The Defense Department civilians who were called back to work on Oct. 7 fall into one of two categories: they directly support service members and their families on an ongoing basis, or they contribute to sustaining force readiness capabilities, according...
At a meeting he convened on Monday, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel thanked the service Secretaries and service Chiefs for quickly implementing his guidance to recall most Pentagon civilian employees from a temporary furlough. During the meeting, these leaders noted that...
The Air Force hasn’t allayed the concern of Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) yet regarding the future of the A-10 fleet, so the senator’s hold on Deborah James’ nomination to be the next Air Force Secretary remains in place for now,...
Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday signed an amendment to the 1987 agreement that established nuclear risk-reduction centers in Washington, D.C., and Moscow. “The new agreement further strengthens the connection between the two...
The 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale AFB, La., logged more than 6,000 flying hours in Fiscal 2013, about 15 percent less than usual, according to a wing release. That reduction—the result of budget sequestration and the standdown of many combat...
The Air Force will transition to a new email service in this fiscal year, announced Air Force Space Command. Approximately 150,000 network users will shift to the Secure Internet Protocol Router, Department of Defense Enterprise Email, or SIPR DEE, states...
Lockheed Martin announced on Monday that the return to work of most of the Pentagon’s civilian workforce would reduce the number of employees that the company must place on a temporary furlough. Due to the partial federal government shutdown, Lockheed...
A C-130J deployed from Dyess AFB, Tex., became the first airplane to make use of a newly constructed C-130 hangar at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, according to base officials. The C-130J, operating as part of Kandahar’s 772nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, parked...
A restored F-111 Aardvark fighter-bomber that took part in the Operation El Dorado Canyon raid on Libya in 1986 is now on display at the Aviation Heritage Park in Bowling Green, Ky. A tractor towed the F-111 from the Bowling...
