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Kuwait Qatar Jet Sales Still in Limbo | WASHINGTON Two long awaited sales of fighter jets to Kuwait and Qatar continue to be held up by the US government, even as officials acknowledge growing frustration from the partner nations over the delay. Requests from Qatar and Kuwait for new tranches of US high-end fighters were made almost three years ago, but hav... |
Pentagons deputy secretary temporarily gets lead space advisory job | WASHINGTON The deputy defense secretary will step temporarily into the role of the Pentagon's lead coordinator for space activities, according to a memo obtained by Defense News, but questions remain on who will ultimately oversee national security space programs. Congress in the fiscal 2018 National Defense Authoriza... |
Thousands of Marines will get new skis for coldweather ops | The Marine Corps is spending 7 million on new skis for Marines to train in cold weather, a Marine Corps official said. The move comes after Marines found that some of their current skis were breaking, said Barbara Hamby, a spokeswoman for Marine Corps Systems Command. The Marine Corps plans to buy a total of 2,648 sets... |
New rules block benefits for some Reserve deployments | Thousands of reservists who deployed over the past two years, thinking they were entitled to the benefits that mobilized and deployed reservists have typically received for years, have been bitterly disappointed upon their return.A little-known provision slipped into the 2012 Defense Authorization Act, which took effec... |
Austrian Knowhow for Turkish Tank Engine | ANKARA A Turkish company commissioned to develop an engine for the country's future tank has signed a deal with an Austrian company for technical support. The privately owned Turkish engine maker TUMOSAN said it signed an agreement with AVL List, GmbH, an Austrian firm, to get technical support for the power unit of t... |
Airstrike in Libya kills highranking alQaida commander | An airstrike in Ubari, Libya, has killed two al-Qaida members, one of whom was Musa Abu Dawud, a high-ranking commander for the terror group, U.S. Africa Command announced Wednesday. Dawud had been on the U.S. State Department's Specially Designated Global Terrorist list since May 2016. He had been involved in terror a... |
Northrops Fire Scout drone gets a new look for its European debut | RAF FAIRFORD, England Northrop Grumman's MQ8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter is making its European debut Friday at the Royal International Air Tattoo, giving potential international customers their first chance to get up close and personal with the drone. The unmanned aerial system won't be flying at RIAT this weeken... |
US military posture in Asia could change if China declares another Air Defense Identification Zone | If China goes forward with plans to establish another Air Defense Identification Zone in the region, the U.S. could be forced to change its military posture in Asia, a former senior national security official said this week. "We oppose China's establishment of an ADIZ in other areas, including the South China Sea," Eva... |
Meggitt gets immersive with its FATS 300 virtual weapons trainer | ORLANDO, Fla. An armed police officer guarding an office parking lot questions a driver who has just pulled up. He doesn't have identification but it turns out he has a warrant for his arrest due to domestic abuse. While the officer is trying to get the driver to cooperate and exit the vehicle, a bystander shows up an... |
UN report Up to 30000 Islamic State members in Iraq Syria | UNITED NATIONS The Islamic State extremist group has up to 30,000 members roughly equally distributed between Syria and Iraq and its global network poses a rising threat as does al-Qaida, which is much stronger in places, a United Nations report says. The report by U.N. experts circulated Monday said that despite the... |
The Pentagon is being sued for allegedly discriminating against people living with HIV | Two non-profit legal organizations focused on advancing LGBT rights and the rights of people living with HIV are suing the Department of Defense for what they allege are discriminatory policies that restrict the ability of people living with HIV to serve in the U.S. military. OutServe-SLDN and Lambda Legal filed the la... |
Obama Energy chief has a fix for INF Treaty | MUNICH Former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, said Saturday the U.S. has a path to salvage the tattered Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty by agreeing to mutual inspections with Russia. "Inspections are key to everything," Moniz, a critic of President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the decades old INF T... |
Lockheed Revives Rocket Launcher Production | This story was first published on June 17. It has been updated to further clarify information provided by Lockheed Martin. Qatar is authorized to buy HIMARS, but has yet to purchase systems. PARIS Lockheed Martin has restarted production lines for its highly mobile artillery rocket launcher and one of the tactical mis... |
