NATO Monitoring Tensions Along Russia, Ukraine Border

By Amy Hudson
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said he and his NATO counterparts are “closely watching Russian military operations along the Ukrainian border.” Speaking to reporters Thursday in Brussels following two days of defense ministerial meetings there, Hagel said Russia must be “transparent”...

What Else You Lose

By John A. Tirpak
If sequester remains in effect past Fiscal 2016, the Air Force will be forced to buy fewer aircraft and retire more of the ones it already has, service Secretary Deborah Lee James said Wednesday. Specifically, USAF would be compelled to...

RPA Math

By John A. Tirpak
The cost calculus on the manned U-2 and the unmanned RQ-4 Global Hawk has “flipped” in the last 18 months, and that’s why the Air Force now favors retiring the U-2 and retaining the Global Hawk, Secretary Deborah Lee James...

CSAR Salad

By John A. Tirpak
The Fiscal 2015 budget apparently offers no plan for a new Combat Search and Rescue Helicopter, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said Wednesday. She told a Bloomberg defense budget symposium in Washington, D.C., that CSAR “is a priority” as...

Rubber Band Man

By John A. Tirpak
The new defense budget means it will be tougher for the US military to fulfill its national strategy, in that wars will take longer and likely incur more casualties, Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chairman Adm. James Winnefeld said Wednesday....

Setting Priorities, Bolstering Partnerships

By Amy Hudson
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said partnerships with European allies are even more critical as countries on both sides of the Atlantic transition out of the combat mission in Afghanistan and look to downsize their forces in light of ongoing fiscal...

B-52s Temporarily Stationed at Ellsworth

Some of the B-52s assigned to Minot AFB, N.D., will temporarily be housed at Ellsworth AFB, S.D., while Minot’s runway undergoes repairs, reported the Minot Daily News. The rest of the base’s bombers are slated to deploy with the 69th...

DOD to Lead Manufacturing Innovation Institutes

The Defense Department will spearhead two new manufacturing innovation institutes, announced President Obama on Tuesday. “If we want to attract more good manufacturing jobs to America, we’ve got to make sure we’re on the cutting edge of new manufacturing techniques...

Pounding New Ground

Strike Eagles from RAF Lakenheath, England, dropped live weapons off the northwest coast of Scotland for the first time earlier this month. Air Force officials worked out a deal with the UK Ministry of Defense to use its range instead...

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