The Senate voted 91-3 on Tuesday to pass the revised Fiscal 2016 defense authorization bill, sending the legislation to President Obama, who is expected to sign it. The $600 billion bill authorizes defense spending and policies for Fiscal 2016; Obama...

The Air Force has its work cut out for it in getting Congress to fund the Long-Range Strike Bomber, according to panelists at a Tuesday AFA Mitchell Institute discussion about the new jet in Arlington, Va. Mackenzie Eaglen, fellow at...

The Long-Range Strike Bomber will be a difficult sell to Congress because of short-sighted math, said retired Lt. Gen. David Deptula, dean of AFA’s Mitchell Institute. Congress will only be able to see the LRS-B as yet another expensive stealth...

Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James and Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh will announce a major restructure of the remotely piloted aircraft career field’s force structure and basing by “early next week,” Air Combat Command chief Gen. Hawk Carlisle...

The F-15Cs deployed to Incirlik AB, Turkey, will be performing combat air patrols and “defensive counterair” missions, but are also there to help keep Russian and coalition aircraft from dangerous encounters, Air Combat Command chief Gen. Hawk Carlisle said Tuesday....

The Air Force’s plan to acquire 1,763 F-35s is still good … for now, Air Combat Command chief Gen. Hawk Carlisle told defense reporters in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. The Air Force is not ignoring Congress’ request for an updated...

The F-35 will eventually be an Open Mission Systems platform, Air Combat Command chief Gen. Hawk Carlisle said Tuesday. Speaking with defense reporters in Washington, D.C., Carlisle said OMS—which allows new sensors, software packages and other upgrades to a platform...

Retiring the A-10 Warthog attack jet will have to happen, but perhaps not as fast as the Air Force wanted, Air Combat Command chief Gen. Hawk Carlisle said Tuesday. Speaking with defense reporters in Washington, D.C., Carlisle said he’ll use...

The Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 102nd Intelligence Wing declared full operational capability as an intel unit, with the opening of a new $17.6 million facility and associated equipment at Otis ANGB, Mass., Nov. 7. The Distributed Common Ground System hub...

Two B-52s flew a 26-hour, nonstop mission from Barksdale AFB, La., to southern Europe, conducting a series of scenarios during NATO’s largest integration exercise in 20 years, officials announced. Two aircraft conducted a “show of force” over the San Gregorio...

The US must continue to build and maintain partnerships with other nations because strong relationships can’t be built overnight and a coalition is critical in complex situations like the fight against ISIS, Maj. Gen. Lawrence Martin, assistant deputy undersecretary of...

An entry in the Nov. 10 column incorrectly stated the number of airstrikes the United States has conducted against ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria. The number is 6,257. Coalition forces other than the US have conducted 1,735. We have...