Two Afghan Air Force students in training at Moody AFB, Ga., were reported missing after they failed to report for duty on Monday, according to a base release. The two students were screened prior to their arrival in the US...
ISIS is trying to engage the US in “what they believe is an apocalyptic war with the West,” and anything we do to support that idea is against our national security interests, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
After a “frustratingly long time,” the coalition is beginning to see movement in the operation to reclaim Ramadi, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday. “In the last 24 hours, the [Iraqi Security Forces] retook...
The Air Force recently awarded a $120 million contract extending its EQ-4B and E-11A Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) platforms through June 2016. The service is looking to further lengthen the mixed fleet’s deployment in support of combat operations in...
The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group christened a new $25 million high-bay maintenance hangar at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., on Monday. The new hangar “provides a world class facility for a proud team of professional airmen so they can continue...
Joint terminal attack controllers (JTACs) and F-16 pilots in South Korea trained together on close air support and counter insurgency scenarios at Kunsan Air Base, Dec. 1-4. F-16s assigned to the 80th Fighter Squadron at Kunsan trained with joint terminal...
Turkey received the last of four Boeing 737 AWACS aircraft under the Peace Eagle program on Wednesday, the company announced. “Turkey is currently the only nation in this region with the AEW&C [Airborne Early Warning and Control] capability,” Boeing Turkey’s...
NORAD and the Air Force are once again ready to track Santa as he makes his way around the world, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs USAF Gen. Paul Selva told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Dec. 9. “I...