The House on Tuesday passed a three day continuing resolution by voice vote, giving lawmakers until Saturday to reach an agreement on the pending omnibus bill. The Senate was expected to vote by unanimous consent on the stop-gap measure by...
America is losing its technological edge thanks to repeated rounds of defense cuts, said senior House leaders this week. The joint statement—issued by House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Buck McKeon [R-Calif.], HASC seapower and projection forces panel chairman Rep....
Two Air Force Special Operations Command combat controllers assigned to the 21st Special Tactics Squadron at Pope Field, N.C., were awarded the Silver Star—the nation’s third highest decoration for gallantry in combat—for their efforts in Afghanistan last year, according to...
The House Armed Services Committee released a lengthy set of declassified transcripts on Jan. 13 examining the US military’s response to the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. The release comes in advance of...
The US Air Force will no longer operate the C-130H in Afghanistan. The new C-130J model replaced the veteran cargo workhorse on Jan. 9, states a Jan. 13 release. The first C-130J actually arrived at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, moments after...
Officials inaugurated a new $6.9 million radar facility at Seymour Johnson AFB, S.C, for air traffic controllers to monitor and control flights in 5,000-square miles of airspace, base officials confirmed. The 12,000-square foot Radar Approach Control facility is the first...
First Air Force recently unveiled three aircraft—an F-16, F-15, and Cessna 172—displayed outside its headquarters at Tyndall AFB, Fla. Each of the aircraft have played a key role in the War on Terror. For example, 1st AF alert fighters have...
The Air Force designated Northrop Grumman’s Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft as the platform with the best safety record in 2013, announced company officials this week. Paul Brophy, Northrop Grumman’s forward operating location site manager at Andersen AB, Guam, received...