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In pressing the Taiwan hot button, is the US misreading China's capabilities and networks just as it has Russia's?

Air Mobility Command has directed its refueling and cargo planes to obscure the majority of identifying information painted on the aircraft, citing national security concerns -- an unusual move that is alarming to government watchdogs. James Stewart, a spokesman for Air Mobility Command, told Military.com in an emailed statement that airmen's missions take them around the globe and often involve sensitive movements of cargo -- the main reason behind the change.

As the United States surged troops, ships and weapons to the Pacific, Congress held a prime-time hearing Tuesday aimed at promoting public hostility toward China to justify the United States’ belligerent military actions on the other side of the world.

AMC recently directed a change to its fleet, removing the large “U.S. AIR FORCE,” unit markings, tail numbers and other identifying markings.

The United States Air Force has chosen to ground almost all of its older C-130H Hercules cargo planes (and their variants). The decision came after recognizing a problem with their propeller barrels. On the final Friday of September USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) confirmed a vast majority of their C-130 Hercules fleet are not currently […]

The announcement caps a year in which the Biden administration approved over $32 billion in armaments and aid for Ukraine

In analyzing not only what happened in the past, but whats happening now and what could happen in the future. >> and taiwan is, obviously, a major part of this. there were reports that the u.s. is preparing to end more u.s. military forces to taiwan. is that accurate? >> i wont comment on troop deployments or operations or our training. what i will tell you, kaitlin, we remain committed to supporting taiwan in accordance with the taiwan relations act, we will do everything we can to help them ac...

The United States will quadruple the number of US forces stationed on Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, in an effort to provoke a war with Beijing along the lines of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Gallagher is warning U.S. policymakers to arm Taiwan as much as possbile in order to deter an invasion by China.

The United States plans to drastically boost the number of American military troops deployed in Taiwan, in defiance of China’s warning against such deployments to the self-ruled island, according to reports.