A Malaysian Airlines passenger jet crashed in Ukraine Thursday killing 295 passengers, while flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, spurring charges from both Moscow and Kiev that the aircraft was brought down by missile fire, reported the BBC. Reuters quoted...
Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren said the US is concerned about the build-up of Russian forces along the Ukraine border, according to a July 17 Defense Department release. As of July 11, NATO declared Russia still maintains 12,000 “troops,...
A slow US response to China’s emerging anti-access, area-denial capabilities and the lack of a clear articulation of the AirSea Battle concept has led to Asia-Pacific allies questioning America’s protection, imposed greater cost on the Pentagon, and created an “increasing...
The first F-15E fully equipped with the Strike Eagle Radar Modernization Program is now flying at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho. It was the first of 47 aircraft 366th Fighter Wing Strike Eagles slated for the RMP upgrade by 2017, officials...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has completed the first phase of flight-testing for the Predator B extended-range variant following a two-day flight, company officials announced Thursday during the Farnborough International Airshow. The flight was a significant milestone for the Predator B...
Under persistent questions from skeptical senators, the top commander in Afghanistan supported President Barack Obama’s plan to drawdown US troop levels and expressed confidence the Afghan security forces would be able to defeat the Taliban and minimize the threat of...
Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, the top US commander in Afghanistan, countered Republican opposition to the plan to buy Russian-made Mi-17 helicopters for the Afghan Air Force, arguing July 17 that the troop transports were crucial to the future capability of...
As part of ongoing efforts to further improve sexual assault prevention and response training programs, the Defense Department has joined forces with the Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime. The Advanced Military Sexual Assault Advocate Training course is...