President Obama signed the $600 billion Fiscal 2016 defense authorization bill on Nov. 25 after vetoing a previous version of the policy bill in late October because it skirted budget control caps by shifting billions of dollars into the overseas...
The troops “most closely associated” with the airstrike that hit a Doctors Without Borders hospital have been suspended from their duties, the top US commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday. Speaking at a ?press conference in Kabul, which was broadcast into...
Doctors Without Borders said the US investigation into the attack on its hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, presented “more questions than answers,” noting the decision to fire from the AC-130 was part of a “frightening catalogue of errors.” Doctors Without Borders...
An MQ-9 Reaper crashed during a combat sortie near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on Nov. 24, reported Stars and Stripes. The remotely piloted aircraft was assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing and launched from Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, according to a...
The Air Force’s outgoing acquisition chief, William LaPlante, is skeptical that the US will find a way to fulfill its military space launch wishes in the next half decade. Speaking with reporters in the Pentagon as he prepares to leave...
Airframe: Alabama Air National Guard F-16s of the 187th Fighter Wing, supported by a KC-135 tanker, arrive over Romania for Exercise Dacian Viper, Oct. 13, 2015. A dozen Alabama F-16s and some 150 pilots, maintainers, and support personnel returned from...
F-16s of the 8th Fighter Wing wrapped up several days of integrated training with the Republic of Korea Air Force at Kunsan AB, South Korea, last week. Kunsan hosted F-15K Slam Eagles of the ROKAF’s 11th FW from Dageu AB,...
The Royal Australian Air Force recently flew a C-17 Globemaster III on an experimental resupply flight to Antarctica for the first time, RAAF officials announced. “Whilst this is a first for the Royal Australian Air Force, other countries, including the...