The US-led coalition had launched 65 airstrikes in the course of two weeks in the Fallujah area as of Friday morning, supporting operations to retake the city from ISIS, but Iraqi forces have faced heavy resistance from ISIS fighters so...
Another B-52 has arrived at Andersen AFB, Guam, to keep up the continuous bomber presence following a ground mishap that severely damaged a Stratofortress last month. The bomber, deployed from Minot AFB, N.D., arrived June 2 at the base, according...
The US military launched nine counterterrorism strikes in Yemen against al Qaeda so far in 2016, including previously undisclosed strikes in February and March, a spokesman for US Central Command said Friday. “As part of Central Command’s commitment to transparency,...
The remains of another airman who died in a Nov. 22, 1952, crash have been identified. A1C Delroy Cody was among the 11 crewmen and 41 passengers on board a C-124 Globemaster II when it crashed while traveling between McChord...
Two C-130s and more than 30 airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard flew alongside Canadian and other international aircrews during a three-day exercise in Edmonton. The crews, from the 123rd Airlift WIng from Louisville ANG Base, work with other...
Retired USAF Col. Thomas Schaefer, the former military attache at the US Embassy in Iran who was taken hostage for 444 days, died June 4. Schaefer, 85, died at a hospice facility in Scottsdale, Ariz. The former bomber pilot was...
The Air Force activated its first unit dedicated solely to training the service’s ground component on Thursday. The Battlefield Airmen Training Group at JB San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, will be composed of five new training squadrons that will be activated later...
The Army has released the names of the soldiers killed when their Light Medium Tactical Vehicle overturned during a training accident at Fort Hood, Texas, on June 2. The soldiers are: SSgt. Miguel Angel Colonvazquez, Spc. Christine Faith Armstrong, Pfc....
USAF civil engineers from bases throughout the Pacific trained with their Republic of Korea counterparts during a five-day exercise at Gwangju AB, South Korea. During Pacific Unity 16, the engineers practiced quickly restoring a damaged airfield after a mock attack...
Airmen from Massachusetts; New Jersey; RAF Lakenheath, England; and the Horn of Africa will come together at the end of June for a complex African Partnership Flight in Kenya. The event will focus mainly on personnel recovery training for Kenyan,...
