Daily Report

Gen. Lori Robinson on Friday took command of NORAD and US Northern Command from Adm. Bill Gortney, becoming the first woman to lead a combatant command. Robinson “has a remarkable and complete set of proven experience,” and is a strong...

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) sees the Fiscal 2017 National Defense Authorization Act as a reform bill, but the committee’s draft doesn’t include some of the proposals the chairman hinted he would push for in the...

The Senate Armed Services Committee thinks the best way for the Pentagon to achieve its “Third Offset” strategy is to replicate how it pulled off the “Second Offset” during the Cold War. To that end, the committee’s version of the...

Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh released his final reading list as the Air Force’s top uniformed officer on Friday. The 2016 list covers everything from books to TED Talks and journals, including Air Force Magazine and www.airforcemag.com. “This year’s...

The recent deadly ISIS attacks in Baghdad were intended to “create discord” and to gain international attention, Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren said Friday. “They have lost ground almost continuously now for half a year. They’ve been...

A team at Edwards AFB, Calif., is aiming to show the Global Hawk can fly in icy conditions. But rather than waiting for the real thing, the Global Vigilance Combined Test Force is 3-D printing “ice” to use during flight-testing,...

The F-35 Partner Support Complex was officially activated at Eglin AFB, Fla. The US-owned, civilian-run center will provide “mission data, intelligence support, lab facilities, and training” to the eight F-35 partner countries, including Australia, Canada, Denmark, Italy, Norway, the Netherlands,...

Four Hercules aircraft left Niagara Falls ARS, N.Y., on May 9 for a deployment to US Central Command, marking the first time since Desert Storm and the last time ever a four-ship of C-130s will fly away from the station...

An article in the May 12 Daily Report incorrectly identified the countries participating in Red Flag-Alaska 16-1. India is participating in the exercise and Indonesia and Chile are “working-level observers.” We regret the error and have corrected the original entry.