A US service member was killed in an improvised explosive device blast on Tuesday while on patrol in eastern Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced. There were no other casualties in the blast in the Nangarhar province, Defense Department spokesman Peter Cook...

Russia’s operations in Ukraine and Syria provide a glimpse of how the character of war is changing, Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work said Tuesday. Speaking at the Association of the United States Army’s Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington D.C.,...

Information will need to move faster between the cells of multi-domain command and control centers to keep up in future warfare, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein said Tuesday. Speaking at the Association of the United States Army’s...

The current and future security environment require each service to exert influence in non-traditional domains, US Pacific Command boss Adm. Harry Harris said Tuesday. “Now I believe that world events are underscoring the urgency to develop this cross-domain capability, especially...

The US is looking to maintain its line of communication with Russia to ensure the safety of aircrews over Syria, even though Russia has moved its most advanced surface-to-air missile systems into that country. Defense spokesman Peter Cook said Tuesday...

McConnell AFB, Kan., inactivated its oldest KC-135 refueling squadron to make room for the next generation KC-46 tanker. The 384th Air Refueling Squadron, which formed 43 years ago, closed on Sept. 30. For 20 years, the 384th was the only...

The Missile Defense Agency recently finished a 12-day test of its ground-based system to ensure it would be ready for an attack in the Pacific. The test evaluated how its system would respond in the event of a real-life attack,...

The Air Force is establishing a Chief Information Security Office and kicking off a year-long “Cyber Secure” campaign to coincide with National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the service announced Monday. Chief Information Officer Lt. Gen. Bill Bender announced the moves in...