The United States will keep 9,800 troops in Afghanistan for most of next year and then maintain 5,500 troops at a few bases, including Bagram, Jalalabad, and Kandahar in 2017, President Obama announced Thursday. Afghans are fighting “bravely and tenaciously,”...

The commander of US forces in Afghanistan on Thursday praised President Obama’s decision to halt the withdrawal of troops from that country. Keeping 9,800 US troops in Afghanistan “provides us the ability to further develop a lasting strategic relationship with...

The first three F-35A jets flying at Hill AFB, Utah, are performing very well and have suffered no canceled sorties due to maintenance, 388th Fighter Wing Commander Col. David Lyons said at an Oct. 14 ceremony officially marking the start...

President Obama on Nov. 12 will present the Medal of Honor to retired Army Capt. Florent Groberg for his actions in a 2012 battle in Afghanistan where he tackled a suicide bomber and protected 28 fellow troops. Grobert will be...

The Air Force has brought its Launch Systems Directorate and the Rocket Systems Launch Program together for a new directorate: the Launch Systems Enterprise Directorate, according to a release. The new entity officially stood up Oct. 14 in a ceremony...

The Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $305 million contract for Lot 13 production of the AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) and its extended-range variant, the JASSM-ER, the company reported Thursday. The contract covers 140 each of the baseline...

The Pentagon expects a preliminary report on the Oct. 3 US air attack on a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, to be released early next week, more than two weeks after it was initially expected to be released. Defense Secretary Ash...

A1C Spencer Stone remains in fair condition at the University of California Davis Medical Center as police continue searching for two men they suspect stabbed Stone repeatedly in Sacramento on Oct. 8. Stone is awake, able to get out of...

The Alabama National Guard’s Red Tails deployed to Romania for training with its host country as part of the National Guard’s state partnership program. About 150 airmen and eight F-16s from the 100th Fighter Squadron deployed in early October, reported...

The remaining 24 members of the 79th Rescue Squadron at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., returned home on Oct. 14 from a deployment supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, according to a base release. The airmen were among the 1,200 from the base deployed...