Air Forces Southern and 12th Air Force is now under the command of newly promoted Lt. Gen. Mark Nowland, who assumed leadership of AFSOUTH and 12th AF during a Dec. 19 change of command ceremony at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. Nowland...

Modernizing the Air National Guard’s equipment and resources is a top priority, said ANG Director Lt. Gen. Stanley Clarke. Speaking at a Dec. 19 Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies event in Arlington, Va., Clarke said he wants to make sure...

Lt. Gen. Stanley Clarke, director of the Air National Guard, said the breadth of the ANG’s involvement in security cooperation missions is so wide that he is “still learning today how involved we are” across the world. Speaking at a...

Coalition airstrikes have killed several senior ISIS leaders since November, negatively affecting the terrorist organization’s operations and its ability to command and control forces, confirmed the Pentagon on Dec. 18. Since mid-November, strikes have killed “multiple senior and mid-level leaders...

The planned revision for the US-Japan Defense Cooperation agreement, which was scheduled for release at the end of the month, will be delayed until the “first half of next year, taking into account the progress of Japan’s legislative process, “according...

The Russian air force is slated to receive its first production stealthy fifth-generation T-50 PAK-FA fighter off the Sukhoi assembly line in 2016, reported IHS Jane’s. “The number of prototypes is increasing; the state trial program is being conducted as...

A Royal Australian Air Force F-35 Lightning II touched down at Luke AFB, Ariz., becoming the first international F-35 partner to join the pilot training schoolhouse there on Dec. 18. “Today, we take another tremendous step forward in our transition...

Iraq’s first two F-16D two-seat Vipers recently were delivered to the Arizona Air National Guard’s 162nd Fighter Wing at Tucson to begin Iraqi pilot training there. “The arrival of Iraqi purchased and owned F-16s is a tremendous step towards Iraqi...