President Obama on Nov. 12 awarded the Medal of Honor to retired Army Capt. Florent Groberg for his heroic actions in Afghanistan on Aug. 8, 2012. Groberg was awarded the nation’s highest military honor for tackling a suicide bomber to...

Six F-15E Strike Eagles arrived to Incirlik AB, Turkey, on Nov. 12 to begin airstrike operations against ISIS in Syria and Iraq. The jets, which are deployed from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, England, joined six F-15C Eagles...

Chinese ground controllers recently contacted a B-52 as it flew near man-made islands in the South China Sea, said Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook on Nov. 12. Cook said the mission happened “recently,” though he could not say exactly when the...

US advisers deployed to Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq to assist Kurdish Peshmerga forces in a large offensive to retake a critical supply line from ISIS control, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said in an Nov. 12 briefing. Cook was careful...

Lockheed Martin was awarded the next C-130J Super Hercules production contract for Air Force and Navy deliveries, the Pentagon announced. The company will build a total of a 17 aircraft under the $969 million contract modification by April 2020, according...

Federal agents in Ohio on Thursday arrested an Akron man for soliciting a crime of violence by spreading personal information of US servicemembers online and calling for their assassinations, the Justice Department announced. Terrence McNeil, 25, allegedly solicited the murder...

The Royal Norwegian Air Force’s first two F-35A Lightning IIs arrived at Luke AFB, Ariz., on Nov. 10, joining the burgeoning fleet at the international schoolhouse there, Luke officials announced. The aircraft joined the 62nd Fighter Squadron, Luke’s second F-35...

Civil Air Patrol Cadet Col. Matthew Jackson was awarded CAP’s highest cadet achievement—the Gen. Carl A. Spaatz Award—presented by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh, officials announced. “We’re recognizing Matt as he joins an elite group,” said Welsh,...