Most F35s return to flight operations after fuel tube problem | WASHINGTON After a fuel tube problem sidelined all operational F-35 aircraft last week, more than 80 percent of jets have been cleared to return to flight, the F-35 joint program office stated Monday. In a Oct. 15 statement, the JPO confirmed that the U.S. services and international partners have completed inspections... |
Senior leaders pledge support for family programs but offer few specifics | Top Army leaders stressed the importance of family programs Tuesday during a town hall meeting, but offered few specific fixes to common complaints regarding child care, Tricare and change-of-station moves. Acting Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy pledged to solidify funding "we need to support the force," saying money issu... |
Taliban reject US commanders statement on peace talks | KABUL, Afghanistan The Taliban say they "categorically reject" a statement made this week by the U.S. commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan about "off stage" contacts and dialogue taking place between the Kabul government and the insurgents. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says in a statement distributed t... |
White House offers faint support for embattled VA Secretary Shulkin | WASHINGTON White House officials on Tuesday gave no indication of imminent action against Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, but they also declined to give strong support to the embattled Cabinet official's work leading the department. Shulkin has been under public scrutiny for the past week, since the release ... |
Top GOP appropriator signals willingness to cut arms sales to Saudi Arabia | SIMI VALLEY, California In light of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and ongoing humanitarian concerns with the situation in Yemen, members of Congress have expressed unprecedented concern about continuing to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia. Now, the newly announced top Republican on the House Appropriations Comm... |
Top Air Force general Airmen need to deploy as teams once again | NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. The Air Force has gotten into the bad habit of deploying airmen overseas on their own, and needs to get back to a team-based structure, Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein said Tuesday.During a speech at the Air Force Association's Air Space Cyber conference, Goldfein said he is putting Air Combat ... |
3 Green Berets receive Silver Star for deadly Afghanistan ambush | Things were going reasonably well for a group of Special Forces soldiers looking to disrupt Taliban operations in a small Afghanistan village last year, until the team came upon a 20-foot-tall steel gate that no one had anticipated.Surrounded on two more sides by 10-foot walls, the 59-man group -- 10 special operators ... |
Fatal SEAL skydiving accident is the fifth in four years for the elite unit | The stunning accident that claimed the life of a Navy SEAL and elite parachutist on Sunday during New York City's annual Fleet Week was the SEALs' fifth jump death since 2013, a fatality that could renew safety concerns that have drawn the attention of the top brass at U.S. Special Operations Command in recent years.Sp... |
McCain opts to end medical treatment for his brain cancer | WASHINGTON The family of Arizona Sen. John McCain announced Friday that he has decided to discontinue medical treatment for his brain cancer, likely ending any chance of him returning to Congress. McCain, who will celebrate his 82nd birthday next week, is a Navy veteran and prisoner of war who became one of the most i... |
Nominee to lead US Forces Korea says pause in exercises there has hurt readiness | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump's decision last month to cancel military exercises with South Korea led to a "slight degradation" in American readiness, according to the president's nominee to lead U.S. Forces Korea. But Army Gen. Robert Abrams, in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday... |
AsiaPacific militaries seek to develop amphibious skills | HONOLULU Japanese Maj. Gen. Jiro Hiroe turned to numbers to explain to his counterparts from other nations why Japan is developing the skills to move troops from sea to shore his nation has 6,852 islands and 6,414 of them are uninhabited. "Therefore developing amphibious capabilities is an urgent challenge for Japan,"... |
UK F35 pilots get in gear to bring the joint strike fighter to Britain | MARINE AIR STATION BEAUFORT, S.C. At a U.S. Marine Corps base in South Carolina, newly minted F-35 pilots from the Royal Air Force are making their final preparations for a transatlantic flight that will finally bring the joint strike fighter permanently to the United Kingdom. But the work won't stop once the first fo... |
