The Air Force this week announced four new candidate bases for the first Reserve-led F-35 unit, and criteria for two additional Air National Guard bases for the aircraft. They are: Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.; Homestead ARB, Fla.; NAS Joint Reserve Base...

The Air Force on Tuesday released its criteria for expanding the list of bases that fly the MQ-9 Reaper, a move to build up the service’s remotely piloted aircraft infrastructure. The Air Force will assess candidate bases on mission requirements,...

A US Navy destroyer was repeatedly buzzed by Russian aircraft in the Baltic Sea, demonstrating increased aggression by Russian jets in the region. On April 11, two Russian Su-24 jets made “numerous, close-range, low-altitude” passes near the USS Donald Cook,...

Colorado Springs, Colo. The Federal Aviation Administration would like to develop an implementation plan “as soon as possible” to begin transitioning responsibility for collecting and disseminating safety-related space situational awareness data from the Air Force to the FAA, the associate...

Colorado Springs, Colo. The US military must reject the notion that it needs to give up resiliency for capability, Doug Loverro, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy, said Wednesday at the 32nd Space Symposium. “That notion is...

Colorado Springs, Colo. There hasn’t yet been an entrepreneurial golden age for space like there was for the internet because the “big heavy-lifting pieces” aren’t yet in place, the founder of Amazon and Blue Origin said Tuesday at the 32nd...

While North Korea’s ability to reach the United States with a nuclear weapon is not probable, the US needs to prepare as if it is likely so it is ready to protect the nation and its allies, top missile defense...

Iraqi forces, bolstered by coalition airstrikes, have retaken the Anbar village of Hit, the site of ISIS’ chemical weapons production. On April 11, Iraqi Security Forces raised the Iraq flag on the main government building in the village, coalition spokesman...