On April 18, 1942, at approximately 8:20 a.m., 16 B-25 bombers under the command of Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle began taking off from the USS Hornet, about 750 miles east of Japan. About noon, local time, they struck factories and...

The Pentagon on Monday kicked off the President-directed nuclear posture review. Defense Secretary James Mattis directed Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Paul Selva to lead the review, which...

US and coalition aircraft in March had a record month in the fight against ISIS, dropping 3,878 bombs in Iraq and Syria. The number—the highest since Operation Inherent Resolve kicked off in 2014—is up from 3,440 the month before. US...

An F-16 dropped an inert B61-12 over a training range complex at Nellis AFB, Nev., last month. The purpose of the exercise was to test the aircraft’s ability to deliver the weapon and to test the weapon’s “arming and fire...

About 100 airmen from Moody AFB, Ga., deployed last week to protect deployed USAF assets in the fight against ISIS. The airmen from the 824th Base Defense Squadron deployed April 11 to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia to “provide...

A few dozen US soldiers have deployed to Somalia to assist the government in Mogadishu and the African Union Mission in Somalia in their fight against violent extremists, including the group al Shabab, Voice of America reported. The troops deployed...

The Hill Aerospace Museum is working to repurpose a retired C-130 Hercules as an interactive classroom to support the museum’s aerospace education mission. Museum staff have already directed work to move the selected aircraft out of storage at Hill AFB,...