US Air Force turns to data analytics to solve B1 C5 maintenance challenges | WASHINGTON The U.S. Air Force is making changes to the way it sustains the B-1B Lancer bomber and C-5 Super Galaxy cargo plane, moving to a maintenance approach that will allow it to use data analytics to predict problems, the acting head of Air Force Materiel Command said. Both the B-1 and C-5 fleets transitioned to ... |
House appropriators add LCS JSTARS funding irking White House | WASHINGTON The White House is tsk tsk-ing House appropriators for an annual spending bill that adds more littoral combat ship and Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System funding than requested. The administration otherwise supports the 675 billion 2019 defense appropriations bill, which is nearly 1 billion less ... |
US Chamber of Commerce wants Trump to put Americas defense industry first | WASHINGTON America's biggest business lobby wants the Trump administration put the American defense industry first and require the Pentagon to explain the impact on domestic jobs and national security each time it denies a foreign request to buy U.S. weapons. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has some 30 recommendations on... |
New in 2019 The Armys got a big end strength gap to fill this year | Senior Army leadership has known for years that recruiting new soldiers has only been getting tougher, but even so, they set an ambitious goal of 80,000 new soldiers for fiscal year 2018. It didn't totally work out, as the service fell short with 70,000 by late September, after dropping the goal down to 76,500 earlier ... |
Russian diplomat There is a high probability that alBaghdadi was killed in May | MOSCOW A senior Russian diplomat says the head of the Islamic State group has most likely been killed in a Russian airstrike.Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov told the state-run RIA Novosti news agency Thursday that "according to the Defense Ministry's information, there is a high probability that Abu Bakr al-B... |
Navy secretary other US officials increasingly sounding alarm over Chinese smartphone maker Huawei | As U.S. military brass continues to beat the warning drum about an ascendant China threatening the global order, the company responsible for some of the world's hottest smartphones is being called out as another Chinese front in the burgeoning battle for supremacy with the United States. The cellphone behemoth Huawei w... |
Rand cautiously optimistic about B21 looking to B2 for lessons learned | NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Gen. Robin Rand, the head of U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command, is "cautiously optimistic" about the progress of the B-21 bomber program. Rand, speaking to reporters at the annual Air Force Association conference on Wednesday, said that he was "very, very pleased with how we've started. It's ca... |
New Trump order would ban most transgender troops from serving | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump late on Friday issued a new order banning transgender individuals from serving in the military except under "limited circumstances," again insisting they pose a threat to military readiness. , The move was immediately blasted by rights advocates as the White House continuing a pattern... |
Meet Pete Puppy Bowl competitor and future service dog | A service dog in training will compete in Puppy Bowl XIV, which airs this Sunday at 3 p.m. Eastern time on Animal Planet. Pete, who is training with the Woodbridge, Virginia-based Semper K9 to be a service dog for a disabled veteran, will compete in this year's Puppy Bowl under the name Alvin. "We are thrilled to have ... |
CIA says it wont confirm it has documents about Yemen raid that led to Navy SEALs death | NEW YORK A U.S. government lawyer argued on Tuesday that even just confirming or denying that the CIA has records about a January raid in Yemen would reveal intelligence secrets. The raid resulted in the death of a U.S. Navy sailor and Yemeni civilians. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in May seeking... |
DIUx SCO given special hiring and contracting authorities | WASHINGTON Two of the Pentagon's innovation offices have been granted special authorities to help speed the hiring of staff and awarding of contracts, in a move that could allow the groups to more quickly flow commercial technology into the department. The authorities for the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental DIUx ... |
US service member killed in apparent insider attack in Afghanistan | A U.S. service member was killed and another wounded Monday in an apparent insider attack in eastern Afghanistan, officials said. The name of the fallen service member will not be released until family members are notified. The wounded service member is in stable condition, according to officials from the Resolute Supp... |
