DOD Mum on B-1 Backfill Down Range

The US will deploy additional aircraft to backfill the B-1s that recently left the US Central Command area of responsibility, but the military is not ready to announce which airframes will deploy, Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren...

Dutch Extends Anti-ISIS Mission to Syria

The Dutch government on Jan. 29 approved extending its mission against ISIS to include airstrikes in Syria, a week after US Defense Secretary Ash Carter met with coalition partners in Paris to discuss the military campaign. Dutch pilots were already...

Russian-led Advances in Syria

Russian airstrikes have “made a difference” for Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s regime, strengthening his forces while pushing back rebel gains in western Syria, said the spokesman for the US-led coalition against ISIS. Russian activity has “benefited the Assad regime,...

CENTCOM Confirms Additional Civilian Casualties

US Central Command on Jan. 29 announced an additional five civilian deaths and eight civilian injuries caused by four US airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. The airstrikes occurred between July and October 2015 against ISIS vehicles and high-value...

Shopping the 80 Percent Off Sale

The transition to treating space like other warfighting domains is happening, but it’s still in progress, said Winston Beauchamp, deputy undersecretary of the Air Force for space, on Jan. 29. “The need for improved mission assurance is not new, but...

Informing the COCOMs

A congressionally mandated panel on the future of the Army is calling on that service, and by extension all others, to better inform combatant commands of their available forces to better enable war planning. The National Commission on the Future...

Super Bowl Air Game

California Air National Guard F-15s are flying a series of air defense exercises, intercepting light aircraft flown by the Civil Air Patrol in the lead up to Super Bowl 50. The Federal Aviation Administration will institute a temporary no-fly zone...