Think Tank Report: B61s Unsafe in Turkey

US B61 nuclear bombs held on Incirlik AB, Turkey, are at risk of seizure from terrorist groups that are active in the region and as civil unrest in the country continues, the Stimson Center think tank said in a report...

B-52s Strike in Afghanistan

B-52s recently struck targets in Afghanistan for the first time since arriving at al Udeid AB, Qatar, in April, and are ramping up sorties targeting ISIS, the Air Force’s top officer said during a visit to the base. B-52s conducted...

Russia Gets Safe Passage for ISIS Strikes

The US-led coalition provided Russian bombers safe passage as they took off from Iran, flew through Iraqi airspace, and struck ISIS targets in Syria on Aug. 16, Army Col. Christopher Garver, spokesman for Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, said...

Mission: Isolation

How to properly dress and undress aren’t typically the focus of Air Force exercises, but during Exercise Mobility Solace on Tuesday, it was a major consideration. Air Mobility Command used the first day of the two-day exercise to validate its...

Air Force Buys 30 More Reapers

The Air Force recently awarded General Atomics a $371 million contract for 30 more MQ-9 Reapers. The sole-source contract calls for production of the aircraft in its 2015 production configuration, with delivery expected to be completed by 2019. The contract...

From Bad to Worse

Downwash from an HH-60 Pave Hawk rescue helicopter assigned to the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th Rescue Squadron at JB Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, caused a rock to dislodge and knock a hiker unconscious in August 2014, Pacific Air Forces investigators found....

Remains of World War II Pilot Found

Air Combat Command announced the recovery and identification of the remains of Army Air Corps pilot, 1st Lt. Robert L. McIntosh, who went missing after his P-38 crashed in bad weather over Italy in 1944. McIntosh was a decorated pilot...