Ramadi Reclaimed

Iraqi forces recaptured the city of Ramadi in December, seven months after ISIS first took the central Iraqi city. Troops raised the Iraqi flag over the provincial government center on Dec. 28 and expelled ISIS, marking “a significant step forward...

Guardsmen Battle Missouri Floods

More than 600 members of the National Guard spent the new year battling heavy floods in Missouri and Illinois, which claimed the lives of at least 20 people, according to a Dec. 31 release. Several hundred airmen and soldiers were...

Putin: More US-Russia Cooperation is Key to Security

Russian President Vladimir Putin is asking President Obama for more cooperation in 2016, reported the Associated Press. “The outgoing year has shown that relations between Russia and the United States are one of the key factors of international security,” Putin...

Air Force Rolls Out Anti-Violence Campaign

The Air Force has contracted the anti-violence nonprofit Green Dot to help it reduce interpersonal violence, including sexual assault, over the next three years. Some 1,500 airmen implementers will attend one of 22 Green Dot prep sessions this month. The...

Tornados in Turkey

German Tornados arrived at Incirlik AB, Turkey, in December, to join the efforts against ISIS in Syria, according to the Air Force. German lawmakers approved the deployment of Tornado ECR reconnaissance and electronic warfare aircraft from Jagel AB, Germany, as...

Selva Calls ICBM Crews on New Year’s Eve

Air Force Gen. Paul Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called missile crews on alert at each of the Air Force’s three missile bases to thank them for their service just hours before 2015 came to a...