Former SSgt. David Thatcher, one of the last two surviving members of the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders, died June 22 in Missoula, Mont., the Air Force announced. Thatcher, then a corporal, served as a B-25 gunner and engineer in crew No....
The Pentagon will offer its recommendation on whether US Cyber Command should become a unified combatant command to President Barack Obama “in the near future,” the acting assistant secretary of defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security told lawmakers Wednesday...
Cyber Command’s months’ long fight against ISIS is teaching it lessons that could have otherwise taken years to learn, Air Force Lt. Gen. Kevin McLaughlin, CYBERCOM’s deputy commander, said Wednesday. “We are really learning and changing a lot,” McLaughlin told...
Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Air Force Chief of Staff, retires this month after 40 years of uniformed service. He sat down for an exit interview with Air Force Magazine on June 17. Read the full transcript, which has been...
North Korea again tested two intermediate range ballistic missiles on Tuesday evening, with the presumed Musudan missiles falling into the Sea of Japan. US Strategic Command said it tracked the two launches at Wonsan at 3:56 p.m. and 6:03 p.m....
The 2016 Department of Defense Warrior Games ended Tuesday night after nearly a week of competition. About 250 wounded, ill, and injured service members and veterans of the US and UK armed forces competed in eight sporting events—archery, cycling, shooting,...
President Barack Obama will award a retired Army helicopter pilot the Medal of Honor next month for saving more than 40 soldiers during a battle in the Vietnam War, the White House announced Tuesday. On May 15, 1967, Lt. Col....
Members of the California Congressional delegation are urging the Air Force to keep the U-2 fleet flying to prevent a gap in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capability while the Global Hawk fleet is upgraded. In a June 17 letter to...
The 61st Airlift Squadron at Little Rock AFB, Ark., received the last of its 14 C-130Js on June 20. Air Mobility Command boss Gen. Carlton Everhart ferried the aircraft from the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta, Ga., according to a...
