Laboratory technicians work on samples to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a testing facility in Wuhan, China on August 4, 2021. (Getty Images)
A production line of the Glide, a high-altitude glider that delivers munitions across thousands of miles, is seen at the defense tech startup Mach Industries in Huntington Beach, California, on September 11, 2025. (Getty Images)
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
US Navy aircraft fly over the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in support of Operation Epic Fury on March 3, 2026. (US Navy)
US Army paratroopers assigned to 82nd Airborne Division conduct an airborne operation onto Sicily Drop Zone at Fort Bragg on December 8, 2022. (US Army)
A US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft refuels a B-52H during Operation Epic Fury over the US Central Command area of responsibility, March 20, 2026. (US Air Force)