The Japanese parliament passed a bill in the early hours of Sept. 19 to liberalize post World War II restrictions on the use of Japan’s military forces around the world, enshrining one of the key policy changes introduced by Prime...
Air Force Special Operations Command submitted two recommendations on whether to open the last few battlefield career fields to women, and whether to open all AFSOC units to women. “I’ve made that recommendation on the 15th of September.? I can’t...
Faced with similar requirements to modernize their aging strategic ballistic missiles, the Air Force and Navy are working on an “intelligent commonality” program to find ways to reduce the cost of replacements for the land- and sea-based nuclear-armed missiles, said...
An array of defense experts, ranging from retired Air Force four-stars to members of Congress and academicians, argued Sept. 17 that the nuclear deterrent force is as important to US security today as it was in the Cold War, but...
The 9th Reconnaissance Wing flew its final MC-12W Liberty sortie from Beale AFB, Calif., ending Air Combat Command’s operation of the aircraft on Sept. 16. “The MC-12 is a great story because it linked those people in the aircraft with...
Just after the leader of US Central Command told the Senate Armed Services Committee that only “four or five” US-trained Syrian fighters remain “in the fight,” the Pentagon press secretary said that while the train-and-equip program “has not met our...
The introduction of Russian military forces and equipment into the Syrian civil war will make the conflict “far more complicated,” but the long-term impact on the fighting is very unclear, the former head of Air Forces Central Command said at...
The close cooperation fostered by Operation Inherent Resolve has resulted in better communication and information-sharing practices between the US and its Middle Eastern allies, the former commander of Air Forces Central Command told attendees at AFA’s Air and Space Conference...
A quartet of Oregon Air National Guard F-15Cs and support personnel from the 123rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron have wrapped up a short visit to Kecskemet AB, Hungary, announced US Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa officials Sept. 17. The Air...
Concern for the lack of pilots has become critical enough that “for the first time,” the Air Force Reserve has “selected 40 ROTC cadets to go to pilot training,” said Air Force Reserve Chief Lt. Gen. JJ Jackson at ASC15....
