The deployed nuclear arsenal of today is “safe, secure, and effective,” Gen. Robert Kehler, US Strategic Command chief, assured lawmakers this week. “In fact, I’m extremely confident in that,” he stated in testimony to the House Armed Services Committee’s strategic...

The Defense Department has an opportunity today to capitalize on the investments made in directed energy over the last four decades, but must focus on smaller, more obtainable weapons projects than in the past, said defense analysts with the Center...

Wyoming Air National Guard C-130 crews flew qualifying missions this week with the Modular Airborne Firefighting II system over Camp Guernsey in the state. The annual training was to prepare members of the 153rd Airlift Wing ahead of this year’s...

A C-130J Super Hercules left Lockheed Martin’s production facility at Marietta Ga., on its ferry flight to Dyess AFB, Tex. Delivered to the base’s 317th Airlift Group on April 18, the stretched C-130J-30 is the 18th of Dyess’ planned 28...

The 375th Communications Squadron at Scott AFB, Ill., received an excellent rating in its recent cyber compliance readiness inspection—an intensive five-day scrub of the unit’s network operations to ensure that cyber-security standards are maintained. “It’s about mission assurance and we...

Air Force and Defense Logistics Agency officials celebrated the opening of the new USAF-run fuels-testing lab at the service’s Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif. They dedicated the petroleum, oil, and lubricants facility on April 13. Until now, the Air Force...

Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz accepted a 30-inch replica of the 16-foot statue of the Air Force Honor Guard that sits at the Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Va. Air Force Association leaders presented the statuette to Schwartz during...

The Air Force Cyberspace Operations and Support Hall of Fame will induct six new members during a ceremony June 27 at JB Andrews, Md. They are: retired Maj. Gen. Dale Meyerrose, retired Brig. Gen. Bruce Bohn, retired Brig. Gen. Avon...