President Barack Obama on Thursday signed a short-term continuing resolution that will fund the federal government through Dec. 9, 2016. Congress passed the measure on Wednesday, just in time to avert a government shutdown. Air Force leadership has said it...

The Senate confirmed Gen. John Hyten to lead US Strategic Command Wednesday. Hyten, who has commanded Air Force Space Command since August 2014, will replace Adm. Cecil Haney, who has held the position since November 2013. Lt. Gen. John Raymond...

Aboard the USS Carl Vinson, Coronado, Calif. The US is building up its military presence in the Pacific as part of its ongoing pivot, putting its most advanced aircraft in the area and making its sea presence more lethal, Defense...

Aboard the USS Carl Vinson, Coronado, Calif. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Friday will kick off a meeting of 10 defense ministers of countries across Asia, and in a Thursday speech previewing the meeting highlighted new opportunities coming from these...

Coalition forces in Iraq have shifted their focus to targeting ISIS leadership in recent weeks as part of “prepping the battlefield” for the Iraqi Security Forces’ effort to retake the city of Mosul, Air Force Col. John Dorrian, spokesman for...

President Barack Obama said Congress made “a mistake” Wednesday when it overwhelmingly overrode his veto of the 9/11 victims bill, allowing families of victims of terrorist attacks committed on US soil to sue foreign governments suspected of aiding the attacks....

A once retired B-52H Stratofortress known as Ghost Rider, tail number 61-007, returned to Minot AFB, N.D., Tuesday after more than seven years at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. The aircraft has been undergoing...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he is ending joint exercises with the US military after next week. Duterte said he will maintain the long-standing military alliance with the United States, but would not continue the exercises because “China does not...

Defense Secretary Ash Carter will use the meeting of Southeast Asian defense ministers this week to “seek to clarify” the Philippine position on joint exercises, following comments from Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte that his country may not support future joint...

The White House has approved the sale of US fighter jets to Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait. Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) confirmed to Defense News the Obama Administration approved the deal that reportedly includes up to 72 F-15E...