Air Force officer performance eval overhaul could be done by 2020 | The Air Force hopes to finish and roll out its massive overhaul of the officer performance evaluation and promotion system by fiscal 2020, the service's top personnel officer said. What's more, the modernization effort taking place over the next 18 months will go hand-in-hand with an upgrade to IT systems that automate... |
Saudi firm formulates deal with BAE RollsRoyce for military aircraft engine maintenance | DUBAI, United Arab Emirates A Saudi Arabia-based firm will sign two contracts with Rolls-Royce and BAE Systems to maintain and repair Royal Saudi Air Force fighter jets in the kingdom, said the Middle East Propulsion Company Limited's CEO at the Dubai Airshow. "MEPC will sign during the coming 15 days the first contra... |
Spacebased laser weapons could ultimately take out missile threats in boost phase | HUNTSVILLE, Ala. The Pentagon is eyeing space-based laser weapons technology as the ultimate solution to defeat a missile threat in its boost phase of flight, but the Defense Department is not yet at a point where it has determined the best possible solution. "Waiting until an adversary is in midcourse phase of flight... |
Land nav iron sights and more discipline Big changes are coming to Army basic training | Big changes are coming to basic training, according to the head of the Army's Center for Initial Military Training. After a multi-year review of the Army's basic and advanced individual training programs, the service is piloting a long list of changes and tweaks, with an eye toward a full roll-out in late spring, Maj. ... |
UK and EU spar over access to satellite program | LONDON Britain has warned the European Union it will build its own navigational satellite system if it is locked out of access to key defense-grade data from the Galileo network now being built by Brussels. Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson became the second member of the government this month to threaten the EU. He ... |
Key lawmaker in favor of JSTARS recap cancellation movement to alternate approach | WASHINGTON Should the U.S. Air Force cancel the JSTARS recap? One of Congress' biggest defenders of the original JSTARS ground surveillance planes seems to think so. , Republican Sen. David Perdue represents Georgia, home of Robins Air Force Base and where the service keeps the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Ra... |
Norway approves further Marine rotations | The Norwegian government has approved further Marine Corps rotations to Norway through 2018. "Our Marines in Norway are demonstrating a high level of cooperation with our allies," Maj. Gen. Niel Nelson, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe Africa, said Wednesday in a statement. "The more we train together alon... |
How stealthy is Boeings new Super Hornet | WASHINGTON The Block III Super Hornet is getting a marginal increase in stealth capability, but if you're expecting the invisible aircraft of President Donald Trump's dreams, think again. Building a "stealthy" Super Hornet has been one of Trump's talking points since he was elected to the presidency. During a March tr... |
US remains top military spender SIPRI reports | WASHINGTON Worldwide military spending is estimated to have reached 1.7 trillion in 2017, according to a new report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. This is the highest level of military expenditure since the end of the Cold War. The top five biggest spenders were the United States, China, Sa... |
US Air Force looks to accelerate artificial intelligence contracts | FARNBOROUGH, England The Air Force is still not moving fast enough to recruit the software talent that it needs to harness emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, its acquisition head said Tuesday. "I don't think we're attracting enough people. Whether they're the right people or not, I think that's a sepa... |
The Best Scouts competition is named for him and he has some advice for young soldiers | FORT BENNING, Ga. Retired Command Sgt. Maj. Joe Gainey spent 33 years as a cavalry scout and capped his career as the first senior enlisted adviser to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.But that's not all. Gainey also has an international cavalry scout competition named after him.Gainey, 60, was on hand at Fort... |
Some Pacific commissary produce prices spike under new contracts | Some commissary customers in the Pacific are getting hit with a harsh new reality as the price of some fresh fruits and vegetables are spiking under the terms of new contracts. Defense Commissary Agency officials say some adjustments have been made, and attributed part of the problem to the transition to the new contra... |
The Navy is planning fresh challenges to Chinas claims in the South China Sea | U.S. Navy and Pacific Command leaders want to ratchet up potentially provocative operations in the South China Sea by sailing more warships near the increasingly militarized man-made islands that China claims as sovereign territory, according to several Navy officials. The freedom of navigation operations, also known a... |
