President Obama on Tuesday nominated Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford to replace Army Gen. Martin Dempsey as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Air Force Gen. Paul Selva to replace Adm. James Winnefeld as vice...

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) applauded President Obama’s pick for the new Chairman and vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, vowing his committee will give the nominations “prompt and thorough consideration.” In a statement...

The Air Force’s RQ-4 Global Hawk intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance remotely piloted aircraft received Milestone C approval from the Defense Acquisition Executive, a designation that allows the program to move forward with planned modernization activities and its updated acquisition strategy,...

Air Force Special Operations Command recently wrapped up the two-week Emerald Warrior 2015, a joint service, interagency, and partner nation exercise. The more than 2,100 participants in this year’s event trained on close air support, tactical mobility, and intelligence, surveillance,...

Evaluators from the 8th Fighter Wing’s inspector general’s office at Kunsan AB, South Korea, took a hard look at how airmen conduct operations while responding to unplanned threats, such as simulated unexploded ordnance, during Exercise Beverly Midnight 15-3. The “wing...

Airmen with the 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron completed a successful month-long aerial asset “swap out” at Bagram AB, Afghanistan, on April 30. The airmen, along with loadmasters from Dover AFB, Del., and Travis AFB, Calif., loaded helicopters and associated...

Scientists and engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory, as well as Defense Department medical organizations will exhibit more than 100 innovations ranging from advanced weapons to disaster relief support during the Defense Lab Day at the Pentagon on May...