Albuquerque, N.M. The US military is sending more than 600 troops to help Iraqi forces retake Mosul, shoring up the logistics and continuing the buildup of a remote airfield for the fight. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Wednesday the troops...
Kirtland AFB, N.M. The US military will not move to adopt a “no first use” policy of nuclear weapons, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Tuesday, in a message to comfort allies increasingly concerned over North Korea’s increasing public tests of...
The Defense Department has reversed its previous statement that ISIS used chemical weapons against US troops during an encounter on Sept. 20. Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff Davis told reporters during a briefing on Wednesday that a “series of follow-on...
Former A1C Benjamin Hutchins will receive a Silver Star on Nov. 4 during a ceremony at Fort Bragg, N.C., for risking his life in a series of actions over three days in November 2009 near the Bala Murghab River in...
The US conducted defensive airstrikes in Somalia on Sept. 26 and Sept. 28 in support of the efforts of the Somali government and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) to defeat al-Shabaab, the Al Qaeda affiliate in the Horn...
The Russian military supplied the missile system that pro-Moscow separatists used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine, a Dutch-led investigative report has confirmed. Based on mobile phone data and witness testimony, the joint report completed by a...
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s biggest impediment to being more effective is the speed at which it contracts deals with industry partners, Maj. Gen. Robert McMurry, AFRL commander, told lawmakers Wednesday. “That feedback came back resoundingly from internal customers and...
Both houses of Congress on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to override President Obama’s veto of a bill that would allow family members of victims of terrorist attacks on US soils to sue foreign nations for their alleged involvement in such attacks....
The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center and United Launch Alliance signed a cooperative research and development agreement Sept. 27 to facilitate the Lockheed Martin and Boeing consortium’s attempt to certify its Vulcan rocket for National Security Space launches....