3star New Ready Force X will help the Army Reserve deploy quickly when needed | The Army Reserve is working to build a force that can deploy on short notice to respond to contingencies when needed, the top general for the component said. The effort is called Ready Force X, and it is designed to focus on short-term readiness, said Lt. Gen. Charles Luckey, chief of the Army Reserve and commanding ge... |
Klotz stays as NNSA director but deputy is out | WASHINGTON National Nuclear Security Administration head Frank Klotz will be staying for the foreseeable future, but deputy director Madelyn Creedon is no longer with the agency. The decision to keep Klotz in place followed two weeks of concerns from the nuclear community that he might be forced out by the Trump admin... |
Army rushes for 449 yards squashes Liberty 3814 | WEST POINT, N.Y. Army coach Jeff Monken knows his Black Knights are a work in progress. At least, they're headed in the right direction. Darnell Woolfolk ran for 98 yards and two touchdowns as Army's triple option began to return to form with 449 yards rushing, and the Black Knights beat Bowl Subdivision newcomer Libe... |
Japans defense industry continues to grow But is it in for rough seas | MELBOURNE, Australia Japan's homegrown defense industry continues to secure significant amounts of contracts from the U.S. government, but concerns linger over the high level of spending on big-ticket items acquired via the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program, and the outlook for Japan's push into the global arms mark... |
Grueling pace for old planes Tankers and their maintainers cant afford to slow down | 22,000 FEET ABOVE THE NEW JERSEY COAST "Thirty feet, nice and slow. Twenty feet. Fifteen, nice and slow. Ten feet. Five feet. And contact, boom interphone.", Senior Master Sgt. Jimmie Rush Jr. an Air Reserve Technician and boom instructor with the 514th Air Mobility Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, moves th... |
Trump says hes withdrawing US from Iran nuclear accord | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump announced Tuesday the U.S. will pull out of the landmark nuclear accord with Iran, dealing a profound blow to U.S. allies and potentially deepening the president's isolation on the world stage. "The United States does not make empty threats," he said in a televised address. Trump's de... |
Pompeo Despite tensions Turkey remains a key US ally | SINGAPORE Despite a sharp deterioration in relations over the detention of an American pastor, the United States and Turkey remain valued partners, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Saturday, in an apparent bid to ease tensions that have rocked ties between the NATO allies. Pompeo told reporters on the sideline... |
Thanks to missile sales to UAE US Army can buy 100 more advanced Patriot missiles | WASHINGTON The U.S. Army plans to pay for 100 of the newest variant of Patriot missiles using proceeds from the sale of old missiles to the United Arab Emirates, according to a reprogramming request sent to Congress in June. The request to shift fiscal 2018 funding must clear the House and Senate defense committees in... |
Commissaryexchange consolidation plans move forward with new task force | The next step in an ongoing Defense Department plan to consolidate the commissary and exchange systems is expected to begin in July, a Defense Department spokesman said. A task force will delve into the financial feasibility of the move and develop organizational and operational plans for "above-the-store" structures o... |
Marines add Stinger missiles lasers to vehicles to make up for lagging air defense | Right now, Marine Corps vehicles are exposed, and threatened by drones and other airborne dangers that could target the entire ground fleet, which lacks built-in defenses. But testing, fielding and money is charging at the problem at all levels, two Marine generals told Congress on April 18 during a House Armed Service... |
US military air operations suspended in Djibouti training exercise canceled amid Marine mishaps | Military officials have suspended air operations in Djibouti and canceled a major military training exercise in the region following two April 3 Marine Corps air mishaps. "U.S. air operations in Djibouti are on hold and U.S. Naval Forces Central Command has canceled the remainder of exercise Alligator Dagger in respons... |
Air Force 147M funding increase needed to keep future fighter on schedule | WASHINGTON The Air Force needs a sharp increase in funding this budget cycle an extra 147 million, to be exact to be able to keep technology development for its next fighter jet on schedule, its top uniformed acquisition official said. President Donald Trump's supplemental budget request for fiscal 2017 calls for a ... |
