ISIS has more attacks “in the pipeline” and western intelligence services need to evolve to counter the group’s growing intent to attack, said the director of the Central Intelligence Agency on Monday. CIA Director John Brennan, speaking at the Center...
President Obama on Monday defended the United States’ current strategy to defeat ISIS, saying he has no intentions of sending ground troops in to counter ISIS in Iraq and Syria. A large-scale ground force could take land, but gains would...
US European Command has banned unofficial travel to France for all military personnel, DOD employees, contractors, and command-sponsored dependents and family members. Those who wish to travel on official orders or emergency leave to Paris or anywhere in France must...
President Obama on Monday reiterated his position that the US is not interested in setting up a no-fly zone or safe zone on the Turkish border with Syria, an idea floated by several lawmakers and Turkish officials. Obama, during a...
French President François Hollande told a joint session of parliament on Nov. 16 that he will meet soon with President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin “in order to unite our forces” against ISIS. Hollande, whose address follows the Nov....
The US has deepened and enhanced its intelligence sharing with France in the wake of the terrorist attacks there this weekend, Pentagon spokesmen said Monday. “Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Director of National Intelligence Jim Clapper have provided new...
The anti-ISIS coalition this weekend destroyed 116 oil tanker trucks using A-10s and AC-130 gunships, Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff Davis told reporters Monday. The strike, near Abu Kamal in Syria, was part of an operation “designed to attack the...
The upgraded B61-12 nuclear free-fall bomb completed its third and final developmental test drop from an F-15E at Tonopah Test Range, Nev., late last month, the National Nuclear Security Administration announced. The B61 Mod 12 Life Extension Program began developmental...
Six Air Force Global Strike Command bomber and missile wings responded to a series of mock nuclear threats as part of US Strategic Command’s annual operational command and control exercise this month. “Global Thunder gives us an ability to exercise...
Leaders turned the first shovel on the construction of a $22 million helicopter operations facility at JB Andrews, Md., Nov. 2. The building will bring the 1st Helicopter Squadron and the 811th Operations Support Squadron, both based at Andrews, under...