Skip to content
TRENDING:
Donald Trump
Advertisement
Author profile
Ben Wolfgang

Ben Wolfgang

bwolfgang@washingtontimes.com

Ben Wolfgang is a national security correspondent at The Washington Times, a senior member of its Threat Status team, and the host and producer of the award-winning Threat Status Podcast. Ben covers national security, foreign policy, military affairs, the defense industry and the rapidly evolving landscape of military technology.
A Pennsylvania native, he joined The Washington Times in 2011 after serving as a political reporter at The Republican-Herald in Pottsville, Pa. Over the course of his career, Ben has covered the White House, Congress, and four presidential campaigns.
His reporting has earned recognition from some of journalism's most respected organizations, including the Virginia Press Association and the Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C. Chapter, among other honors.
Ben has interviewed heads of state, chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, senior military commanders, cabinet secretaries, senior government officials, and the CEOs of many of the nation's largest and most influential defense companies.
Ben is a frequent guest on broadcast media, with appearances on C-SPAN, the Sirius XM POTUS channel, and other outlets.
He can be reached at bwolfgang@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Ben Wolfgang

An Iranian flag is placed among the ruins of a police station struck Monday during the U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Pentagon insists no ‘regime-change war’ as Iran conflict spreads

Top Trump administration officials pushed back Monday on the notion that the U.S. is rapidly being dragged into another endless war in the Middle East, even as the conflict with Iran widened, the American death toll rose to six, and President Trump predicted the fighting could last at least another month.

March 2, 2026
The U.S. Central Command released videos showing missiles being fired and jets taking off in what it said were strikes "to dismantle the Iranian regime’s security apparatus." (Screenshot from video via The Associated Press)

Kuwait accidentally shoots down three U.S. fighter jets during Iran mission

Three American fighter jets were mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses in a friendly fire incident late Sunday, the Pentagon said. All six service members on the F-15E Strike Eagles ejected safely, were recovered and are in stable condition, according to U.S. Central Command.

March 2, 2026
A domestically-built missile "Khaibar-buster," and banners showing portraits of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, and the late armed forces commanders, who were killed in Israeli strike in June, are displayed in a military exhibition commemorating the anniversary of the start of the 1980-88 Iraq-Iran war, and 12-day war with Israel in June, at Baharestan Square, in Tehran on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) **FILE**

‘They have a mystical value’: Why Iran won’t budge on its prized ballistic missiles

Reaching a deal to constrain Iran's nuclear enrichment is an uphill battle. Persuading the Islamic republic to rein in its ballistic missile program could be next to impossible, analysts say, with the weapons having achieved an almost "mystical" reputation among some Iranian military leaders who remember their key role in the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s and now see them as vital to their country's survival.

February 10, 2026
In this photo released by the U.S. Air Force, Capt. Ryan Vickers stands for a photo to display his new service tapes after taking his oath of office to transfer from the U.S. Air Force to the U.S. Space Force at Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Sept. 1, 2020. (Staff Sgt. Kayla White/U.S. Air Force via AP, File)

Inside the high-stakes battle over Space Force advocacy

The Air & Space Forces Association and the Space Force Association, along with their leaders, stressed they believe the organizations can work together to advance American space power. However, sources familiar with the matter described behind-the-scenes dynamics that have at times bordered on acrimony.

February 2, 2026