The US rebalance to the Pacific “is not transient,” it’s “enduring,” Defense Secretary Ash Carter told leaders at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore last weekend. The US has “reenergized” diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific region, is strengthening economic ties, and the...

Before the Senate begins to debate amendments to the defense authorization bill this week, the Pentagon was making the case it should be able to buy more Russian-made RD-180 rocket engines. In a May 23 letter to Sen. Bill Nelson...

Defense Secretary Ash Carter “has not been satisfied with the pace” of the war against ISIS, but he is satisfied that progress is being made, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said Monday. The US is continuing to provide support—including airstrikes—to support...

Airmen from 815th Airlift Squadron from Keesler AFB, Miss., were among the roughly 400 US troops who helped commemorate D-Day in France this week. First Lt. Will Garey, a pilot with the 815th AS, said he could see camera flashes...

Eight F-35s from Hill AFB, Utah, will depart for Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, this week to undergo rigorous operational testing. One hundred and sixty pilots and maintainers from the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings at Hill will simulate deployed operations...

A KC-10 Extender refuels an F-35A from the 461st Flight Test Squadron while a B-2 stealth bomber and three F-16s wait their turn during a recent training mission. The planes were on various test missions when they all flocked to...

KC-135s from MacDill AFB, Fla., moved to Pease ANGB, N.H., on Monday as Tropical Storm Colin approached the Florida coast. The tankers moved as the base ordered all non-mission essential personnel to stay home on Monday. All base customer service...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded Lockheed Martin and Raytheon contracts to continue their work on the Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment program. The goal of CODE is to enable a single pilot to command a team of unmanned...