The House Armed Services Committee unanimously approved its version of the Fiscal 2015 defense authorization bill in the early morning hours of May 8. The legislation, which will now move to the full House for consideration, includes $495.8 billion in...
Guardian Angels of the 563rd Rescue Group at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., parachuted into the Pacific Ocean and treated two critically injured Chinese fishermen after their fishing boat caught fire and sank. A Venezuelan boat picked up the Chinese fishermen and...
The Syrian government does not appear to be in any rush to meet the agreed upon June deadline to destroy its chemical weapons, said Robert Mikulak, US permanent representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. To date,...
Dover AFB, Del., was on lockdown for about three hours Thursday following reports of a “suspicious individual” on base, according to a May 8 release. The base-wide lockdown, which was implemented around 11 a.m., was lifted and normal base operations...
Seven. That’s the number of personnel and aircraft the 18th Wing at Kadena AB, Japan, would need to mount a cohesive offensive against Godzilla, 18th Wing spokesman MSgt. Jason Edwards told Smithsonian’s Air and Space Magazine. The unit, which is...
After years of debate, Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., was awarded a $1.24 billion initial contract to test and build the first six new presidential helicopters, the US Navy announced Wednesday. Under the contract, Sikorsky will deliver...
Lockheed Martin announced Thursday it has renamed its 50-year-old space technology innovation shop “STAR Labs,” an acronym for Space Technology Advanced Research and Development Laboratories. Company spokesman Mark Lewis said the shop “is to space what Skunkworks is to aviation.”...
The first of 36 F-16 Block 52 aircraft destined for Iraq completed its maiden flight from Lockheed Martin’s Ft. Worth, Texas, production center, the company announced Wednesday. The multirole combat aircraft was produced for the Iraqi Air Force as part...
Beginning June 1, airmen deployed to Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan will no longer be eligible for imminent danger pay. In addition, airmen who deploy to those countries after June 1 will...