The full Senate approved a waiver for Secretary of Defense nominee James Mattis Thursday afternoon by a vote of 81-17, according to a Senate Armed Services Committee spokesperson. SASC had approved the measure earlier in the day by a vote...

The Air Force has selected NAS Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, as the preferred location for the first Air Force Reserve F-35 base. The base is slated to begin receiving its strike fighters in the mid-2020s. “We selected the...

Shaw AFB, S.C., has been selected as the preferred location for a new MQ-9 Reaper group and mission control elements, according to a Jan. 12 Air Force release. Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.; Moody AFB, Ga.; Mountain Home AFB, Idaho; and Offutt...

JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and Travis AFB, Calif., were named the preferred location for the next two Active Duty-led KC-46A bases, according to a Jan. 12 announcement. Each base will receive 24 Pegasus aircraft to replace the legacy aircraft already there,...

The initial AC-130J Ghostrider gunships are not technologically mature enough to press into combat early, the annual Director of Operational Testing and Evaluation report revealed on Tuesday. Air Force Special Operations Command conducted an Operational Utility Evaluation to judge the...

US and Afghan forces fought in self defense in a Nov. 2-3, 2016, battle in Boz Village, Afghanistan, returning fire against Taliban fighters using civilian houses as firing positions. A total of 33 Afghan civilians were killed and 27 wounded,...

The US Special Operations Force is already over stretched at a time when the incoming presidential administration is likely to ask it to do more, and lawmakers should look to address this in future budgets and legislation, a new report...

The first F-35 delivery of 2017 was a milestone, the 200th operational jet, which is now the second delivered for the Japan Air Self Defense Force. The aircraft touched down at Luke AFB, Ariz., on Tuesday, according to a Lockheed...