A Saudi man suspected in the 1996 terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers military housing facility at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, has been arrested. Ahmed al-Mughassil, who since 2001 has been a suspect in the bombing and the head of the...

Gen. Darren McDew assumed command of US Transportation Command in an Aug. 26 ceremony at Scott AFB, Ill. Defense Secretary Ash Carter officiated the change of command ceremony, saying McDew is one of the “most accomplished military leaders” who will...

Airmen and B-52s from the 20th Bomb Squadron at Barksdale AFB, La., returned to home station earlier this week from a six-month deployment to Andersen AFB, Guam, according to an Aug. 25 release. Now in its 11th year, the continuous...

Pacific Airlift Rally 2015, hosted by Pacific Air Forces, is underway in Alaska and is using a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief simulation to give participating allies and partners the chance to cooperate and learn about airlift operations in the...

Seven Air Force C-130s and 165 airmen are participating in a massive multinational airborne exercise called Swift Response 15, according to an Army news release. About 2,800 US soldiers, along with troops from 10 other NATO countries, are part of...

NASA has successfully completed a risky test that involved the simulated failure of two of the Orion spacecraft’s parachutes, the agency announced Aug. 26. An Air Force C-17 flew a model Orion capsule to 35,000 feet above the Army’s Yuma...

NASA researchers are working on software for a satellite that will measure changes in the ice sheet in Greenland, according to the 21st Space Wing. Researchers spent about three weeks at Thule AB, Greenland, using lasers to measure distances to...

The Air Force recently awarded BAE Systems a $46 million contract extension to continue operations and maintenance support for USAF’s Solid State Phased Radar System (SSPARS), which extends the company’s support for the missile warning and space surveillance capability through...