The Defense Department on Dec. 22 identified the six airmen—four Air Force Office of Special Investigations agents and two security forces members—killed by a suicide bomber driving a motorcycle near Bagram AB, Afghanistan. They include: Maj. Adrianna Vorderbruggen, 36, with...
SpaceX on Dec. 21 made history in space travel, successfully landing a reuseable Falcon 9 booster rocket for the first time after a launch at Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla. The company, led by PayPal founder Elon Musk, has been vying...
Iraqi forces on Tuesday bridged the Euphrates River and moved north into Ramadi’s central neighborhoods, but there is “still tough fighting ahead” in the battle to reclaim the city from ISIS, Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren said...
The coalition on Dec. 19 delivered its largest strike so far in the fight against ISIS, dropping more than 140 munitions and striking five gas and oil separation points and two crude oil collection points in Syria, the spokesman for...
Two units recently successfully tested the bomber force’s ability to configure, load, fly, and deliver an unarmed version of the AGM-86B nuclear-capable air-launched cruise missile, according to a release. Air Force Global Strike Command’s 2nd Bomb Wing and Air Combat...
The Air Force recently received two more C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, including one HC-130J model dedicated to personnel recovery, Lockheed Martin announced. On Dec. 17, Air Force crews ferried an extended-range C-130J-30 Super Hercules from the Lockheed facility in Marietta,...