The U.S.-led coalition and Iraqi forces stepped up their campaign against Islamic State fighters over the past week, including a confrontation with militants holed up in an Iraqi cave, U.S. Central Command said Jan. 6.
Sabrina Singh
President Joe Biden’s administration plans to commit some $6 billion in aid for Ukraine in the next two months before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, a Pentagon spokesperson confirmed Nov. 7.
More of the U.S. Air Force fighters directed to deploy to the Middle East late last month began arriving in the region as Israel contemplates its response to Tehran’s ballistic missile attack on Israel. A squadron of F-15E Strike Eagles from Mountain Home Air Force ...
Niger's ruling military junta says U.S. troops must leave the country, which would deprive the U.S. military of key air bases used for counterterrorism operations including one that the U.S. military spent $100 million dollars to build just a few years ago. But the Pentagon ...
A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper was shot down off the coast of Yemen, defense officials said Feb. 20. “Initial indications are that it was shot down by a Houthi surface-to-air missile,” Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters. It was the second time ...
Air Force Special Operations Command has recovered and identified the remains of one Airman from the U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey that crashed off the coast of southern Japan last week, while seven others remain missing as U.S. and Japanese officials continue their search.
WORLD: Counterstrikes in the Middle East; F-16 training for Ukrainian pilots.
The Pentagon released declassified videos of its most recent airstrikes in eastern Syria, a move that provides fresh detail on the targets that were struck Nov. 12 and the damage to the sites.
Ukrainian pilots have arrived in the U.S. to train to fly F-16s. In the past few days, several pilots arrived at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, to begin English language training, a U.S. official told Air & Space Forces Magazine.
With a government shutdown looking increasingly likely on Oct. 1, Active-Duty Airmen and Guardians will still report for duty. But things will be far from normal. For weeks, defense officials have warned of the impacts of a continuing resolution (CR), a short-term stopgap to keep ...
The U.S. is deploying F-35 fifth-generation fighters and additional F-16s to the U.S. Central Command region, the Pentagon announced July 17. A senior U.S. defense official told Air & Space Forces Magazine that the F-35s could be used over the Gulf and the Strait of ...
WORLD: Security: Pentagon Launches Comprehensive Security Review, after intel Leak.
