After months of uncertainty following a disputed election to succeed President Hamid Karzai, the newly sworn in Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday signed the long-delayed bilateral security agreement with the US as well as a follow on status of...
The US Air Force has conducted nearly three-quarters of the strikes conducted in Iraq and Syria and roughly half of the strikes in Syria so far, said Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, assistant deputy chief of staff for operations, plans, and...
The F-22 is still flying sorties over Syria, in addition to last week’s strikes on targets in and around Aleppo, said Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, assistant deputy chief of staff for operations, plans, and requirements. Giving the first detailed comments...
Airmen from the 633rd Medical Group at JB Langley-Eustis, Va., departed for Africa Sept. 26 to support the government-wide humanitarian relief operations in countries suffering Ebola outbreaks, according to a release. The airmen, accompanied by the Expeditionary Medical Support System...
Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby lashed out Tuesday against the tone of some news stories on the air strikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, calling them “shrill and unbalanced.” He specifically highlighted what he called unsubstantiated claims of...
The Navy and Marine Corps have provided about one-fourth of the airstrikes against ISIS forces in Iraq and Syria since the new campaign started last week, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said Sept. 30. Most of the Navy strike missions, flown...
The nation must start a debate now on whether to maintain all three legs of the nuclear deterrent triad because the Navy will have to spend “several billion dollars over the next five years” preparing to build a replacement for...
The Navy is still trying to determine whether it will open the Naval Special Warfare Command, which includes the elite Navy SEALs, to women, said Navy Secretary Ray Mabus. “We have opened everything else,” said Mabus on Sept. 30. Former...
The Air Force will integrate its newly redesigned Transition Assistance Program (TAP) into a new Defense Department initiative aimed at improving the transition process from military to civilian life. Dubbed the military lifecycle model, the new program is slated to...
