The Defense Department is expected to deliver 10,000 M-16 rifles, 10,000 M-68 close-combat optical red-dot sights, and 23,000 magazines to the Iraqi government this week under a $17.9 million foreign military sale intended to help the Iraqis combat ISIS terrorists,...

The first pipeline class of RQ-4B Global Hawk crew chiefs to train from the ground up at the Beale AFB, Calif., schoolhouse graduated training earlier this month. “This course means we can deliver mission-ready RQ-4 crew chiefs to our customer...

A second F-35A touched down at Nellis AFB, Nev., last week, joining the Air Force Weapons School less than a month after the first Lightning II arrived. “The long-term goal for the F-35 in the Weapons School is for it...

B-2 Spirit bombers played a rare, integrated combat role alongside Air Force, allied, and joint service aircraft during Red Flag 15-1 at Nellis AFB, Nev., earlier this month. “Many people don’t know and understand what our capabilities are or what...

Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawks deployed to Djibouti exercised with French aircraft from the carrier Charles de Gaulle during a stop-over en route to the Persian Gulf to join operations against ISIS. “This is the first significant stop that we’ve...

Northrop Grumman’s AN/AAQ-28(V) Litening multi-sensor pod recently reached two million hours, according to a Feb. 24 company release. The self-contained Litening pod allows pilots to “detect, acquire, auto-track, and identify targets” for accurate delivery of conventional and precision-guided weapons. “This...

Marion Blakey is leaving the Aerospace Industries Association, where she has been president and CEO since 2007, to become the president and CEO of Rolls Royce North America, AIA announced Tuesday. James Guyette is retiring from the Rolls job in...