Days after returning from a surprise trip to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama laid out his plans for ending America’s longest war. As expected, combat operations will end by the end of the year and Afghan forces will be “fully responsible”...
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said he “strongly supports” President Barack Obama’s decision to “leave a limited US troop presence in Afghanistan after the combat mission ends” later this year. However, he acknowledged the President’s plan is contingent on whether Afghan...
An RQ-4 Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft landed in Japan for the first time, touching down at Misawa Air Base last week for a six-month Pacific rotation. “Our relationship with Japan is very important, so being here reinforces the strong...
F-22 and F-35 fighters translated and passed fifth-generation sensor and communication data to legacy aircraft on the Link 16 network during a series of recent demo flights at Nellis AFB, Nev., and Edwards AFB, Calif., Northrop Grumman announced May 27....
An amendment attached to the Senate Armed Services Committee’s mark of the Fiscal 2015 defense authorization bill looks to sanction Russia’s state agency responsible for exporting Russian weapons systems and defense-related products. If approved, the sanctions would impact the Pentagon’s...
The House version of the Fiscal 2015 defense authorization bill includes $220 million to develop an alternative to the Russian-made RD-180 engine, which powers United Launch Alliance rockets. In addition, the Senate Armed Services Committee’s mark of the Fiscal 2015...
More than 175 Air Force Reservists and eight C-130s will participate in Canada’s annual Maple Flag Exercise at the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range in Alberta. The Reservists are assigned to C-130 and airlift control element units at Dobbins ARB,...
A World War II veteran C-47 Skytrain flew 3,600 miles from New York to recreate the airdrop it led over Normandy, France, on D-Day 70 years ago. Volunteers flew “Whiskey Seven” from a grass strip in Geneseo, N.Y., hopping from...
