The Air Force’s next generation tanker flew at night for the first time this week, Boeing announced in a tweet Monday. The jet, EMD-4, took off the evening of April 30 from Boeing Field, south of Seattle, and flew a...

Maj. Gen. Scott Rice has been confirmed by the Senate for promotion to lieutenant general and for assignment as the new director of the Air National Guard. Rice, the adjutant general of the Massachusetts National Guard, replaces Maj. Gen. Brian...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency sees artificial intelligence as a powerful, but still fundamentally limited military tool, Director Arati Prabhakar said Monday at an Atlantic Council event in Washington, D.C. Prabhakar suggested movies depicting humanoids and the increased use...

Norway will expand its role in the fight against ISIS, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Monday. The country will send special operations troops to Jordan to train Syrian Arab Sunni fighters, and will deploy a medical team to northern Iraq....

The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group’s ongoing deployment in support of Operation Inherent Resolve is being extended 30 days. The Navy announced the extension of the original seventh-month deployment in a release Friday. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John...

Iraqi protesters accessing Baghdad’s Green Zone over the weekend did not impact the Pentagon’s counter-ISIS operations, spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff Davis said during a Monday briefing. Supporters of Shi’ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed the area Saturday, but left the...

It’s time for a conceptual reawakening in NATO, Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work said during a speech in Brussels. For example, he said, NATO “might consider standing up a new operational fires force,” which would allow troops throughout NATO to...

NASA scientists have arrived at Osan AB, South Korea, for an air quality study that will incorporate aircraft, ground sites, and ships as part of an international effort to monitor pollution from space. The Korea United States-Air Quality (KORUS-AQ) Experiment...

Air Mobility Command will hold the first Mobility Guardian exercise July 30, 2017- Aug. 12, 2017, at JB Lewis-McChord, Wash., the command announced on Monday. The exercise is designed to replace the Mobility Rodeo competition, that was last held in...