Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told the Air Force to pause its planning for a sweeping overhaul until the service’s Trump-administration secretary and undersecretary are in place and have reviewed ...

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has instructed the U.S. armed forces to reject transgender Americans who want to serve in the ...

Hegseth stated on X hat any decisions to eliminate the Tuskegee Airmen training videos were "immediately reversed." ...

Hegseth also called "Our diversity is our strength" the "single dumbest phrase in military history," and intends to end the ...

Work on the command and launch segments of the Air Force’s Sentinel ICBM program are on hold while service leaders formulate ...

"Certainly, we want to send the signals to China that the [Indo-Pacific] area will be and continues to be contested.” ...

The Air Force has reinstated a course on the first Black pilots unit after it was yanked to comply with President Donald ...

U.S. military bases around the world have celebrated Black History Month and similar events for decades. Now, Hegseth says "Identity Months" are "Dead at DoD." ...

The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth late Friday, swatting back questions about his qualifications to lead the Pentagon.

Following backlash from legislators and even the new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ... "From day one, I directed our Air Force to implement all directives outlined in the Executive Orders ...