A civilian contractor was killed and an airman hurt when an F-16 dropped an active weapon on a range during active weapons training at Holloman AFB, N.M. The incident occurred when two F-16s were conducting a routine training exercise with...

The Air Force has retroactively demoted Gen. Arthur Lichte to major general after an investigation found he had engaged in “inappropriate sexual acts” with a subordinate twice in 2007 and once again in 2009. Lichte retired as a four-star general...

Northrop Grumman received an Air Force contract on Jan. 21 to build a “coatings facility” at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif. The facility is likely to be used in the manufacture of the B-21 bomber, although the Air...

President Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump made an unannounced trip to Dover AFB, Del., on Wednesday to witness the return of a fallen Navy SEAL, who was killed during the first known counter terrorism raid of his presidency....

Defense Secretary James Mattis has outlined his “initial guidance” for strengthening the US military through the budget process. The Jan. 31 memorandum to senior Defense Department leaders comes days after President Donald Trump ordered Mattis to conduct a “readiness review”...

The Marine Corps is looking to change tanker plans for long-distance F-35B sorties after a recent flight to Japan required too ?many refuelings, the head of Marine aviation said. In early January, the Marine Corps permanently deployed a squadron of...

The Marine Corps is working to create a common configuration of V-22 Ospreys, a move that the Air Force also has expressed interest in, said USMC Lt. Gen. Jon Davis, deputy commandant for aviation, on Wednesday. Davis said his V-22...

The military will work through its directed review of the F-35’s capabilities, related to the F/A-18 Super Hornet, though the top Marine Corps officer in charge of aviation expects it will confirm the military’s established plans. Defense Secretary James Mattis...

Iraqi forces, bolstered by US-led coalition airstrikes, took over an ISIS chemical weapons facility at Mosul University last week. Coalition spokesman Air Force Col. John Dorrian said in a Wednesday briefing that the capture of the university destroyed a major...

The US-led coalition has delivered a “small” number of armored vehicles to fighters with the Syrian Arab Coalition in recent days—a move the coalition says is a large increase in US support. Coalition spokesman Air Force Col. John Dorrian said...