Lawmakers voted to subpoena information from the department for the first time since 2016. Wenheng Zhao, who is also known as Thomas Zhao, was sentenced in federal court in Los Angeles on Monday. For the first time, unit commanders won't have to make decisions on whether to prosecute a variety of serious crimes. Senators want answers from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on steps the Pentagon is taking to address continued problems in family housing. The first TR-3 F-35's initial checkout flight comes as the Joint Program Office hunts for a way to accelerate deliveries, perhaps using interim software. Apart from defeating torpedoes with torpedoes (yes, you read that right), the Navy is also improving its safety gear. Whistleblowers reached out to Congress to report “unwarranted sexually suggestive and aggressive messages" from a senior manager. The hangar was one of two built in 1942 for the U.S. Navy in the city of Tustin, about 35 miles southeast of Los Angeles. "This is a failure of leadership that cannot be ignored," lawmakers wrote to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. The complex simulations at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland were meant to test how well the F-35 would perform in real-world combat scenarios. Load More