When the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meets in Germany late this month, provision of fighters to Ukraine will be a key topic of discussion, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe and retired Gen. Tod D. Wolters said. While he thinks it should happen, he sees the ...
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The Biden administration announced a massive new aid package for Ukraine on Jan. 6, totaling over $3 billion and including armored infantry fighting vehicles and other weapons once considered off-limits. The latest package also includes new air capabilities. In a bid to bolster Ukraine's air ...
A Minnesota Air National Guard flight nurse who responded to a deadly suicide bombing in the midst of the Afghanistan evacuation in August 2021 is set to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross on Jan. 7. Maj. Katie Lunning of the 133rd Airlift Wing will be the ...
Four Airmen—two pilots and two loadmasters—received the Distinguished Flying Cross at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., on Dec. 20, among the final Mobility Airmen to be so honored for their actions during the noncombatant evacuation out of Kabul, Afghanistan in August 2021.
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. continued his sweep through Eastern Europe this week, completing trips to Latvia and Lithuania from Dec. 19 to 21. In those visits, Brown discussed “integrated air and missile defense” with leaders from both countries’ militaries, ...
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. visited Poland earlier this week, meeting with his counterparts in the Polish military and discussing USAF rotations in the country, as well as Poland’s future F-35 fighters. While there, Brown also visited U.S. Airmen stationed in ...
The United States will send a Patriot air and missile defense system to Ukraine and provide precision-guided munitions in one of the most significant grants of American military aid to Kyiv since Russia invaded Ukraine in February. Amid a Russian...
Space Training and Readiness Command hosted its largest ever Space Flag exercise at Schriever Space Force Base, Colo., from Dec. 5 to 16, with 165 participants exercising potential strategies for a European conflict. Every Delta from Space Operations Command had a representative at Space Flag 23-1, ...
Germany has formally signed on to buy 35 F-35s, which will begin delivering in 2026. The aircraft are being bought as part of a $112 billion accelerated military modernization program Germany launched after Russia invaded Ukraine.
