Six F-16s and nearly 100 airmen from the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing in Madison are training alongside their Polish air force counterparts during a two-week deployment to Lask AB, Poland, according to US officials. This is the...
Each of the four services this week submitted implementation plans to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel detailing how to integrate women into combat roles, Defense Department spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Nate Christensen told the Daily Report on May 16. Christensen said DOD...
The NATO mandate for combat troops in Afghanistan will expire at the end of 2014, but there remain many options for the presence and disposition of foreign troops in the country after this date, according to Joint Chiefs Chairman Army...
The 366th Maintenance Operations Squadron at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, stood down as part of an Air Force-wide effort to align field and company grade officer slots with operational requirements, according to a base release. “This inactivation is a result...
The F-35A strike fighter recently completed a series of high-angle-of-attack tests at Edwards AFB, Calif., announced manufacturer Lockheed Martin on Thursday. “The testing accomplished high AOA beyond both the positive and negative maximum command limits, including intentionally putting the aircraft...
DARPA intends to test an anti-ship version of Lockheed Martin’s JASSM cruise missile in July at Pt. Mugu, Calif., according to Frank St. John, vice president of the company’s Missiles and Fire Control business. The Long-Range Anti-Surface Missile, or LRASM,...
Iran’s nuclear ambitions, its destabilizing presence in the Middle East, and its “abysmal” human rights record present challenges to the United States, Wendy Sherman, the State Department’s undersecretary for political affairs, told Senate lawmakers. As such, the United States continues...
Northrop Grumman and the Navy successfully catapulted the X-47B remotely piloted aircraft demonstrator from the deck of the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), according to the company. The tailless aircraft lifted off of the aircraft carrier during a test off...