US and allied fighters repelled a coordinated ISIS attack on a base in Syria, using coalition air support to fight back dozens of fighters. On April 8, ISIS fighters converged on the An Tank garrison, using a vehicle-borne improvised explosive...
The Air Force is sending five RQ-4 Global Hawks to Japan to avoid typhoons and continue surveillance flights over the Pacific region. The five aircraft and 105 personnel, currently based at Andersen AFB, Guam, will deploy to Yokota AB, Japan,...
An “experimental F-16” successfully planned and completed an autonomous ground strike recently at Edwards AFB, Calif., according to a Lockheed Martin press release. The Have Raider II project—led by the Air Force Research Laboratory, Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works team, the...
The Defense Department on Monday identified the soldier killed Saturday in Afghanistan as SSgt. Mark R. De Alencar, 37, of Edgewood, Md. De Alencar was assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Eglin AFB, Fla. His unit...
The United States is working to finalize a deal to sell A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to the government of Nigeria, the Associated Press reported Monday. The agreement would send 12 A-29s to Nigeria for a cost of $600...
Two Air National Guard units currently deployed to the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron in Southwest Asia are moving in opposite directions with the C-130. While the Connecticut ANG is taking up a new C-130H mission after flying A-10 Thunderbolt IIs...
