The U.S. Air Force will recapitalize aerial refueling tanker aircraft for decades longer and build new platforms for their sustainment in the meantime, service leaders and industry partners said Tuesday.To support the tanker aircraft and the anticipated mission capability rates, the Air Force should continue prioritizing available spare parts and modernization efforts for the aircraft, officials and industry experts said during a panel at the Air & Space Forces Association’s 2026 Air, Space & Cyber Conference.“The last KC-135 pilot has not been born,” Air Mobility Command Deputy Commander Maj. Gen. Gerald Donohue said during the panel, titled “Long-Range Airpower: Lessons from Midnight Hammer and Epic Fury.”“That is just a statement of fact when you consider the time it takes to modernize, and so we will have to sustain our legacy platform as well as our newest platforms, and ensure that the joint force is supported by being able to execute the mission,” he continued.The force primarily uses two tanker aircraft: the legacy KC-135 Stratotanker and the next-generation KC-46A Pegasus, which is in the first phase of recapitalization.As the force continues to modernize its strategic bomber fleet, the service must increase optionality by modernizing the tanker fleet to better offer alternatives…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Actor Michael Rapaport celebrated singer Macklemore’s removal from Ed Sheeran’s tour on Monday after Macklemore repeatedly called for a “Free Palestine” and performed his anti-Israel song “Hind’s Hall” as his opening act.”Macklemore don’t rap no more, you got kicked off the tour. That’s a better verse than anything you’ve done in your ridiculous career as a non-rapper,” Rapaport said in a video on X. “Anti-Jewish ‘rapper’ Macklemore was kicked off the tour with Ed Sheeran,” he added. “Now you can go back to your home in Washington State that’s on stolen land and take up an instrument. Take a dance class. Take a singing class. Learn how to tinkle the piano. Because when people come out to see a musical performer, you need to perform music, not spread bulls— lies about a fake genocide, a fake occupation and a fake apartheid. F— you, OK?”MACKLEMORE DOUBLES DOWN AFTER GETTING KICKED OFF ED SHEERAN TOUR AFTER PRO-PALESTINE STANCE “You got plenty of time now. I want you and all your ‘Free Palestine’ p—- a– motherf—ers to go back and watch some of these videos from Oct. 7. OK, motherf—er? Macklemore, you non-singing, non-dancing bulls— artist…

The U.S. military has incurred about $38 billion in costs from combat operations against Iran through Aug. 1, while the conflict’s main opportunity cost has been the missile-defense interceptors the Pentagon has expended defending U.S. forces and allies, according to a new Congressional Budget Office analysis released today.CBO estimates the conflict has consumed between one-half and two-thirds of the U.S. inventory of certain missile-defense interceptors since June 2025, leaving the military with fewer weapons available for a future conflict. Rebuilding those stocks could take at least five years, even if production rates increase, the agency found.The estimate includes Patriot, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, Standard Missile-3 and Standard Missile-6 interceptors. CBO said the Pentagon does not disclose how many interceptors it has in its inventory. Instead, analysts compared reported expenditures with the total number of missiles DoD has purchased to estimate how much of the inventory has been used. The estimate applies to the combined inventory of those four interceptor systems.Those interceptors accounted for $13.1 billion of the $21.7 billion CBO estimates the Pentagon would need to replace in munitions that were expended through Aug. 1. Land-attack cruise missiles accounted for another $7.3 billion, with $1.2 billion for…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. has weapons orbiting Earth that can be used to defend American forces from attacks in space, the Air Force secretary revealed this week in a rare public acknowledgment of capabilities the Pentagon has largely kept secret.Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said Monday that the Space Force now has “on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the joint force against hostile adversary action,” but declined to say what the weapons are, how they work or when they were deployed.The carefully worded disclosure marks a shift in how openly the U.S. military talks about weapons in orbit as China and Russia develop their own capabilities to disrupt, disable or destroy satellites.TRUMP TO TRANSFORM SPACEFLIGHT FROM SPECTACLE TO STATUS QUO TARGETING 3 LAUNCHES PER DAY “Is there any question in the room, by anybody, about whether or not the Chinese or Russians have been developing these sorts of weapons?” Meink told reporters after his remarks at the Air & Space Forces Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland — right outside of Washington, D.C.”For over a decade, we’ve been talking about the fact, and we have expressed concern, that the…

