Air Force Global Strike Command has formed a provisional helicopter operations group that will provide a more focused command chain for the three helicopter squadrons in the 20th Air Force. The operational group, established at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo., will...

Russia continues to “reinforce” the military presence amassed on its southwest border with Ukraine, despite repeated calls from the international community to scale back its military support of Russian separatists, said Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby on Friday. The...

Iraq is still a “contested environment” between Iraqi government forces and militants belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), said Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby on Friday. Despite some violent attacks, Baghdad is largely “static,”...

Pacific Air Forces announced a new Theater Security Package of F-15E Strike Eagles is on its way to South Korea, while other USAF fighters are shifting to a new deployment in Australia. Twelve F-15E Strike Eagles from Mountain Home AFB,...

DARPA this month announced an Experimental Spaceplane program, dubbed XS-1, that is intended to reduce costs and help balance the demands of advanced planning for launches with last-minute federal budget authorizations. The program will develop a “fully-reusable unmanned vehicle that...

The 37th Training Wing opened a new $22 million Recruit/Family In-Processing and Information Center for Basic Military Training at JBSA-Lackland, Texas, on July 30. The 70,306-square foot center is expected to consolidate personnel processing activities into one building and handle...

SMSgt. Floyd Atkins, a boom operator with the 151st Air Refueling Squadron at McGhee Tyson ANGB, Tenn., reached 8,000 refueling hours during a mission over Qatar recently. Atkins reached the milestone while refueling a B-1B Lancer in support of Operation...

We now have a transcript of Air Combat Command chief Gen. Mike Hostage’s remarks at an AFA-sponsored, Air Force breakfast earlier on July 29. In his remarkably candid, hour-plus comments and answers to questions, he covered the gamut of ACC...

Just in, we have a transcript of the June 12 press teleconference with Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall at the conclusion of the annual F-35 CEO Conference, which brings together the Joint Strike Fighter acquisition and operations leadership from the...