Arlington County health officials said they are “confident” a woman who became ill in the Pentagon parking lot Friday morning “does not have Ebola,” according to a statement issued Oct. 17. Officials closed the south parking lot and second corridor...
Back at home station with the last of the explosive ordnance disposalairmen who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, MSgt. John McCoy can remember how it started, 13 years and 55,000 missions ago, and how their living conditions and equipment improved....
As a debate rages over the effectiveness of the air campaign against ISIS extremists in Iraq and Syria, an analysis by a prominent national security think tank looked at the sharp difference in the number of strike sorties in the...
US Central Command boss Army Gen. Lloyd Austin downplayed reports of ISIS flying fighter aircraft over Syria during a briefing with reporters at the Pentagon on Friday. “We don’t have any operational reporting on ISIS flying jets,” Austin said. He...
The commander of US Central Command said air strikes are already taking a toll on the operations and communications of ISIS in Iraq and Syria, but efforts in Iraq will require patience. Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon on Friday,...
Despite terrorist attacks in the Baghdad suburbs and clashes in cities such as Ramadi, US Central Command boss Army Gen. Lloyd Austin told Pentagon reporters on Friday that military assessments have not detected an “appreciable increase” in ISIS’ presence in...
Gen. James Amos, the first aviator ever to serve as Marine Corps Commandant, was relieved Friday by Gen. Joseph Dunford, a career infantry officer who recently ended an 18-month tour as commander of the International Security Assistance Force and US...
In a major step toward the goal of engraining the Total Force concept into its leaders, the Air Force Officer Training School conducted its first graduation ceremony incorporating Active Duty, Reserve, and Air National Guard trainees. The Oct. 10 ceremony...
Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James and Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh have tasked the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board to study three topics in 2015. They include, “cyber vulnerabilities of embedded systems in air and space systems; enhanced...