North Korea is a grave threat “that’s got to be stopped” and the US is working to do so through the United Nations and with close allies, Defense Secretary James Mattis said Friday during his first visit to the United...
Gen. John Hyten, chief of US Strategic Command, told reporters Friday that “nuclear weapons are here and they’re going to be here for our lifetimes.” He spoke at the Military Reporters and Editors Association conference in Arlington, Va., in response...
Prompt conventional global strike should be part of a suite of “integrated global capabilities” that would make up an expanded vision of strategic deterrence, Gen. John Hyten, commander of US Strategic Command, said Friday. Within such a big deterrence vision,...
The airman from the 21st Space Wing who died in Syria on March 28, SSgt. Austin Bieren, could have been deployed “anywhere in the world,” the head of US Strategic Command said. “Space is crucial to that mission,” STRATCOM chief...
The US military will increase operations in Somalia with new authorization allowing it to conduct offensive airstrikes, the Pentagon announced. The White House on Thursday approved a Pentagon proposal to “provide additional precision fires” in support of African Union troops...
The Pentagon recently rolled out instructions for the new devices to be worn on medals with a “C” device denoting combat and an “R” device denoting remote,? joining the “V” for valor device. The Defense Department instruction 1348.33, effective Dec....
April 3 marks the 50th anniversary of the position of Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, the top enlisted leader of the service. The history of the position dates back to the years following the Korean War, when Air...