US airstrikes have killed 41 civilians and injured 28 others in Iraq and Syria since Operation Inherent Resolve began, US Central Command announced Friday. The command announced results of investigations into nine? air strikes from both manned and unmanned aircraft...
The Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps has returned to Harvard University, opening for the first time since the Vietnam War. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James on Friday visited the university, and announced the move in a Boston Globe...
The depot at Hill AFB, Utah, has now worked on all three variants of the F-35, the first facility to do so. A Navy F-35C landed April 15 for modifications at the Ogden Air Logistics Complex. The facility first received...
Air Force Materiel Command is standing up a team to define and develop future capabilities at the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. The group will focus on multi-domain capabilities—rather than specific platforms—that have been at the center...
Air Force Global Strike Command is looking for help to protect its infrastructure from personal drones. The command, on April 11, released a request for proposals to industry for counter unmanned aircraft systems, looking for portable ways to detect drones...
Breaking world speed records is becoming a habit for the 846th Test Squadron at Holloman AFB, N.M. On March 4, the squadron’s magnetically levitated sled rocketed down the track at 633 miles per hour, breaking the 513-mile-per-hour Maglev record the...
Air Force Reserve Command’s Patriot Hook 2016 exercise began Thursday at Los Alamitos Army Airfield and Joint Forces Training Base, south of Los Angeles. The exercise is playing out in earthquake-prone southern California, but includes several East Coast units exercising...
Christine Wormuth, the under secretary of defense for policy, will step down after seven years of service in the Pentagon and the White House, the Defense Department announced Friday. Brian McKeon, Wormuth’s principal deputy, will step up in an acting...
Japan became the fourth country to test-fly a home-grown stealth jet Friday. The advanced technology demonstrator—also dubbed the ATD-X or “Shinshin”—flew about 15 kilometers on its maiden flight, according to? The Japan Times. The first flight was expected earlier, but...
