HONOLULU — Though they once occupied the fringes of operational conversation, one of the U.S. Army’s most in-demand — and increasingly popular — jobs is now that of the Indo-Pacific air defender. Speaking at the 2026 Land Forces of the Pacific Symposium and Exposition in Hawaii, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. William Parker, commander of the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, joked that he remembers, as a young officer, standing outside at a headquarters building adorned with a sign that read, “Will work for food,” a stark contrast in how the AAMDC is perceived today as tensions surge across the Indo-Pacific.“But now, I’m a cool guy,” Parker added. “We are a very, very much demanded resource globally because of the challenges within the operating environment that we face.”The 94th AAMDC’s mission includes protecting critical assets and formations within the expansive Indo-Pacific theater from enemy missile, air and drone attacks. The command was reactivated in 2005, roughly seven years after it shuttered. The command’s mission, Parker discussed, is now especially focused on delivering layered defense at scale across a region that has seen its strategic importance skyrocket as the U.S. military and partner nations continue to contend with emerging security…

Safariland and Haley Strategic Partners have collaborated to launch the Incog XS IWB holster.From Safariland and Haley Strategic Partners comes the new Incog XS, a streamlined, minimalist concealed carry holster with some interesting features. Engineered with subcompact and micro-compact pistols in mind, but with some full-size fits available as well, the Incog XS is a single-clip, deep concealment inside-the-waistband (IWB) holster designed to reduce printing while still facilitating a good draw.The Incog XS features a microfiber suede-wrapped Boltaron holster body that should be comfortable on the skin, wick away moisture and easily wipe clean. It also comes with three sizes of clip strut shims for adjusting its concealability. Other features include red dot sight compatibility, an extended sight channel for front sights up to 0.406 inches, an ambidextrous body for easily converting between right- and left-handed configurations and the LinXS Attachment System that supports 3-6 o’clock carry positions.Travis Haley, CEO and founder of Haley Strategic Partners, said this about the new holster:From the beginning, our focus with Safariland was simple: build a holster that disappears when you need concealment, but performs without compromise when it matters most. The Incog XS reflects that mindset, minimalist in footprint, adaptable in configuration and built…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Detransitioner Chloe Cole announced Tuesday she is canceling a scheduled University of Washington speech after citing alleged threats from Antifa.”Antifa has assembled a local militia, in their own words, to shut down this event,” Cole said in a Tuesday video announcement. “Their actions, their explicit threats on my life, have raised this event to national attention, a level of attention our security team and our PD are frankly unprepared for,” she added. RILEY GAINES SAYS ‘LITERAL HUMAN FECES’ THROWN IN PROTEST OF TURNING POINT USA AT UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON  Cole, a detransitioner who went through the process of transitioning from female to male between the ages of 12 and 16, was set to speak Wednesday at the University of Washington in Kane 210 as part of TPUSA’s “Pick Up the Mic” initiative.At the age of 15, Cole underwent hormones and a double mastectomy.In a post on Instagram, UW Divest News, a pro-Palestinian group, urged students to protest the Turning Point USA chapter event with Cole, calling her a “transphobic right-wing grifter.”The post instructed protesters to “bring flags, drums, or anything to make some noise! Email UW admin to cancel the event and ban Turning…

The head of Air Force Special Operations Command revealed that an AI-powered intelligence collection and transfer system has been in use since the “first day” of Operation Epic Fury to help large attack drones and manned aircraft avoid Iranian threats.Speaking at a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday, Lt. Gen. Michael Conley said “necessity had been the mother of invention” in spurring the service to apply available machine learning tools to combat operations.“On the first day, they realized that our MQ-9 [Reaper drones] and other aircraft were at risk in a very hostile environment, and they were able to take some smart people, use artificial intelligence tools, and put humans on the loop, instead of in the process the whole time, and move Top Secret national-level intel,” Conley said, referring to his “small team” of AI and tech specialists. The process of moving intelligence would have taken human operators “20 to 30 minutes to get that to a crew, into a cockpit, or into a ground control station,” he said.Instead, Conley said, nine crew members were able to use AI “bots” to convert applicable data to a Secret clearance level and make it available in the cockpits of…

