The Air Force on Monday re-designated the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Agency as 25th Air Force during a ceremony at JBSA-Lackland, Texas. The new numbered air force, which aligns under Air Combat Command, will oversee ISR matters—analysis and...

The new Afghan administration, which assumed power on Monday, is expected on Tuesday to sign a bilateral security agreement with the United States and a status of forces agreement with NATO, according to press reports. Those documents will provide the...

Although the Pentagon has not come up with an official name for its air campaign against ISIS terrorists in Iraq and now Syria, the operations costs are mounting, and the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments has released a report...

Officials at Nellis AFB, Nev., inactivated the 65th Aggressor Squadron during a ceremony, according to a Sept. 29 base release. The standdown ended the nine-year run of the unit’s pilots flying their F-15s as mock adversaries against US and allied...

Air Force Global Strike Command conducted several near-simultaneous training events this month to demonstrate the Air Force’s two legs of the nuclear triad, according to a Sept. 26 release. From Sept. 15 to Sept. 23, 8th Air Force airmen currently...

The last of the Air Force’s MC-12W surveillance airplanes supporting combat operations in Afghanistan from Kandahar Airfield arrived back at Beale AFB, Calif., according to a release. The aircraft returned to Beale on Sept. 22, following the inactivation of the...

After more than eight years of planning and construction, Air Force Global Strike Command officials cut the ribbon on a new storage and weapons load training facility at Barksdale AFB, La., according to a base release. The Louisiana installation is...

Renovation of the main maintenance hangar at Kingsley Field for the Oregon Air National Guard’s 173rd Fighter Wing is now underway, according to a base release. This activity is part of the broader improvement of facilities at the base to...