Turkey will be mostly out of the F-35 by March, and all the way out by the end of 2020, Pentagon acquisition and sustainment chief Ellen Lord said Jan. 14. Lord said there’s been no discussion with Ankara about the disposition of four F-35s owned ...
Raytheon will build a new batch of Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles for 22 foreign countries under a $768.3 million Air Force contract awarded Dec. 27, 2019. This is the 33rd AMRAAM production lot and involves sales to Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Indonesia, Japan, Kuwait, Morocco, ...
The Islamic State group has not completely been pushed out of Syria and without a sustained US presence, including air surveillance and strike operations, it will re-emerge within a matter of months, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said at a ...
The NDAA funded 60 F-35As for the Air Force—12 more than the service originally requested. However, it also the Air Force to provide an aviation force structure acquisition plan by March 1 of 2020.
New suppliers have been found for all but a dozen of the 850 parts Turkey is now making for the F-35, and most of the work is going to Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney, company and program officials told a House Armed Services panel ...
President Donald Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence, speaks Oct. 23, 2019, at the White House. White House Photo by Shealah Craighead The White House is lifting sanctions it imposed on Turkey about one week ago, after Turkey agreed...
Vice President Mike Pence (right) speaks at a press conference alongside Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left) in Ankara, Turkey, on Oct. 17, 2019. Twitter photo via Vice President Mike Pence. The US and Turkey on Oct. 17 reached a...
A B-2 drops a B61 Joint Test Assembly on Aug 24, 2015. Air Force Global Strike Command photo. President Donald Trump on Oct. 16 said the US is “confident” in the safety of B61 nuclear weapons based at Incirlik AB,...
A Turkish air force F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off during Red Flag 16-2 at Nellis AFB, Nev., on March 9, 2016. Air Force photo by A1C Kevin Tanenbaum. Turkish warplanes on Oct. 9 began bombarding Kurdish targets inside Syria, a...
Supreme Allied Commander Europe Gen. Tod Wolters speaks during a change of command ceremony at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Mons, Belgium, on May 3, 2019. NATO photo by SSgt. Ross Fernie. Despite the drawn-out, public fight over Turkey’s...