Let’s take a quick trip back in time, around 15 years or so, Travis Haley and Chris Costa had just released a very popular DVD (remember those?) called “The Art of the Tactical Carbine,” and pretty much everyone in the firearms training industry picked up a copy and watched it from beginning to end. The techniques demonstrated by Haley and Costa on that DVD, as well as similar techniques that were coming out of a decade of U.S. involvement in the Global War On Terror, were all the rage in the gun world. The combination of these two forces shaped how civilians learned to use a defensive carbine for years and has formed the backbone of defensive rifle training for over a decade. The author was invited to the first ever Rifle Renaissance AR-15 training class offered by The Complete Combatant. Image: The Complete Combatant This period was also when I learned to run an AR-15 at speed. I have not served in the military, so my training with the AR-15 started out with a few basic rifle classes, then a brief time shooting 3-Gun competitions. I never really considered myself a rifleman. For me, it was pistol first and then…

United States President Donald Trump, along with other lawmakers, has suggested that the ruling class suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes in order to lower the cost of fuel at the pump. Americans have been struggling with the high cost of fuel, which has skyrocketed during the war with Iran. Trump will need the approval of Congress to remove this tax; however, doing so would give people at least a mild relief. As of Monday, the average national gas price was $4.52 a gallon, according to the AAA motor club, 50% higher than the average price of just under $3 a gallon before Trump began the war against Iran. The federal tax is currently set at 18.4 cents per gallon on gasoline and 24.4 cents per gallon on diesel fuel, an amount that does not include state taxes, which often are higher. The tax provides more than $23 billion per year in revenue for federal highway and public transit programs. –AP News Americans were already struggling under the weight of inflation and the cost-of-living crisis, and now that fuel prices have soared, many are facing financial ruin. Be Prepared to Hear More about Taxes, Taxes, Taxes While only a small…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! After his attempt at running “The Double” was unsuccessful due to rain in 2024, Kyle Larson ran it back the next year.Larson was aiming to become just the second person to complete both the Indy 500 in Indianapolis and Coke 600 in Charlotte on the same day, joining Ton Stewart in 2001, having already become one of five drivers to even attempt it.However, Larson crashed on the 92nd lap of the Indy 500, thus ending the dream (rain delayed the start of the Indy500 by 45 minutes, so he probably would not have been able to get to Charlotte in time, anyway). Due to the crash in Indianapolis, Larson was able to hop on a flight to Charlotte, but he crashed in that race, too. It was the first time since 1997 that a driver failed to finish both races.It’s just a long day. It’s just a really long day. It starts very early in Indy, your first meetings are at 8:30, 9:00 in the morning or something. When you think about from then to when this Coke 600 is done at the end of the night, it’s 11:15 p.m. at the…

The Pentagon is set to announce on Wednesday framework agreements that position it to potentially acquire over 10,000 low-cost, containerized missiles over three years starting in 2027. A statement seen by Reuters ahead of its release said that the Pentagon’s agreements are with Anduril, CoAspire, Leidos and Zone 5, and will together launch the “Low‑Cost Containerized Munitions (LCCM) program.”The assessment phase of the program will involve purchasing test missiles from all four companies starting in June 2026. The statement did not provide a cost or specify the weapons systems from the four firms, but said the agreements established the terms for future firm-fixed-price production contracts.The Army has long touted containerized weapons systems as a low-cost, mobile way to deploy missiles in standard shipping containers.A separate agreement with defense startup Castelion lays out a plan to award a two-year contract for a minimum annual purchase of 500 Blackbeard missiles, which are Castelion’s first hypersonic strike weapon, once Castelion achieves testing and validation, the statement said.It said the Pentagon was seeking authorizations and appropriations to purchase over 12,000 Blackbeard missiles over five years.RELATEDMichael Duffey, who as under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment is the Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer, said in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The scenes in Brooklyn this week of anti-Israel agitators flooding into a Jewish residential neighborhood to decry the Jewish state need to be a wake-up call to all of us, and we must plainly say, “Don’t make trouble where our families live.”The images of terrified Orthodox Jews on their porches watching as their treelined streets were taken over by radical progressives, several of whom were arrested for acts of violence, requires a firm response from the government which must protect our residential areas from mayhem.While the constitution protects protest, even in residential areas, such as outside the home of a Supreme Court justice, there are measures the government can take to prevent violence and intimidation in such areas.Here is how Ilya Shapiro, director of Constitutional Studies at the Manhattan Institute put it:NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS ISN’T GAGGING SPEECH – HIS MASK BAN PROTECTS NEW YORKERS”The Constitution protects the right to protest, but as with speech protections more broadly, there can be time, place, and manner restrictions,” he told me. “Someone can properly be charged for disturbing the peace for using a megaphone at 2am to express his views about political leaders. More…