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Cost and scheduling challenges have pushed the US Air Force’s B-52 Stratofortress modernization program billions over budget, according to a new report.The aging B-52 has long been a workhorse of the Air Force, which is replacing the bomber’s decades-old engines to keep the aircraft flying into the 2050s. But the…

Global military budgets in 2025 totaled $2.6 trillion. The US accounted for more than a third of that total.The US has the world’s most expensive military, spending nearly $1 trillion on defense. That’s over three and a half times China’s reported defense budget, the next largest.From spending on nuclear technology…

Aside from some brief visits to neighboring Canada, my mother had never been anywhere outside the United States.So, for her 60th birthday, I surprised her with a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Italy, somewhere she had always wanted to visit. And I, a seasoned traveler, would be her plus one.I planned a…