The Senate rejected a controversial bill that would have removed commanders’ power to prosecute sexual assaults, opting instead to push forward different legislation that provides special counsel to victims but keeps such authority in the chain of command. The vote...
Air Force Global Strike Command boss Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson said he expects Air Force missile crews to be up to full strength by “late spring,” after reports of widespread cheating resulted in the decertification of nearly half of the...
The Defense Department will update Congress this spring on the status of its nuclear delivery vehicle modernization, said Elaine Bunn, deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear policy. Speaking to members of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces panel...
North Korea “remains one of the United States’ most critical security challenges,” according to the Defense Department’s annual threat report on the country to Congress. The country’s large but outdated military force “retains the capability to inflict serious damage” on...
F-35 production is holding steady with plans to churn out between 36 and 38 airframes this year, said Program Executive Officer Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan. The main challenges for the F-35 strike fighter program are completing airframe modifications and software...
Medical technology has come a long way after more than decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, said Jonathan Woodson, assistant secretary of defense for health affairs. These innovative methods developed on the ground have led to advances in caring...
The F-22 Raptor will participate in the Defenders of Freedom Open House and Air Show at Offutt AFB, Neb., for the first time since 2010, announced Air Combat Command in a March 4 release. “We’re pleased to have the most...
