A US service member was killed in an improvised explosive device attack Thursday in northern Iraq, the US-led coalition announced. Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, in a statement, did not disclose if the attack was related to the ongoing...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, speaking in Beijing Thursday, declared a break in the historic relationship between the US and the Philippines in favor of a new alignment with China. “In this venue, your honors, in this venue, I announce my...
The first group of potential enlisted RQ-4 Global Hawk pilots began training to fly remotely piloted aircraft at the Memorial Airport in Pueblo, Colo., on Oct. 12. Three master sergeants and one technical sergeant are part of the first enlisted...
US Strategic Command on Wednesday detected yet another failed North Korean missile launch, a move Defense Secretary Ash Carter said was another step to destabilize the Korean peninsula. STRATCOM said it detected the Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile test at about...
The US and South Korean militaries are forming a bilateral cyber working group to jointly address increased threatening actions by North Korea online, the civilian heads of the two militaries announced Thursday. South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo, in a...
The US-Turkey relationship remains strong in the counter-ISIS fight, and the countries “work through issues as they arise,” including ongoing Turkish offensives against US-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Thursday. Carter’s comments follow reports that Turkish...
US Geological Survey researchers found rising sea levels might cause problems for the Air Force’s Space Fence program. In an unpublished study, the USGS found the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean that will house the ground-based orbital tracking radar...
The Pentagon on Thursday denied claims from a pro-ISIS media outlet that the group had downed a US combat jet in Syria. The Amaq news agency, a main outlet for pro-ISIS propaganda, claimed Thursday morning that the group downed a...
The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing has begun its annual journey to Antarctica. The first ski-equipped LC-130 Hercules departed Stratton ANGB, N.Y., on Oct. 14 and is in staging at Christchurch, New Zealand, according to a release....
US and Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft and personnel deployed to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Oct. 17-21 for a NORAD-led exercise. The aim of Exercise Vigilant Shield 17 is to carry out air sovereignty operations in the far north and high...
The military health system could leverage its unique resources “to help inform the national healthcare agenda,” Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director of the Defense Health Agency (DHA), said Thursday. “We have data on everyone that comes into the system…. This...