Air Force Global Strike Command boss Lt. Gen. James Kowalski relieved Maj. Gen. Michael Carey of duty as 20th Air Force commander “due to a loss of trust and confidence in his leadership and judgment,” announced the command. The numbered...

Budget uncertainty, in particular unresolved budget numbers for Fiscal 2014, is taking its toll on the ability of Defense Department cost estimators to help build the Pentagon’s long-term budget plans and get the most out of every taxpayer dollar, said...

The Air Force and sister services are making changes in how they train together to help operationalize the AirSea Battle concept, said Maj. Gen. James Jones, director of operations on the Air Staff. For example, the Air Force’s Red Flag...

Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter, the second American to orbit the Earth, died on Oct. 10 in Denver reportedly due to complications from a recent stroke. He was 88. Born on May 1, 1925, in Boulder, Colo., Carpenter became a naval...

The Air Force’s fleet of MC-12W information-gathering airplanes recently flew its 300,000th combat flying hour, according to officials at Beale AFB, Calif., the fleet’s stateside home. The milestone occurred during a sortie over Afghanistan, states Beale’s Oct. 8 release. The...

p, .ExternalClass A C-130 making a second landing attempt at Forward Operating Base Shank in Logar province, Afghanistan, in May came in “too fast,” causing the airplane to go off of the runway, announced Air Mobility Command. The hard landing...

p, .ExternalClass The F-35 program office has halted development of BAE Systems’ alternate helmet for the F-35 strike fighter, choosing to focus exclusively on the Rockwell Collins-Elbit Systems’ helmet currently used in training and testing, announced F-35 prime contractor Lockheed...

A group of House lawmakers led by Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s seapower and projection forces panel, penned a letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel urging Hagel to resist any effort to close the...

Thousands of veterans and their families, friends, and supporters gathered at the National World War II Memorial on the National Mall to affirm the right of veterans to unhindered access to the memorial. The Oct. 13 rally came in response...

Defense Department forensic scientists have identified the remains of 1st Lt. Robert G. Fenstermacher, 23, of Scranton, Pa., an airman who died in a crash in Belgium during World War II, announced the Pentagon. DOD officials are returning Fenstermacher’s remains...