Japan prepares to stand up first F35 operational unit | TOKYO Japan has graduated its first locally trained class of five F-35 pilots and is on track to make its first unit operational, according to a senior official with Japan's F-35 program. Joel Malone told Defense News at the Japan International Aerospace Exhibition in Tokyo that the Japan Air Self-Defense Force is con... |
Chinas military capabilities are booming but does its defense industry mirror that trend | MELBOURNE, Australia China's massive military modernization program over the past two decades has been matched to a large degree by a parallel development in its state-owned military-industrial base, and that trend is set to continue as China continues it efforts to build up its forces to challenge U.S. military prima... |
US Senate delays temporary spending vote upping shutdown drama | WASHINGTON Lawmakers remained deadlocked Thursday night as lawmakers nudged closer to a Friday deadline the Senate's vote to avert a government shutdown. The Senate adjourned Thursday night unable to agree when to vote on a stopgap measure to keep the government open. The impasse adds pressure on Republican leadership... |
Heres why Mattis wont cancel upcoming maneuvers with South Korean forces | WASHINGTON Just days after a planned high-level summit between the U.S. and North Korea was called off, the Pentagon's top official said Tuesday that no decision has been made to cancel major joint military exercises between the U.S. and South Korea planned for 2019. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis told reporters that... |
Wilkie touts a calmer reformed VA in his first congressional test | WASHINGTON Less than two months into his term leading the Department of Veterans Affairs, Secretary Robert Wilkie insists the department is finally on the right track. "We have a full organizational tree of people I've been able to bring in, including the chief of staff and a new acting deputy. I'm very happy the ins... |
US military to keep Persian Gulf waterway open despite Iran threats | DUBAI, United Arab Emirates The U.S. military is reiterating a promise to keep Persian Gulf waterways open to oil tankers as Iran renewed threats to close off the region. Capt. Bill Urban, a spokesman for the U.S. military's Central Command, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that American sailors and its regional... |
Dont miss out on this refund windfall related to the Sinai combat tax exemption | If you're one of more than 2,000 troops who served in the Sinai Peninsula going back to June 9, 2015, you may be due a tax refund, and you should file for it quickly. In the tax reform that was signed into law in December 2017, lawmakers designated service in the Sinai Peninsula as being eligible for a combat zone tax ... |
Army demotes former defense secretarys 3star aide after scathing IG investigation | The former senior military aide to then-Defense Secretary Ash Carter will retire as a brigadier general, the Army announced Thursday.The move against Maj. Gen. Ronald Lewis was directed by former Army Secretary Eric Fanning, Army spokeswoman Cynthia Smith said in a statement.The Defense Department inspector general sub... |
Commentary 3 reasons soldiers should be pumped about the new Army Combat Fitness Test | The new Army Combat Fitness Test is one of the Army's most discussed topics. Being good journalists, the folks at Army Times went looking for an "expert" to weigh in on the new test. , They couldn't find one, so they got me instead. Without further ado, I offer my three main reasons why we all should be pumped about th... |
OPINION El Rancho High School teacher knows nothing of Americas military sacrifice | Last week, a senior at El Rancho High School in Southern California, the proud son of a United States Marine, posted video footage of his government teacher berating him for wearing a sweatshirt celebrating the Corps. During the five-minute tirade, Gregory Salcido calls service members "dumb sh*ts" and "the freaking lo... |
Captivity candor and hard votes 9 moments that made McCain | WASHINGTON John McCain lived most of his life in the public eye, surviving war, torture, scandal, political stardom and failure, the enmity of some colleagues and the election of President Donald Trump. Even brain cancer didn't seem to scare McCain so much as it sobered and saddened him. "The world is a fine place and... |
Army helicopter crashes in Maryland one soldier medevaced | One of three soldiers who were aboard an Army UH-60 Black Hawk that crashed in southern Maryland on Monday has been medevaced from the scene, according to officials.The helicopter had a so-called hard landing just before 2 p.m. according to Joe Richard, a spokesman for Fort Belvoir, Virginia, where the crew is assigned... |
3rd Cavalry Regiment soldiers are firing intense artillery missions into Syria with Iraqi French all | By most official accounts, the bulk of the close fighting with ISIS militants in Iraq has been led by the Iraqis themselves. But one place where U.S. troops get a piece of combat beyond training their partners is in providing fire support. And nowhere is that more relevant than in artillery. Soldiers with Bravo Battery... |
