Republican Donald Trump won the presidency on Tuesday, cinching 279 electoral votes to Hillary Clinton’s 228. Throughout the campaign, Trump has said the US military is in “bad shape,” and has called on Congress to repeal the Budget Control Act...
While some election results are not yet official, so far the number of military veterans serving in Congress has fallen in the 2016 election. In the 114th Congress, there were 81 members of the House of Representatives with military service...
A majority of the members of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees won back their seats during Tuesday’s election. Most notably, SASC Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) won despite contentious primary and general elections. His ally, Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.),...
Twenty-four US airstrikes in Iraq and Syria may have killed 64 civilians, and injured another eight, US Central Command announced on Wednesday. The strikes took place between Nov. 10, 2015, and Sept. 10, 2016, and were intended for ISIS targets...
US aircraft are continuing to prepare the ISIS-held stronghold of Raqqa, Syria, for a siege by US-backed rebels, despite continued tensions between those rebels and Turkey. Aircraft from the US-led coalition conducted 12 strikes in Syria, hitting ISIS targets in...
Three-hundred and five more enlisted airmen will take the next step to become enlisted remotely piloted aircraft pilots, the Air Force announced Wednesday. The group was selected out of a pool of more than 800 applicants from the July call...
Air Force Reserve Command’s 960th Cyberspace Operations Group activated its newest squadron Nov. 6 at Robins AFB, Ga. Maj. Karl Miller assumed command of the 710th Network Operations Squadron, according to a release. During the ceremony, 960th CyOG Commander Col....
About 100 airmen from the 56th and 57th Rescue Squadrons and two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters are practicing combat rescues with their French counterparts at Cazaux AB, France through Nov. 18. The units from RAF Lakenheath, England, are flying alongside...