The British vote to leave the European Union likely won’t have a significant effect on the Air Force, US Air Forces in Europe chief Gen. Frank Gorenc said Monday. In a telephone interview, Gorenc, who is retiring in July, said...

The United States should seek a deeper relationship with Germany in the wake of Britain’s vote to depart the European Union, Nicholas Burns, a former US ambassador to NATO, said Monday at an Atlantic Council event in Washington, D.C. Speaking...

The Air Force has unveiled a new award to honor the top joint force team, named in honor of Gen. Mark Welsh, who officially retires as Chief of Staff on July 1. The General Mark A. Welsh III One Air...

B-52s deployed to Andersen AFB, Guam, had a busy week in June, flying eight training missions that covered more than 5,000 miles. The bombers, deployed from Minot AFB, N.D., participated in eight joint and bilateral sorties from June 13-20, including...

Iraqi forces have completely cleared the city of Fallujah, liberating the group’s last stronghold in the Anbar province. Iraqi Counterterrorism Forces, supported by federal police and other allied groups, cleared the city over the weekend. US-led coalition aircraft provided about...

President Barack Obama has nominated Maj. Gen. Richard Clark for a third star and for assignment as head of 3rd Air Force, according to a Pentagon release. Clark has commanded the 8th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) at Barksdale AFB,...

China successfully launched a new generation rocket and then recovered the probe it carried into space over the weekend. Space program authorities said Saturday’s launch of the Long March 7 rocket from China’s new Wenchang Satellite Launch Center and Sunday’s...

The 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin AFB, Fla., hosted a ceremony Friday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Khobar Towers bombing in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, that killed 12 of its own on June 25, 1996. The terrorist bombing of...

The Air Force and the United Launch Alliance successfully launched the last of the Navy’s constellation of five Mobile User Objective System satellites that provide improved on-the-move communications for the joint forces on the land, sea, and in the air....

Software developers at Edwards Air Force Base were having trouble getting access to a cockpit simulator to do their work, so they created their own. The solution to the availability problem is called the “Portable Manned Interactive Cockpit. “We have...