US Air Force F-16s carried out the first manned aircraft strikes against ISIS targets while operating from Incirlik AB, Turkey, on Aug. 12, according to Incirlik officials and the Department of Defense. Six F-16s of the 31st Fighter Wing deployed...

A trio of B-2 bombers have deployed from Whiteman AFB, Mo., to Andersen AFB, Guam, Pacific Air Forces announced, on a “familiarization training” rotation in the Asia-Pacific. The three B-2s deployed Aug. 7 with approximately 225 airmen from Whiteman to...

The US-led coalition against ISIS forces in Iraq and Syria carried out 2,829 July airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, the most of any month since Operation Inherent Resolve kicked off in August 2014, according to new figures from Air Forces...

After more than two decades of maintaining the Air Force’s Low-Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) targeting pod systems, the 388th Fighter Wing’s LANTIRN pod maintenance shop at Hill AFB, Utah, has been dissolved. The change is part...

Afghan security forces still have a “capability gap” in aviation and close air support capabilities, which will require them to receive continued US assistance over the next few years, Army Brig. Gen. Wilson Shoffner, deputy chief of staff for communications...

The Air Force is changing the way the service deploys C-17 airmen, according to a Joint Base Charleston news release. In the past, an entire C-17 flying squadron would deploy at once, as a unit, for 120 days. But now,...

If Congress rejects the new P5+1 Iranian nuclear deal or refuses to lift sanctions on Iran if it meets conditions outlined in the agreement, these events would almost certainly result in a “nightmare scenario,” a senior advisor to the White...

Volunteers are on the home stretch to returning a B-29A Superfortress bomber to the skies at McConnell AFB, Kan., after its official rollout back in March. The aircraft, nicknamed Doc, was successfully fueled, exposing no major leaks, and is currently...