The Pentagon on Thursday said preliminary information shows that North Korea’s claims of a hydrogen bomb test are not consistent with evidence the US is collecting, and that the department is still researching the possible test through “a variety of...

The Defense Department has identified the Army Special Forces soldier killed Jan. 5 in Afghanistan as SSgt. Matthew McClintock of Albuquerque, N.M. McClintock was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) of the Washington National Guard. Two...

The tail cone of a Mississippi Air National Guard C-17 separated in mid-flight, falling into a residential neighborhood adjacent to the unit’s base at the Jackson Airport on Wednesday, the local Clarion-Ledger reported. The large fairing caused no injuries or...

Air Force mobility crews moved about 2.5 million pounds of Army cargo in and out of Afghanistan in about a month of operations, the Air Force announced. Six aircrews deployed from Dover AFB, Del., and Travis AFB, Calif., flew three...

The first Air Force Reserve Command KC-135 tankers will soon begin Block 45 cockpit upgrades to extend the fleet’s service life for several decades until they are replaced by the KC-46, AFRC announced. The upgrade adds an additional glass cockpit...

Service acquisition chiefs told the House Armed Services Committee Thursday they need more tolerance of failure if the Pentagon is to truly speed up the pace of introducing new technology. USAF acting acquisition chief Richard Lombardi said service technologists tend...

There are three ways the Air Force thinks it can accelerate the process of introducing new technology, acting USAF acquisition chief Richard Lombardi told the House Armed Services Committee Thursday. At a hearing on experimentation and agility, Chairman Rep. Mac...