[F9xNews] The Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division said 'the tips we received have proven helpful'
The Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division is offering up to $5,000 in exchange for a tip that yields the arrest and conviction of those who stole several drones.
The stolen items were last seen at Fort Campbell in Kentucky in November, the department noted in a flyer.
"The Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division is offering a reward up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the theft of four Skydio X10D Drone Systems," the department indicated.
The flyer includes photos labeled "Suspect 1" and "Suspect 2."
Security cam photos can be seen at the link.
The department said the drone systems were last seen on the morning of Nov. 21, 2025, "at the 326th Division Engineer Battalion, Bldg. 6955, A Shau Valley Rd., Fort Campbell, KY."
Between Nov. 21-24, 2025, "unknown persons unlawfully gained access to building 6955 and took them," the department added.
The department noted in a press release that it has received tips.
"The Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division would like to thank the members of the public who came forward with information regarding the recent theft of the drones. The tips we received have proven helpful," the department said in a press release.
"As this is an open and active investigation, no additional details can be provided at this time," the release added.
The department referred Fox News Digital to a 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) press release about the theft and resulting probe.
"We can confirm that a Department of the Army Criminal Investigative Division investigation began in late November 2025 into the theft of four small quadcopter drones from a government building on Fort Campbell. As of today, we are pleased to report that we have identified two suspects and have gathered credible evidence related to this theft and the possible whereabouts of the missing drones. This is an active criminal investigation, and we are working diligently to resolve this matter," the March 12 release states.
The release explains that the theft does not pose a threat, as the drones were only outfitted "with small cameras."
"These drones were stolen from a locked storage area within a secured government building. The individuals responsible had authorized access to the military installation and the building, and they defeated the locks on the storage cages to perpetrate this theft. This was a targeted act, not a random breach of security," the release notes. "The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) takes the accountability and security of its personnel and equipment seriously. The building in question has since replaced its doors and locks which were burglarized. This incident remains an ongoing investigation."
The Hardware: The X10D is a defense-grade drone priced at approximately $28,000 per unit, putting the total value of stolen hardware at over $110,000 — not counting payload configurations that can push the per-unit cost significantly higher.
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[USNInews] This story has been updated with additional information about the fire.
A fire broke out aboard aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) on Thursday, multiple sources confirmed to USNI News.
The initial fire has been extinguished, but the crew is still doing damage control, according to a U.S. official. Naval Sea Systems Command’s Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center is preparing to help the fleet with electrical support, USNI News understands.
“On March 12, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) experienced a fire that originated in the ship’s main laundry spaces,” reads a U.S. Central Command statement posted to social media website X. “The cause of the fire was not combat-related and is contained. There is no damage to the ship’s propulsion plant, and the aircraft carrier remains fully operational. Two sailors are currently receiving medical treatment for non-life-threatening injuries and are in stable condition. Additional information will be provided when available.”
As of Wednesday, Ford was operating in the northern part of the Red Sea, off the coast of Al Wajh, Saudi Arabia, according to a ship spotter. Ford and three of its escorts – USS Mahan (DDG-72), USS Bainbridge (DDG-96) and USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81) – transited the Suez Canal last week.
The Ford Carrier Strike Group has been participating in Operation Epic Fury, the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran that is nearing the end of its second week.
The carrier has been deployed since June of 2025 and has been extended multiple times. Last month, the Pentagon extended Ford and tasked the carrier to the Middle East ahead of the start of the war with Iran.
If Ford remains deployed until mid-April, it will break the post-Vietnam War 294-day record for carrier deployments. USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) set that record in 2020. Should the carrier stay out until early May, it would rival the 300-day-plus deployments that carriers conducted during the Vietnam War to the Gulf of Tonkin.
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[Regnum] The North American Aerospace Defense Command scrambled 12 US and Canadian aircraft after the alleged appearance of two Russian Tu-142 anti-submarine aircraft in international airspace. This was reported on March 12 by the American magazine The National Interest (TNI).
According to these reports, the incident occurred last week, from March 2 to 8. Following the appearance of Russian aircraft, the US command deployed two F-35A Lightning IIs, two F-22 Raptors, four KC-135 Stratotanker tankers, one E-3 Sentry airborne early warning and control aircraft, two Canadian CF-18 Hornet fighters, and a CC-150 Polaris tanker.
"The Russian aircraft remained in international airspace and did not violate the sovereign airspace of the United States or Canada. Such Russian activity in the Air Defense Identification Zones (ADIZs) in Alaska and Canada occurs regularly and is not considered a threat," the command said in a statement.
At the same time, the publication's observers called the reaction of the American military "disproportionate" and suggested that the dispatch of 12 aircraft after the appearance of two aircraft was intended to be a signal to the Kremlin about "America's strength."
Russian aircraft regularly conduct scheduled flights over international waters and in international airspace. For example, in September 2025, Tu-95MS strategic bombers conducted a scheduled flight over the international waters of the Bering and Okhotsk Seas. The flight was conducted in accordance with international regulations. On certain sections of the route, foreign fighters escorted the Russian bombers. The North American Aerospace Defense Command reported that the US scrambled F-16 fighters while the Russian aircraft were in international airspace and noted that the actions of the Russian bombers were not considered a threat.
