Turkish Jets Attack ISIS in Syria

The Turkish Air Force carried out three strikes early on July 24 against ISIS elements inside Syria, and the government vowed it would continue striking the group along with US and coalition aircraft, according to a statement from the Turkish...

Tying Together GCC Missile Defense

Even though several of the United States’ Gulf Cooperation Council partners have invested in “tremendous” missile defense capabilities, the US is advancing initiatives that aim to “better stitch together” those capabilities in a more coordinated and holistic manner, the State...

No THAAD in South Korea, Yet

The US has continued to negotiate with the South Korean government on the potential deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile system to the Peninsula to counter some of the North’s more sophisticated missile threats, a senior State...

Open’s the Cool Thing to Do

Lockheed Martin recently flight tested seven new open architecture sensors on a U-2 Dragonlady in less than three months as part of the Air Force’s effort to move to common interface and rapidly interchangeable payloads, the company announced. “This demonstration...

WGS-7 Launched

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket carrying the seventh Wideband Global Satellite communications spacecraft successfully launched from Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., on July 23, according to a USAF release. WGS-7 is slated to enter operations in early 2016 after...

Caravans Wanted

Air Force Special Operations Command solicited information from industry to modify and lease two Cessna 208EX Caravan aircraft for training international partner aircrew, according to a notice issued July 14. AFSOC is moving to contractor-supplied aircraft for the Aviation Foreign...

UK Rivet Joint’s Accelerated Delivery

The US is on track to deliver the second of three RC-135 Rivet Joints to the Royal Air Force seven months ahead of schedule to rapidly enhance intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities over Iraq and Syria, RAF officials announced. “We’re...