,” McFarlane said. “We’re keeping an agile posture with making organizational changes.” While McFarlane acknowledged the Army is still working through organizational details, he did note that the command would merge the 7th ID’s two Stryker brigades and a combat aviation brigade with a multidomain task force — or “forces,” he said — to share fires, space, electronic warfare, cyber and intelligence capabilities with other commands and services throughout the Indo-Pacific.As part of…

This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The End of the American Dream.  A really big space rock is going to have a very close encounter with our planet on Monday. Based on current calculations, we are being told that we don’t have anything to be concerned about, but if this really big space rock actually hit a major city, it would cause a catastrophic amount of damage. So let’s hope that what the astronomers are telling us is correct. Of course, this is not the only asteroid that has come uncomfortably close to Earth in 2026. So far this year, a whopping 72 asteroids have flown past our planet at a distance of less than 1 lunar distance. In other words, the level of traffic in our particular neighborhood has risen to a very alarming level. In fact, on May 7th, an asteroid that was only discovered the day after it flew by us came within 0.114 lunar distances of the center of our planet… Asteroid 2026 JM2 passed Earth at a distance of 0.114 LD (0.00029 AU / 43 800 km / 27 200 miles), from the center of our planet at 13:06 UTC on May 7,…