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The Senate confirmed multiple general officer movements on March 31. Lt. Gen. Darren McDew, who will receive his fourth star, will replace Gen. Paul Selva as commander of Air Mobility Command; Lt. Gen. Bradley Heithold will replace Lt. Gen. Eric...

March was the first month since July 2002 in which no U.S. combat fatalities were reported worldwide, according to Defense Casualty Analysis System. It also was only the third month since the start of Operation Enduring Freedom in October 2001...

Russia plans to shift a force of Tu-22M “Backfire” strategic bombers to Crimea as early as 2016, according to press reports. “We hope that in two years the airbase in Gvardeyskoye will again be the base for a missile-carrying regiment...

Maj. Randall Harvey, a special tactics officer assigned to the 320th Special Tactics Squadron at Kadena AB, Japan, and MSgt. Delorean Sheridan, a combat controller assigned to the 21st Special Tactics Squadron at Pope Field, N.C., have been selected for...

A power converter failure doomed an MQ-1B Predator remotely piloted aircraft that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Sept. 17, 2013, after a mission supporting US Africa Command, according to an April 2 release. Flight controllers were preparing to hand...

Several members of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense panel urged Air Force leadership Wednesday to take a closer look at Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program costs, saying they planned to press Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to re-examine the launch competition...

The top US commander on the Korean Peninsula said the recent uptick in rocket launches, nuclear threats, and a live-fire artillery drill earlier this week are reflective of a “common strategy” by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to demonstrate...

Two Air Force F-15s practiced scrambling with Swedish JAS-39 Gripen fighters from Šiauliai AB, Lithuania, as part of the annual NATO-hosted exercise there earlier this week. Tensions with Russia recently prompted Sweden's Deputy Prime Minister Jan Björklund to call for a break with the country's historic nonalignment to "set the wheels in motion" to enter NATO, reported Deutche Welle. "NATO’s airspace borders that of Sweden and Finland and we have to work together to ensure safety of all our airways," said Capt. Tyler Clark in an April 1 release. Though Sweden is not a NATO member, Swedish forces regularly train alongside Alliance forces as part of NATO's Partnership for Peace program. During the Baltic regional training event F-15s from RAF Lakenheath, Britain, practiced jointly intercepting a Lithuanian C-27J with the Swedes, guided by a NATO AWACS.

The Air Force Network Integration Center at Scott AFB, Ill., completed the transfer of all Air Force user accounts and workstations to a single set of shared infrastructure. “This is truly a significant milestone for Air Force cyberspace,” said Air...

Airmen at Dover AFB, Del., welcomed the 18th and final upgraded C-5M Super Galaxy home on April 2, reported Delaware’s News Journal. This aircraft, serial No. 87-0040, completes the base’s C-5 fleet makeover, states the article. “We are very excited...

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