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Using 2012 prices and estimates, in addition to China’s publicly announced figures, the US government believes that China’s total military expenditures in 2012 stood between $135 billion and $215 billion, said Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia David...

China’s investments in stealth aircraft have yet to mature them to the point of operational use, but its spending on ballistic missile capabilities appears to have progressed them significantly, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia David Helvey told...

Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski, chief of the Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention and Response branch at the Pentagon, was arrested over the weekend for sexual battery in Arlington, Va., according to Arlington County’s crime report, issued on Monday. Police charged...

At the request of California Gov. Jerry Brown (D), the state Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing at Channel Islands ANG Station is activating two of its specially configured C-130J aircraft to help battle wildfires in the state, announced state...

The 772nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, a C-130J unit operating out of Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, completed the first combat airdrop with the new Extracted Container Delivery System, according to unit officials. The new airdrop method, known as XCDS, speeds up the...

California Air National Guardsmen from the 129th Rescue Wing at Moffett Federal Airfield retrieved a critically ill passenger aboard a cruise ship more than 300 miles off the coast of San Diego, according to unit officials. The passenger was suffering...

The Air Force tested a Low Profile Parachute that could serve as a lightweight replacement to the bulkier BA-22 parachute that AC-130 aircrew members currently use, according to a release from Edwards AFB, Calif. In April, Air Force testers finished...

Members of Air Force Reserve Command’s 315th Airlift Control Flight at JB Charleston, S.C., have a new official Swamp Fox patch, according to the unit’s parent organization, the 315th Airlift Wing. Previously, flight members wore an unofficial patch to show...

The Iraqi air force has received its final three factory-fresh C-130J transports, completing its order for six of the Lockheed Martin-built airlifters, company spokesman Peter Simmons told the Daily Report on May 6. The first of these three airframes left...

Raytheon is establishing the headquarters of its newly formed Intelligence, Information, and Services business area at the company’s existing hub for operations in Sterling, Va., announced the company. It is also shifting the headquarters of its Space and Airborne Systems...