Key Points and Summary on M18 - The Air Force Global Strike Command has ordered an immediate halt to the use of its M18 service pistol following the death of a Security Forces Airman in a "tragic ...

The United States military began using the Beretta M9 as its standard sidearm in 1985, having replaced the long-used Colt M1911 .45 caliber pistol used in World War II. In 2017, Sig Sauer won a $580 ...

Sig Sauer, which makes the M17 and M18 pistols used by the U.S. military, issued a response after facing criticism over concerns about their sidearms after an airman was killed when an M18 discharged.

The Army, Navy and Marine Corps are not planning to pause use of the M18 pistol as a primary, daily service sidearm for their troops, the services told Task & Purpose, even as units in the Air Force ...

The Air Force ordered all its M18 pistols inspected after the death of a security forces airman last month sparked concerns about the safety of the gun used widely across the U.S. military. The ...

SURVIVED OR WHY THAT PLANE CRASHED. WELL, THE AIR FORCE GLOBAL STRIKE COMMAND IS PUTTING A PAUSE ON THE USE OF A GUN MADE BY A NEW HAMPSHIRE BASED COMPANY. THIS INVOLVES THE M18 PISTOL THAT’S ...

A major division of the U.S. Air Force is immediately suspending use of a gun made by New Hampshire-based Sig Sauer, following a fatal shooting on a Wyoming base over the weekend. The general in ...

The specific Sig P320 (top left) that was the focus of an FBI investigation last year. A report by the FBI’s Ballistic Research Facility that was recently made public has placed the Sig Sauer M18/P320 ...

Aug. 27 (UPI) --The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command has approved the use of the Sig Sauer M18 pistol after investigating the accidental death of an airman in July. Airman Brayden Lovan, 21, died ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo.(AP) — Two airmen at a Wyoming U.S. Air Force base have pleaded guilty to making false statements about the deadly shooting of a third that prompted the suspension of Sig Sauer M18 ...