Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III visits Belgium and Slovakia the week of March 13, his first visit to Europe since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, the Pentagon announced March 11. In Brussels, Belgium, Austin takes part in a meeting with NATO defense ministers ...
Concern over inflation has impacted the Pentagon’s planning for the fiscal 2023 budget request, the Defense Department’s top financial official said March 9. But the budget is “substantively” complete, and space figures to be a foundational part of it, Comptroller Mike McCord said at the ...
While China remains the long-term pacing threat, and immediate concerns focus on Russia’s aggression in Eastern Europe, the U.S. cannot afford to neglect its own back yard and allow its two near-peer adversaries to gain a foothold, the leaders of U.S. Northern and Southern Commands ...
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began in the early hours of Feb. 24, members of Congress issued a deluge of statements condemning the attack and calling on Russian President Vladimir Putin to cease hostilities. Now, as the invasion continues to unfold, lawmakers are set to ...
Reports of explosions in multiple Ukrainian cities coincided with a speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin televised early the morning of Feb. 24 in Ukraine. Putin threatened to levy “consequences you have never seen in history” against other countries that try to interfere, according to ...
The U.S. can deter Russian aggression in Ukraine now with a series of steps ranging from sanctions to changing fighter pilots' rules of engagement, retired former commander of U.S. European Command and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Philip M. Breedlove told Air Force Magazine. Breedlove said the ...
President Joe Biden said he is convinced that Russian President Vladimir Putin will invade Ukraine in a matter of days unleashing what he called “a catastrophic and needless war of choice,” but Biden promised U.S. troops will not be sent into Ukraine and the U.S. ...
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III wrapped up a two-day NATO defense ministerial in Brussels saying Russia’s bluff withdrawal did not fool him, and that the alliance is only stronger, as Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to add troops and air combat power to Belarus, ...
NATO defense ministers from across the alliance arrived in Brussels on Feb. 15 eager to verify Russian claims that it is withdrawing forces and open to a diplomatic solution to end the Russia-Ukraine crisis, even as tens of thousands of Russian troops remained on Baltic ...
Sixteen U.S. Air Force fighter jets have deployed to Poland and Romania to support Baltic enhanced air policing and to reassure NATO eastern flank allies in the face of heightened Russian activity, U.S. Air Forces in Europe told Air Force Magazine. Eight F-16s from the ...
Facing a moment with no historical precedent, the United States needs to recalibrate to deal with two nuclear peers in China and Russia—and to work to modernize its entire nuclear enterprise, a top general with U.S. Strategic Command warned Feb. 7. Air Force Maj. Gen. ...
The Defense Department has already told 8,500 troops to prepare to deploy for a potential Ukraine contingency within five days. But even more American service members could soon be deployed to eastern Europe, either from the U.S. or from within the continent, Pentagon Press Secretary ...