A U.S. airman died Thursday after heavy equipment he was operating rolled down an embankment at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.The Space Force identified the airman Friday as 1st Class Cedric Eneluna, 23, a member of the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron’s Pavements and Equipment Flight.No other personnel were injured in the incident, according to a Space Force release. A Safety Board Investigation was launched, and details will not be released until the completion of the investigation.The Santa Barbara Coroner’s office had not determined the official cause of death as of Friday.Eneluna joined the military in 2024, and he arrived…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! For many would-be homeowners, the financial hurdle to buying a starter home has grown dramatically over the past seven years. The income needed to afford a typical starter home has jumped more than 80% since 2019, according to a new Realtor.com report.Americans now need an annual household income of about $78,000 to afford a typical starter home, up from roughly $43,000 in 2019—an increase that has far outpaced wage growth and left many first-time buyers struggling to break into the housing market.”First-time buyers aren’t sitting on the sidelines because they don’t want…

The U.S. Coast Guard began tracking a Chinese research vessel last week near the Arctic to ensure compliance with international law, the service announced.The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro observed the Chinese ship Xue Long as it transited through the U.S. exclusive economic zone and over the U.S. extended continental shelf in the Bering Sea toward the Arctic. “Alongside the Department of War, the Department of State, and our international partners, we are actively responding to competitor activities across an increasingly contested Arctic,” said Rear Adm. Bob Little, commander U.S. Coast Guard Arctic District.The U.S. Coast Guard completed the surveillance…

The United States’ air defenses are struggling to defend against attacks from Iran. The Pentagon reported that Tehran’s retaliatory strikes on a military base in Jordan killed two American service members, as air defenses failed to keep up. The US is becoming increasingly concerned that the Iranian military is improving its efficacy at penetrating its air defenses in the Middle East. Several media outlets have reported, citing anonymous officials, that air defenses appear to be struggling to keep up. This comes on the heels of a deadly missile and drone strike on a military base in Jordan on Friday, which…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: More than 100 illegal immigrants from Haiti with convictions for violent offenses and child sex crimes in the United States were deported to their native country last week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Monday.A July 16 deportation flight that landed in Haiti included passengers with a range of criminal histories, including convictions for child molestation, domestic violence, and armed carjacking, DHS said.”Last week, ICE deported pedophiles, carjackers, drug traffickers, and perpetrators of fraud to Haiti,” said DHS Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. “Criminal illegal aliens have NO place…

The U.S. Air Force began piloted flights and autonomy tests for modified F-16s that allows artificial intelligence agents to fly the aircraft.The agents are able to fly the F-16s in the Viper Experimentation and Next-gen Operations Model, or VENOM, program through the aircraft’s additional hardware, software and instrumentation installed, according to a release.A F-16 Fighting Falcon equipped with the technology completed a sortie recently at the Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, for the 96th Test Wing, per the announcement.The modified aircraft began flights in June to verify that the aircraft worked properly with all the technology involved. A month later,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The War Department has identified two active-duty Army soldiers killed during an enemy attack at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan last week as 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas.They were the first U.S. service members killed since the restart of hostilities amid Iran’s violations of President Donald Trump’s peace agreement.A third U.S. service member’s remains are being identified, while another was killed Saturday “during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance” in northern Iraq, U.S. Central Command said.The announcement brought…

The Pentagon released the identities Monday of the two soldiers killed in action late last week in an Iranian ballistic missile and drone attack in Jordan.U.S. Army Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, and 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, from Ewa Beach, Hawaii, died July 17 and July 18, respectively, according to a Department of Defense release.The active-duty soldiers were killed during an enemy attack at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan.Gonzales was stationed at Ansbach, Germany, assigned to 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Air Missile Defense Command.Feehan was stationed…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed sidestepped questions from CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday after the host confronted him over past remarks suggesting “a lot of people” in Dearborn, Michigan, were saddened by the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.Tapper pointed to audio first highlighted by The Washington Free Beacon from an event held shortly after Khamenei’s death during the U.S.-Iran conflict. In the recording, El-Sayed said there were “a lot of people in Dearborn who are sad.”MICHIGAN SENATE RACE: EL-SAYED’S TIES TO EXTREMIST FUEL ANTISEMITISM CONCERNS AMONG JEWISH VOTERS “I thought…

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the Qatari-donated jet that serves as an Air Force One plane will soon be sent away for upgrades, following questions about the plane’s security features.Trump started flying aboard the jumbo jet on July 1 after accepting the plane as a gift last year, when an accelerated effort to renovate the Boeing 747 for presidential use began. But Trump unexpectedly ditched the plane on a flight from Turkey to the United Kingdom amid rising hostility with Iran on July 8. He flew aboard an older Air Force One to London in what he…

The Hi Power, known generically as P-35 because it was introduced in 1935, is a modern classic. Conceived by the incomparable John Moses Browning and finalized into the form we know it by his protégé Dieudonne Saive after Browning’s death, the P-35 was adopted by many nations, and it was manufactured in multiple countries — sometimes with a license, and sometimes not. The author, Massad Ayoob, shot a maximum score of 300 out of 300 with this borrowed Springfield Armory SA-35 during a training class demonstration. Image: Gail Pepin For decades it was the official military gun of the British Commonwealth…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity will sit down with Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., the sister of late Senator Lindsey Graham, for an exclusive interview on Monday night’s edition of “Hannity” at 9 p.m. ET. Graham was sworn into office earlier this month following the sudden death of her brother, becoming the first female senator from the Palmetto State and the first sister ever appointed to the upper chamber. It will be her first interview since the tragic passing of her brother, and her first since her appointment to the U.S. Senate. Graham is expected to…