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So they burned a cycle on 12 aircraft (landing, hours to A/B/C/D check, fuel, admin overhead, etc) for the price of letting a couple Bears exercise. If they keep doing that week after week eventually someone is going to get complacent.
Kinda like how the Chinese are pushing the Taiwanese and Japanese air forces to put way more hours on their aircraft and crew than budgeted.
[Daily Galaxy] On a clear morning in January 2026, a commercial satellite passed over the East China Sea and captured something difficult to explain. Below, spread across a wide stretch of water near Japanese-administered islands, were thousands of vessels arranged in tight, orderly rows. They were not moving the way fishing boats move.
The images circulated among maritime analysts and regional security researchers within days. What they showed was not a seasonal fleet chasing fish. The vessels held their positions across multiple satellite passes spanning several days, their formations unchanged by tides or weather. No trawling arcs. No dispersal patterns consistent with working a fishing ground.
The formations were concentrated near the Senkaku Islands, a group of uninhabited outcroppings administered by Tokyo and claimed by Beijing. The islands and surrounding waters have been a recurring point of friction between the two countries, with Chinese coast guard vessels making regular incursions into what Japan considers its territorial sea. As Nikkei Asia reported, Japanese officials said the pattern and scale of the current formations differed from those seen in previous years, a conclusion supported by comparing 2026 satellite passes against archived imagery from earlier fishing seasons.
[Breitbart] The U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in January, falling by more than half from a year earlier in a report that offered the clearest sign yet of how dramatically America’s trade position has shifted during President Donald Trump’s first year back in office.
The Commerce Department said Thursday that the goods and services deficit fell to $54.5 billion in January, down from $128.4 billion in the same month a year ago. That marked a decline of $73.9 billion, or 57.6 percent.
Exports rose to $302.1 billion in January, up $28.4 billion, or 10.4 percent, from a year earlier. Imports fell to $356.6 billion, down $45.5 billion, or 11.3 percent.
The improvement was especially striking in goods trade, where the deficit fell to $81.8 billion from $155.6 billion a year earlier. Goods exports climbed to $195.5 billion from $173.4 billion, while goods imports dropped to $277.3 billion from $329.0 billion.
The January figures suggest that the administration’s tariff-centered trade strategy coincided with a major narrowing in the trade gap over the past 12 months, even as critics warned that higher import duties would raise costs without shrinking the country’s trade deficit.
From December, the overall trade deficit fell by $18.4 billion from a revised $72.9 billion. Exports rose $15.8 billion on the month, while imports slipped $2.6 billion.
The January gain in exports was led by industrial supplies and materials, including nonmonetary gold and other precious metals, as well as capital goods such as computers and civilian aircraft. Imports were pulled lower by declines in consumer goods, especially pharmaceuticals, and by weaker automotive imports.
The services surplus widened to $27.3 billion in January from $26.3 billion in December, while the goods deficit narrowed by $17.5 billion from the prior month.
Adjusted for inflation, the real goods deficit fell to $83.9 billion in January from $97.9 billion in December, as real goods exports rose 7.4 percent and real goods imports fell 1.3 percent.
Among major trading partners, the U.S. goods deficit with the European Union narrowed to $6.1 billion in January from $11.1 billion in December. The deficit with Mexico shrank to $12.8 billion from $15.4 billion, while the gap with Canada narrowed to $4.3 billion from $8.0 billion. The deficit with China edged up to $12.5 billion from $12.2 billion.
The January report may take on added significance because it captures trade flows before later disruptions from the Supreme Court’s decision striking down many Trump tariffs and before the outbreak of war in Iran at the end of February. That leaves it as one of the last clean snapshots of the trade balance after a year of Trump’s policies but before those new shocks began to reshape global commerce.
[Military Times] KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine warned allied governments for years to prepare for a new kind of war, one in which cheap, mass-produced drones would overwhelm both the tactics and economics of traditional air defense.
"You don’t have time," Andrii Hrytseniuk, the CEO of Brave1, recalled telling officials in recent years. "Shahed [drones] will come not only to Ukraine, but to other countries. You need to use your time not to stick to previous conventional warfare, but to work on the new era."
Brave1 was established in 2023 as Ukraine’s state-backed defense innovation hub, which funds, tests, and fast-tracks new military technology from hundreds of Ukrainian startups.
Three years after Brave1’s formation, the Iran war has made Hrytseniuk’s warning prescient.
In the first week alone, the U.S. and Israel struck more than 3,000 targets across Iran while Tehran fired over 500 ballistic missiles and nearly 2,000 drones at U.S. bases and Israeli cities across 12 countries, burning through over 800 Patriot interceptor missiles in three days — more than Ukraine received from allies throughout four years of war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pointed out on Thursday.
"And we are not slowing down," U.S. Central Command posted on X the next day.
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