Diplomatic row jeopardizes 15B helicopter deal between Turkey and Pakistan | ANKARA, Turkey An escalating diplomatic crisis between NATO allies Turkey and the United States may risk suspending a 1.5 billion deal between Turkey and Pakistan for the sale of 30 Turkish-made T129 ATAK helicopter gunships. The T129 is being produced by Turkish Aerospace Industries under license from the Italian-Bri... |
126000 service members in crosshairs for separation as DoDs deploy or get out policy takes effect | The Pentagon's hard line on troop readiness took effect Monday, and 126,000 service members now find themselves on a path to separation if they do not become deployable in the next 12 months. "Deploy or get out" was an early policy priority of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to improve the overall readiness of U.S. milita... |
French arms exports fall short of over 228B forecast in January | PARIS French Minister of Armed Forces Florence Parly welcomed an official report that stated France won arms export orders last year worth 14 billion U.S. 16 billion and said she would pursue further deals with foreign clients. That level of exports compared to 2015 foreign orders is worth a record 16.9 billion U.S. 1... |
Congress grills Marines over M27 | Marine commanders were grilled by members of Congress on Tuesday over their decision to seek a single-source contract from a foreign company to procure the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle, or IAR. The Corps is seeking to procure nearly 15,000 Heckler Koch M27 rifles to field to the infantry. But the nearly 3,000 automati... |
Report Vets still face long waits with VA Choice program | WASHINGTON Patients using the Veterans Affairs Choice program to avoid long wait times at department medical centers may still face months-long delays before seeing a doctor, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office released Monday. And researchers say recently passed reforms to VA's communi... |
US Army capabilities integration chief talks multidomain ops | WASHINGTON Lt. Gen. Eric Wesley is the new Army Capabilities Integration Center director and the first director to guide the center's efforts under the purview of the brand-new Army Futures Command, as opposed to Training and Doctrine Command, where the center lived since its inception. ARCIC will be responsible for t... |
Graham The US is looking for allies to replace it in Syria | MUNICH With the U.S. due to announce the Islamic State group is destroyed and its troops withdrawing from Syria, it is looking for allies to step in and help stabilize the region, Sen. Lindsey Graham said Friday. Speaking at the 2019 Munich Security Conference, Graham told the assembly of world leaders that the U.S. c... |
Veterans Day History of a symbol | It is perhaps the most famous poem to come out of the Great War. "In Flanders Field" was written in 20 minutes just 15 lines in all but it spoke volumes about those who lost their lives during the First World War on a field near Ypres, Belgium, in May 1915. As a child I often heard my father, who lived through those ... |
Green Beret receives Soldiers Medal for saving crash victims | In October 2016, a Special Forces soldier stationed at Fort Bragg was driving with his wife in North Carolina when they watched a truck drive off the road and down an embankment, crashing into trees before stopping. Staff Sgt. Adams, with 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, stopped his car and ran about 75 yards d... |
Trump in new dig mocks North Korea leader as Rocket Man | SOMERSET, N.J. President Donald Trump on Sunday mocked the leader of nuclear-armed North Korea as "Rocket Man" while White House advisers said the isolated nation would face destruction unless it shelves its weapons programs and bellicose threats. The warnings came a day after Kim Jong Un pledged to continue those pro... |
President Trumps statement on the US military action in Syria | , My fellow Americans, a short time ago, I ordered the United States Armed Forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. A combined operation with the armed forces of France and the United Kingdom is now underway. We thank them both. ... |
Air Force to begin exploring use of defensive laser weapons on KC135s | The Air Force has been talking about placing laser weapons on fighter jets for some time, but Air Mobility Command is also looking to the possibility of using lasers to counter surface-to-air and air-to-air missile threats. Gen. Carlton Everhart, head of AMC, told Air Force Times he wants to begin exploring this capabi... |
