The Air Force will announce who won the Long-Range Strike Bomber competition soon, but not until all the questions have been answered, service acquisition executive William LaPlante said Thursday. Speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington,...

A “milestone A” decision to get the JSTARS recapitalization program going is expected at the end of this month, Air Force acquisition chief William LaPlante said during a Center for Strategic and International Studies speech in Washington, D.C., on Thursday....

Russia is the nation’s greatest security threat because of its aggression against neighboring nations and its strategic nuclear capability, said Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford during his nomination hearing to be Joint Chiefs Chairman. However, Dunford told members of the...

Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford received bipartisan assurance of confirmation as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday as he demonstrated considerable differences with some of President Obama’s national security policies. Dunford, the...

A B-52 bomber from Minot AFB, N.D., launched July 9 on a 16-hour, non-stop training sortie, rendezvousing with Colombian air force aircraft over Colombia this week, US Strategic Command announced. The 5th Bomb Wing crew also flew a demonstration as...

House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) defended President Obama’s counter-ISIS strategy in Iraq and Syria during a breakfast meeting with reporters Thursday, arguing it’s the “absolute right strategy, it’s just a very, very difficult one to...

Though Congress has declined to authorize a new base realignment and closure round, the ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee told reporters Thursday he believes “mental progress has been made” on Capitol Hill. Speaking to reporters in Washington,...