The leaders of all of the defense ministries contributing to the war on ISIS met Thursday in Brussels to decide on the way forward in the fight and to push for more cooperation from the individual countries, along with NATO...

Lockheed Martin will offer the T-50A supersonic jet trainer in the Air Force competition to replace the T-38 Talon, the company said Thursday, also announcing it will build a final assembly and checkout facility for the jet in Greenville, S.C....

Lockheed Martin’s T-50A would be the best bet for the Air Force’s T-X trainer because it not only meets all the service’s performance requirements, but also it would draw on the company’s incumbent knowledge of the F-16, F-22, and F-35:...

Lockheed Martin’s choice of Greenville, S.C., as the site of its T-50A final assembly and checkout facility followed “extensive analysis” of all the locations where the company makes aircraft, Lockheed Skunk Works head Rob Weiss said Thursday. Greenville won out...

The Air Force will have three competitive space launches in Fiscal 2017, and is funding the development and integration of a domestically sourced rocket engine, the service’s deputy undersecretary for space told reporters Thursday. The Fiscal 2017 budget proposal fully...

A tanker crew saved an F-16 pilot from ejecting over ISIS-held territory during a recent strike sortie, officials revealed. The 384th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 crew deployed to Al Udeid AB, Qatar, from McConnell AFB, Kan., broke-off refue?ling a pair...

The US is stepping up airstrikes in Afghanistan, targeting ISIS in the country’s south while Taliban is turning on the group as well. Operation Resolute Support spokesman Brig. Gen. Wilson Shoffner said during a Thursday briefing that there are up...

Oregon Air National Guard F-15C/D Eagles will deploy to Rissala AB, Finland, for two weeks of bi-lateral training this spring, the Finnish air force announced Feb. 11. Six to eight fighters from the 173rd Fighter Wing based at Kingsley Field,...

NATO will make its first direct contribution to the campaign against ISIS by deploying its E-3A Sentry AWACS to support coalition air operations, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced. Several countries including Australia, Britain, France, and the US have already contributed...