NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced expanded cooperation activities during a visit with senior Ukrainian government officials in Kiev, Ukraine, on Thursday, according to an Aug. 7 NATO release. In a press conference following his meetings with Ukraine’s President...

Three B-2 bombers deployed from Whiteman AFB, Mo., to Andersen AFB, Guam, on Aug. 6. The Spirit bombers will fly sorties from the island as part of “familiarization training activities” in the Western Pacific, Pacific Air Forces officials announced in...

President Barack Obama signed the VA Reform bill into law on Thursday. “If you engage in an unethical practice, if you cover up a serious problem, you should be fired, period,” said Obama at the signing of the Veterans Access,...

Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday to meet with the candidates for the Afghan presidency, as well as other officials, in hopes of reaching a deal to resolve the disputed June runoff election. Kerry will...

In defiance of a late-night TV talk show comedian’s ridicule of the Air Force strategic missile force, airmen from the 91st Missile Wing are preparing to demonstrate their discipline and dedication with a 395-mile relay run around the huge missile...

The Department of Defense and the Italian government recently reached an agreement to recognize same-sex military spouses at bases in the country, according to an Aug. 7 release. Despite the 2011 repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” many spouses of...

The third phase of Red Flag-Alaska 2014 kicked off Aug. 7, bringing an increase in activity on and around Eielson AFB, Alaska. The air base put out a notice, advising residents that they might see and hear increased flying activity...

The Air Force Technical Applications Center has a new sea-based asset for its mission to monitor missile and space launches for possible treaty violations—the Cobra King radar system aboard the USNS Howard O. Lorenzen. Cobra King is a mobile radar...

The Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman an $89.7 million contract to continue operating and supporting the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node system, according to an Aug. 6 release. BACN connects aircraft in the air and mission controllers on the ground, “[translating]...