Miscommunication among the US ground forces and an Air Force joint terminal attack controller’s mistake about the targeting capability of a B-1B providing close air support led to the “friendly fire” incident that killed five US soldiers and one Afghan...

The White House and the Pentagon confirmed Friday that Ahmed Godane, the leader of the Somalia terrorist organization al Shabaab, was killed in a Sept. 1 airstrike. “Godane’s removal is a major symbolic and operational loss to the largest al...

A TBM-700 light business and utility turboprop plane bound for Naples, Fla., crashed off the coast of Jamaica Friday afternoon carrying three people on board. The plane, was reported unresponsive after 10 a.m., and at 11:30 a.m., two NORAD F-15...

NATO allies and partners meeting at the alliance summit in Wales agreed to form a broad international coalition to counter the ISIS terrorist threat to Iraq, the Middle East, and Western nations, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Secretary of State...

TSgt. Douglas J. Matthews, a combat control craftsman with the?125th Special Tactics Squadron in Portland, Ore., is one of the Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2014. During a combat deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom,...

“I’m worried about the industrial base,” Pentagon Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Chief Frank Kendall said last week. Speaking at the COMDEF 2014 conference in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 3, Kendall said he’s been meeting with industry leaders about how to...

The long process of fielding new weapons can be cut, but it’s often a risky move, Pentagon Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Chief Frank Kendall said Sept. 3. Speaking at the COMDEF 2014 conference in Washington, D.C., Kendall said “I’ve come...

Despite earlier claims that Russia would soon be pulling out of the International Space Station, the state-owned newspaper Ria Novosti recently reported the country may continue engaging in the joint space project. “There is a 90 percent chance” Russian leaders...