The first B-21 Raider bomber took off from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., just after dawn on Nov. 10, in a flight that concluded at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif, after 90 minutes, according to local observers. "This was a test flight," said ...
Air
The U.S. conducted airstrikes in eastern Syria on Nov. 12, its third bombing raid against Iranian-linked targets in less than three weeks. Iranian-backed militias have continued to attack American forces despite airstrikes the U.S. previously carried out on Nov. 8 and Oct. 26 in eastern ...
A new course at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. is meant to train Airmen in base defense, forklift operation, cargo handling, aircraft refueling, and other skills they may need in a near-peer conflict.
The first T-7A Red Hawk landed at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on Nov. 8, marking the start of the developmental flight test campaign for the two-seat jet, which is meant to replace the aging T-38 as a trainer for fighter and bomber pilots.
Many Airmen have impressive abilities, but contracting officer Staff Sgt. Elijah Braly has the power to spend as much money as necessary to get service members what they need at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey.
Two U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles conducted an airstrike in eastern Syria in response to escalating attacks against U.S. forces by Iranian-backed groups, the Defense Department said Nov. 8. The target was a weapons storage facility used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ...
More than 200 Airmen will receive medals for their roles in Operation Allies Refuge, the effort to move more than 124,000 evacuees out of Afghanistan in the final weeks of the U.S. war there in late summer 2021.
U.S. forces continue to come under attack from Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria, with "conservative" estimates of at least 40 attacks, mostly with drones and rockets, since Oct. 17. But U.S. leaders are fuzzy on what constitutes an attack on U.S. forces. “I think ...
The United States displayed a show of force in the Middle East on Nov. 5 with B-1 bomber flyovers and the deployment of a Ohio-class guided-missile submarine in the region against a backdrop of continuing attacks against U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria. The BTFs—which ...