U.S. veterans ages 20 to 39 had higher levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in their bloodstream compared with civilians of comparable age, according to a new study published Monday by Brown and Harvard researchers.Known as “forever chemicals” because they resist breaking down and can accumulate in the body over time, PFAS are used in a host of products and equipment such as firefighting foam, weapons systems and textiles in military settings and food packaging, cookware, makeup, stain repellent and more. At least one type of PFAS — PFOS — has been linked directly to testicular cancer, while another type, PFOA, is associated with kidney issues and increased risk of kidney cancer. PFAS chemical exposure has also been connected to cardiovascular disease, thyroid dysfunction, low birth weight, developmental delays in children and reduced response to immunizations.According to the study published Monday in Environmental Health Perspectives, young veterans had 13% to 24% higher concentrations of PFAS in their blood than non-veterans the same age. Male veterans had higher PFAS concentrations than female veterans, while older veterans had levels comparable to their civilian counterparts.The study reviewed the PFAS blood serum results of participants in National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Carnegie Mellon University said Monday it is taking “swift action” after determining that professor Uju Anya’s recent social media posts violated university community standards, with some of her colleagues reporting that they now fear for their personal safety.President Farnam Jahanian and Provost James H. Garrett Jr. said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital that Anya used “expletives, racial slurs and derogatory language that demeaned, dehumanized and intimidated,” while using her Carnegie Mellon affiliation and implying support from university colleagues.”Carnegie Mellon University is a place where rigorous inquiry, freedom of expression and mutual respect must coexist,” their statement read. “We take that responsibility seriously, and we strongly reject language that is hateful and disparages or calls for the harm of others. Such rhetoric is inconsistent with the dignity, respect and responsibility that we expect from one another.””Dr. Anya’s choice of language violates our shared community standards and distracts from the seriousness and significance of CMU’s scholarship in the humanities and social sciences,” the statement added.REMEMBERING CHARLIE KIRK: TURNING POINT USA’S ANDREW KOLVET REFLECTS ON CONSERVATIVE GROUP’S CHALLENGING YEAR The university also noted that, “Dr. Anya is on voluntary professional leave through…

Plans by the U.S. Marine Corps in recent years to reorganize itself for small-unit expeditionary warfare have drawn fire from traditionalists who worry the service’s capabilities will be gutted in the process. For some Chinese naval officers, however, the prospect of facing missile-equipped Marine Stand-In Forces, or SIF, on Pacific islands is concerning. “The USMC’s continuous refinement of the SIF concept and optimization of deployment and operational employment will erode our land-enabled advantages in sea denial, make it more difficult for us to breach island chain blockades, induce rapid depletion of our combat resources, and complicate our operating environment,” according to a recent U.S. Navy translation of a 2023 Chinese military journal article. “This escalates the real-world threats facing us and we must maintain strategic resolve and respond proactively and effectively,” wrote Senior Captains Yue Zhiqiang, Wang Li and Li Jinqia in the journal Military Art, which was translated by the China Maritime Studies Institute at the U.S. Naval War College. Stand-In Forces were the centerpiece of the Marine Corps’ much-debated Force Design 2030 plan, which was first released in 2020. A far cry from the large, mechanized Marine operations of World War II, Korea and Vietnam, Force Design 2030…

Buck is taking their two most famous folders, the 110 and 112, and making them thoroughly modern with the new Crossbar Elite series. Cutting edge steel, an ambidextrous lock, and lightweight construction are all present and accounted for on these knives. We will spare you the Buck 110/112 history lesson today and dive right into the details. First and foremost is the blade, which on both models is made from CPM MagnaCut. We also certainly do not have to delve into the story of this steel again, but suffice it to say seeing it on these storied folders is exciting – particularly when you consider that this is MagnaCut with a custom heat treat from Paul Bos. Bos’s heat treats are famous for wringing every last drop of performance out of a steel, and that’s an especially exciting prospect when the steel in question is already a high-performing recipe. The 112 is smaller but maintains that special look The name may have given this away, but the Crossbar Elites are also equipped, not with lock backs, but in fact a crossbar lock – an Axislike, in other words. We’ve seen a lot of riffs on the 110/112 over the years,…

With no major football action today, baseball takes center of our attention as sports bettors. Player props, strikeouts, hits, runs, and so much more float past our eyes and entice us to put a play on the action. Betr is offering new users a chance to use promo code FOXNEWS and receive $200 in bonus bets if you place a wager on tonight’s MLB action.Finding a reason to bet on a baseball game couldn’t be easier. With 15 games and all 30 teams playing, there is a bet out there for everyone. Looking at the schedule, there are at least six games with major playoff implications on tonight’s schedule. If you’re into games with big mismatches, you can take on the Dodgers vs. Reds. Los Angeles has talent and All-Star-caliber players at virtually every single spot on the roster. Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the World Series MVP from last year, toes the rubber against Cincinnati. He has been fantastic this season for the Dodgers. Looking to combat him is Rhett Lowder, who has struggled to find consistency this season.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated. This…

Two former sailors pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to selling counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl to fellow sailors stationed aboard the carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in 2023, which led to the death of one service member and the hospitalization of another. According to a Justice Department release, Bailey A. Szramowski, 29, provided an active-duty sailor aboard the Lincoln with what was purported to be oxycodone in December 2022. The following month, the victim, identified solely by his initials, A.N., overdosed and died of “acute fentanyl intoxication” while on leave in San Leandro, California.Local law enforcement officials found evidence of drug use at the scene, and a toxicology report later confirmed A.N.’s cause of death as fentanyl intoxication.Ten days later, Szramowski, despite knowing of A.N.’s death, sold three more of the purported oxy pills to another sailor stationed aboard the Lincoln, identified as C.L. The sailor was hospitalized for an apparent overdose but survived. According to court documents, Szramowski and his wife, fellow sailor Johnnese H. Poomaihealani, 25, then called C.L. and “instructed C.L. to tell law enforcement he received the pills from A.N. and not Szramowski.”C.L. subsequently agreed to cooperate in a Naval Criminal Investigative Service investigation into…