The last combat troops will leave Afghanistan later this year, closing out the nation’s longest war. And though the United States will continue to support a “unified Afghanistan,” President Obama made it clear in Tuesday’s State of the Union address...
The number of airmen implicated in a cheating scandal that has rocked the nuclear force in recent weeks has “roughly doubled,” reported the Associated Press via the Great Falls Tribune. However, it’s not clear if the 30-plus additional airmen now...
The Defense Department will have to prioritize—and continue to fund—posture changes for US forces as well as focus on technology gaps as it looks to rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region, senior DOD officials told the House Armed Services Committee on...
An extensive study of incidents and responses in the South China Sea suggests China’s deft use of public diplomacy, administrative actions, and military force has incrementally benefitted the country’s claims. Since 1995, China has undertaken 500 separate actions in defense...
The converted merchant ship Cape Ray departed from Portsmouth, Va., on Jan. 27, heading for the Mediterranean Sea where it will aid US and international efforts to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile. The process is part of an agreement with...
Trimming military retiree benefits may be needed, but it shouldn’t be done hastily or in a way that breaks promises the Defense Department has already made, Adm. James Winnefeld, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs, told members of the Senate...
Fighters from the Continental United States North American Aerospace Defense Command Region will begin conducting training sorties over the skies of the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, site of the Feb. 2 Super Bowl, around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to...
The C-23 Sherpa, a former Air Force pack mule, quietly retired from Army service and was put to pasture at Ft. Sill, Okla., Army officials recently announced. US Air Forces in Europe originally ordered 18 of the boxy airlifters to...
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research will award some $15.5 million to 42 scientists and engineers from 32 research institutions across the country. The grants will be awarded over a three-year period as part of the Air Force’s Young...
Representatives from the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Alaska National Guard, and Canada met at JB Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, this month for the Arctic general officer/flag officer conference. “The purpose of this GO/FO is to increase capabilities, bringing forces together from...