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The Air Force on Monday selected Lockheed Martin to supply its new Space Fence, a ground-based radar system designed to detect and track objects on orbit, including small pieces of debris, as part of the broader US space-surveillance network. The...

In the background of the Air Force’s ICBM cheating scandal, Air Force Global Strike Command leadership at Barksdale AFB, La., is working to counter misconceptions about the ICBM mission. Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson, AFGSC boss, said the idea that ICBMs...

Air Force Global Strike Command is mulling how to command and control its bomber forces better, said Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson, who leads the organization. “We are spending a lot of time on that,” he told Air Force Magazine in...

The 376th Air Expeditionary Wing is scheduled to inactivate during a ceremony on June 3 as the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, reverts to the authority of the Kyrgyz government, announced Air Forces Central Command on Monday. Manas served as...

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel named Robert Cardillo to head the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, succeeding Letitia Long, who is retiring, announced the Pentagon on Monday. Cardillo, who is presently deputy director for intelligence integration in the Office of the Director of...

California Air National Guard C-130Js and F-16s from Misawa AB, Japan, flew to Jordan to join armed forces from 22 countries for Exercise Eager Lion. F-16s practiced escorting transports during a combat airdrop drill at the combined combat and humanitarian-relief...

Air Force Secretary Deborah James approved a new decoration for Active Duty airmen, Air National Guard members, and Air Force Reservists directly involved in the strategic nuclear deterrence mission, announced service personnel officials on Monday. Dubbed the Nuclear Deterrence Operations...