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Poland is set to become the 15th nation to join the consortium of NATO nations procuring a fleet of five radar-equipped RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 40 air vehicles and associated ground control equipment under the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance program,...

President Obama nominated Lt. Gen. Robin Rand for a fourth star and for assignment as commander of Air Education and Training Command at JBSA-Randolph, Tex., announced the Pentagon. Rand, a 1979 Air Force Academy graduate, who currently serves as commander...

Air Force Special Operations Command sent a CV-22B tiltrotor aircraft from the United States to Mildenhall AB, Britain, for beddown there as part of the 7th Special Operations Squadron. This CV-22 is the first of 10 that the squadron will...

Installation of the Combat Network Communications Technology upgrade for the B-52H bomber fleet is scheduled to commence this month at the B-52 depot at Tinker AFB, Okla., according to a base release. The first B-52 to receive the new communications...

Airmen at Barksdale AFB, La., and members of the local community gathered to bid farewell to the last three A-10 ground-attack airplanes operating there with Air Force Reserve Command’s 917th Fighter Group, according to a base release. Their late-June departure...

With the inclusion of overseas contingency operations, the Defense Department’s request to fund its intelligence activities in Fiscal 2014 increases by $4 billion to $18.6 billion, announced the Pentagon. Back in April, DOD released the $14.6 billion base request to...

The Afghan Special Mission Wing—charged with counternarcotics and counterterrorism operations—does not have enough personnel or expertise to conduct its mission, according to a report from the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. Still, the Defense Department is moving forward...