US commanders in South Korea temporarily suspended the Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2015 exercise in the aftermath of an exchange of artillery fire between North and South Korea on Aug. 20, a senior Pentagon official told reporters on Aug. 21. The...

An American airstrike near Mosul, Iraq, killed the second in command of ISIS on Aug. 18, the White House announced. Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali, also known as Hajji Mutazz, was killed while traveling in a vehicle along with an ISIS media...

The Pentagon released a new “Asia-Pacific Maritime Security Strategy” on Aug. 20, which provides new detail into China’s recent reclamation activities in the South China Sea. Since December 2013, according to the report, China has reclaimed land at seven of...

A preliminary investigation found ISIS used traces of chemical weapons in an Aug. 11 attack on Peshmerga forces, according to an official with Operation Inherent Resolve. Traces of sulfur mustard gas were found on fragments of mortars that were used...

The recent deployment of US F-16s to Incirlik AB, Turkey, has been effective in the fight against ISIS because the fighters are able to arrive to the battlespace quicker than if they were deployed to another location, such as Qatar...

One of the F-16 pilots involved in a ground collision shortly after touch?down at Nellis AFB, Nev., on Aug. 15 is still undergoing medical treatment for injuries sustained in the accident, officials revealed in an update late last week. No...

Afghanistan’s defense spending grew by more than 18 percent over the past four years, with further increases expected as the number of International Security Assistance Force troops decreases, according to a new independent report. Afghanistan’s defense spending grew from $0.9...

Though negotiations on how to use the land that formerly housed the Navy Annex had stalled, they are back on track after Arlington County, the Army, and the Virginia Department of Transportation agreed on an idea the county manager says...

Some 120 military personnel from Austria, Germany, and the US are in the midst of building up a “tent city” at Zaragoza AB, Spain, which will eventually serve as a NATO Joint Task Force Headquarters to support Exercise Trident Juncture...

An Air Force Cross recipient who was wounded in a 6.5-hour battle with insurgents in Afghanistan’s Shok Valley in 2008 has medically retired. TSgt. Zachary Rhyner was shot in the left leg and trapped on a six?-foot cliff under constant...

Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs are flying two weeks of combat trials, testing their interoperability with the RNLAF’s F-16s, KDC-10 tanker, and allied aircraft at Edwards AFB, Calif. The two Dutch F-35s are conducting operational tests to evaluate...