The National Guard’s mission in Washington, D.C., is coming to an end, the Pentagon announced. More than 25,000 Guard members from all 54 states and territories deployed to the nation’s capital following the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, which left five people dead and ...
John F. Kirby
The military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan is speeding up, with five facilities now handed over to the Afghan government and about 115 C-17 loads of material flown out of the country. U.S. Central Command reported May 18 that more than 5,000 pieces of material also have ...
U.S. C-17s have now flown 104 loads of materiel out of Afghanistan as the retrograde continues, and U.S. Central Command plans to destroy more than 1,800 pieces of equipment. Between six and 12 percent of the entire retrograde process is complete, CENTCOM said in a ...
The Defense Logistics Agency is monitoring the military’s fuel inventory levels as a major cyberattack has halted operations of a large-scale fuel pipeline on the nation’s East Coast. Colonial Pipeline, which delivers about 45 percent of gasoline and jet fuel on the East Coast, stopped ...
Former Air Force Secretary Michael B. Donley is back at the Pentagon, taking over a job he previously held before leading the service. Donley on May 5 began serving as the director of administration and management, the job known as the “mayor of the Pentagon,” ...
Two more B-52s arrived at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, on May 4, bringing the total number of Stratofortresses deployed to the region to six as the U.S. continues its withdrawal from Afghanistan. The bombers, from the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, ...
Iranian-backed militias have focused attacks on key bases in Iraq, prompting U.S. contractors to leave the Iraqi Air Force’s major F-16 base as the country’s Fighting Falcons are working to increase their capacity to train and conduct airstrikes, according to a new report. The militias ...
The retrograde from Afghanistan is underway, with U.S. Air Force C-17s carrying equipment and other materiel out of the country. U.S. Central Command in a May 4 statement said about 60 C-17 loads have moved out of the country since President Joe Biden on April ...
Air Force airlift of aid to India continued in recent days, with three C-5Ms and one C-17 delivering COVID-19 testing kits, protective masks, and oxygen to the country. The third aircraft was set to arrive May 3, with another set to arrive the next day, ...
USAF F-15s, F-16s, and C-130s are training in Poland in an agile combat employment exercise that comes as Russia has executed a massive buildup on the border with neighboring Ukraine, though U.S. officials say the exercise was long-planned. F-15Es from the 492nd Fighter Squadron at ...
U.S. military officials are reaching out to Russian and Ukrainian counterparts as Moscow has sent a buildup of forces to the border between the two countries. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley on March 31 talked with his counterparts in both ...
The Department of Health and Human Services on March 23 asked the Pentagon to evaluate two bases to be used to house unaccompanied immigrants, including Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters DOD is beginning to evaluate the requirements. HHS requests ...
