‘Vigorous Action’ Needed in Libya
The US needs to do more to combat the growth of ISIS in Libya, and more help is needed from the broader international community to ensure the group does not get a larger foothold in Northern Africa, the top US...
More Strikes Possible in Somalia
The March 5 airstrike on an al Shabaab training camp in Somalia is likely not the only time US forces will target the group inside that country as it stands up new facilities. Gen. David Rodriguez, commander of US Africa...
Avoiding Connect the Dots by Classifying Cost
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Tuesday challenged the Air Force’s assertion that the contract value of the B-21 bomber must remain classified. “Why would you not ever want to tell the American people how you’re going to spend their dollars?”...
US Looking to Restart Syrian Rebel Training
The US-led coalition combating ISIS is looking to restart its failed program to train Syrian rebels by changing the approach to keep more rebels in the fight, the leader of US Central Command said. CENTCOM commander Gen. Lloyd Austin told...
Airstrike Targeted ISIS Leader
The US targeted a top ISIS leader known as “Omar the Chechen” in a March 4 airstrike in Syria, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said in a written statement. Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili, or Abu Umar al-Shishani, a Syrian-based Georgian national,...
Acceptable Risk?
The Air Force is “accepting risk in areas we don’t want to,” and in areas that combatant commanders don’t want to, because of budget constraints, Lt. Gen. James Holmes told the Senate Armed Services Airland Subcommittee on Tuesday. “We’re just...
Iran Reports Missile Tests
The Defense Department is “aware of and following closely” reports that Iran has conducted ballistic missile tests, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook told reporters Tuesday. “We haven’t confirmed all aspects of what’s taken place,” Cook said, but if the reports...
Name That Bomber
The Air Force has released details about how to submit a name for the B-21 bomber. Active Duty, Reserve, and Guard airmen, as well as their dependents, members of the US Air Force Civil Service, and Air Force retirees are...
Two More Airmen Recovered From Colony Glacier
The remains of two airmen who died in a C-124 Globemaster II crash on Nov. 22, 1952, have been recovered. A2C Thomas Condon and A2C Conrad Sprague were among the 11 crewmen and 41 passengers on board the C-124 when...