B-52s officially joined the air war on Monday, striking an ISIS weapons facility in Iraq. The Stratofortress on Monday hit an ISIS building in the village of Qayyarah, west of Makhmur. B-52s, which deployed to US Central Command earlier this...

The coalition targeting ISIS has changed its rules of engagement for strikes with possible civilian casualties, giving theater commanders more decision-making power. The coalition made an “incremental” move away from the original authority, which required the commander of US Central...

Three House Armed Services Committee panels approved their markups of the Fiscal 2017 defense authorization bill Wednesday. The early drafts of the NDAA show lawmakers intend to meet the Pentagon’s calls for increased capability. The tactical air and land forces...

US and French leaders gathered just outside Paris on Wednesday to honor the formation of the Lafayette Escadrille—38 US volunteer pilots who flew under French Command before the United States entered World War I. The centennial event was held at...

A request for proposal for the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program’s first phase is “a couple weeks away,” Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Frank Kendall told lawmakers Wednesday. Kendall told the Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense panel on...

The Air Force might accelerate the replacement of its Vietnam-era UH-1N Huey helicopters that protect ICBM fields by more than a year, Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Frank Kendall told lawmakers Wednesday. Responding to a question from...

There are more combat aircraft and different capabilities available now for the fight against ISIS, including US Air Force B-52s, A-10s, and F-16s, which recently deployed to US Central Command, said Army Col. Steve Warren, spokesman for Combined Joint Task...

NATO-Russia Council members agreed to keep talking during their first meeting in almost two years, but they agreed on little else. “NATO and Russia have profound and persistent disagreements,” the alliance’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said afterward. “Today’s meeting did...

Air Force C-130s, C-17s, and aircrews are taking part in a NATO training exercise made up of 5,000 participants and 18 nations this month in Germany. Exercise Saber Junction 16 at Hohenfels Training Area, which will run through April 24,...