Laura Widener

The guided-missile destroyer USS Cole was attacked by suicide bombers while refueling in Yemen 22 years ago today, Oct. 12, 2000. The explosion blasted a large hole in the hull of the ship, killing 17 U.S. Navy sailors and injuring 39 others. The attack was the deadliest attack against a U.S. Navy destroyer since 1987. It was reported that the event foreshadowed the 9/11 terrorist attacks, which would take place less than a year later.

The U.S. Air Force will reveal its long-awaited B-21 Raider stealth bomber in the first week of December this year, DefenseOne first reported on Tuesday. Andrew Hunter, the assistant Air Force secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, revealed the news at the Air and Space Forces Association’s Air, Space & Cyber conference near Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. He did not provide additional details on the release. Sen.

President Joe Biden’s administration announced on Monday morning it secured the release of U.S. Navy veteran and civil engineer Mark Frerichs, who has been held hostage by the Talian in Afghanistan since January 2020. Frerichs was freed in exchange for the U.S. release of Taliban drug lord Bashir Noorzai, who had been held in U.S. federal custody for 17 years.