JB Andrews, Md. The defense ministers and representatives of all the nations fighting ISIS are looking to increase their efforts to destroy the group and build on local ground forces’ momentum, including the killing of more than 20 ISIS operators...

JB Andrews, Md.—Multiple partner nations have pledged increased support for the anti-ISIS campaign, to include more strike aircraft and increased deployments of trainers to help local forces hold ground it has taken from the group. Defense Secretary Ash Carter used...

JB Andrews, Md.—While a clear plan and enough support will be needed to retake key ISIS-held cities such as Mosul, Iraq, the coalition needs to ensure it is ready for the “day after” Mosul is taken, UK Defense Minister Michael...

JB Andrews, Md.—A notable no-show at the meeting of the defense ministers from counter-ISIS nations was top officials from the Turkish ministry of defense, which is still recovering from last weekend’s attempted coup. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Turkey had...

Strike and ISR sorties by coalition air forces in Iraq and Syria through June 30 are running at slightly higher paces than at this point in 2015, with a near record number of weapons released in June, the US Central...

Gen. David Goldfein said Wednesday his key goals for his four-year term as USAF Chief of Staff were to “stabilize the force” and to strengthen the service’s role as part of the joint force that will respond to any future...

During a town hall meeting at Maxwell AFB, Ala., on Wednesday, the Air Force’s top officer and enlisted leader addressed a range of airmen’s concerns about the service. One airman voiced concerns about the major social changes the services and...

In open defiance of last week’s ruling by an international court rejecting its claims to sovereignty over much of the South China Sea, China has announced that it is conducting “air combat patrols” over the contested sea, including Scarborough Shoal,...

In the midst of what is billed as the world’s largest maritime military exercise, the Air Force Special Operations Command has led a multi-aircraft, joint airborne operation involving elite warriors from four branches of the armed forces. Directed by combat...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officially opened its Spectrum Collaboration Challenge (SC2) Tuesday, seeking ways to enable the exploding number of military and civilian wireless users to have full access to the increasingly crowded electromagnetic spectrum. The competition...

Eight A-10 Thunderbolt IIs and about 140 airmen from the 122nd Fighter Wing at Fort Wayne ANGS, Ind., have deployed to Sliac AB, Slovakia, in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve. The airmen will train with their Slovakian counterparts and participate...