More than 200 airmen and six B-52 bombers assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing of Minot AFB, N.D., deployed to Andersen AFB, Guam, for a six-month rotation as part of the Air Force’s continuous bomber presence at the Pacific air...
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced on Monday that he’s directed the Pentagon to prepare legislation for Congress that would modify Article 60 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. He wants the code amended so that convening authorities could no...
The Office of the Secretary of Defense has delayed the scheduled test of a Minuteman III ICBM from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., in an attempt to ratchet down tensions between the United States and North Korea, a Pentagon spokesman told the...
Members of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing activated the 968th Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron, an E-3 AWACS unit, at the wing’s undisclosed operating location in Southwest Asia. They said the new unit is “the first enduring AWACS squadron” at...
The B-2 Spirit of Florida, stationed at Whiteman AFB, Mo., became the first B-2 to reach 7,000 flight hours, according to a base release. The aircraft hit the milestone during a mission on April 1, according to Whiteman’s April 4...
The 21st Operations Group, located at Peterson AFB, Colo., assumed responsibility for the Cobra Dane radar at Eareckson Air Station on Shemya Island, Alaska, announced Peterson officials. “The Cobra Dane radar will support the 21st Space Wing missile defense and...
A bipartisan group of senators and House members has introduced legislation that would award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders of World War II. H.R. 1209 and S. 381, the respective House and Senate bills, would honor...
Boeing announced on Monday that it is developing a family of small satellite prototypes, called Phantom Phoenix, for missions ranging from intelligence collection to planetary science. Sharing a common architecture, flight software, and simplified payload integration options, these satellites are...
After three-and-a-half years of undergoing restoration to its near-original condition, a C-118A is back on static display at JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., announced base officials. Members of the 305th Air Mobility Wing, Air Force Reserve Command’s 514th AMW, and 87th Air...
Lockheed Martin delivered the first of two C-130J transports to Tunisia, marking the first delivery of this C-130 variant to an African country, announced the company. The delivery took place on April 4, according to the company’s release on that...