Brexit consequences raise doubts over future defense industrial collaboration | PARIS Britain's planned departure from the European Union could put pressure on missile-maker MBDA and will bar London from EU funds for weapons research and development, raising doubts over defense industrial cooperation with the U.K. according to a report from Ares, a network of European think tanks. Ares published ... |
Australia officially announces 26B frigate contract Here are the build details | MELBOURNE, Australia Australia will acquire nine high-end anti-submarine warfare frigates from the end of the next decade under a deal with BAE Systems worth AU35 billion U.S. 26 billion. The announcement was formally made Friday at the ASC shipyard in Osborne, South Australia, by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Mini... |
The US Navy will start losing its largest surface combatants in 2020 | WASHINGTON The U.S. Navy's surface fleet will start losing some its biggest guns in 2020 at a rate of two per year. In 2020, the cruisers Mobile Bay and Bunker Hill will reach their service life of 35 years and are slated for decommissioning. But despite the age of the hulls, some observers are loathe to see the cruis... |
First military case in Fat Leonard Navy bribery scandal begins | , This Jan. 9, 2015, photo shows U.S. Navy Cmdr. David Morales, assigned to Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea, during a tour of the a memorial in Pyeongtaek, Republic of Korea. T, Photo Credit Chief Mass Communication Specialist Wendy Wyman/Navy via AP, Much of the hearing centered on the testimony of Janice Horst, a ... |
LCS crew marooned in Singapore on an openended deployment | The embarked crew of the littoral combat ship Coronado, forward deployed to Singapore, was supposed to be home for Thanksgiving after a four- or five-month tour. But now the crew has been on board and overseas for eight months and there is no end in sight. About 70 sailors compose Crew 204, which deployed in June for t... |
The Air Forces newest deadliest gunship just hit a major milestone | The AC-130J Ghostrider the latest in the Air Force's line of heavily-armed gunships marked a major developmental milestone Sept. 30 when it was declared to have reached initial operational capability. Air Force Special Operations Command spokeswoman Capt. Amanda Farr said in a Tuesday email that its commander, Lt. Ge... |
Border mission doesnt fit Mattis focus on lethality | WASHINGTON Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has left no doubt that his top priority as leader of the military is making it more "lethal" better at war and more prepared for it and yet nothing about the military's new mission at the U.S.-Mexico border advances that goal. Some argue it detracts from it. The troops going t... |
To keep pilots from quitting the Air Force will let some stay in assignments longer | The Air Force on Thursday began allowing some experienced fighter pilots and weapon systems officers to stay in their assignments for three more years, as part of its ongoing effort to stop an alarming pilot exodus. The new Second Assignment In-Place pilot program targets certain active duty 11F fighter pilots and 12F ... |
Mattis Putin tried to muck around in US midterm elections | WASHINGTON Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Saturday took aim at Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of trying to "muck around" in the U.S. midterm elections, of duplicity in arms control and of acting irresponsibly in last weekend's naval confrontation with Ukraine. In remarks at the Reagan National Defense... |
Raytheons OCX Offering Survives NunnMcCurdy Breach | WASHINGTON The Defense Department has decided to stick with Raytheon's GPS control station despite major cost overruns, officials announced Friday. The Pentagon declared a Nunn-McCurdy breach for the Operational Control System OCX program this June after costs increased by more than 25 percent over projections. After ... |
Navy hired retired officer despite Fat Leonard misconduct investigation | Earlier this month, Navy Secretary Richard Spencer sent a scathing letter of censure to retired Capt. Timothy Conroy, calling him to task for sleeping with prostitutes and accepting improper gifts as part of the sprawling "Fat Leonard" scandal, a bacchanal of West Pacific bribery, kickbacks and corruption that has ensn... |
Islamic State threat in Southeast Asia raises alarm in Washington | WASHINGTON Southeast Asia's jihadis who fought by the hundreds for the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria now have a different battle closer to home in the southern Philippines. It's a scenario raising significant alarm in Washington. , The recent assault by ISIS-aligned fighters on the Philippine city of Marawi ha... |
Long after they died military sees surge in identifications of the fallen in past conflicts | BELLEVUE, Neb. Nearly 77 years after repeated torpedo strikes tore into the USS Oklahoma, killing hundreds of sailors and Marines, Carrie Brown leaned over the remains of a serviceman laid out on a table in her lab and was surprised the bones still smelled of burning oil from that horrific day at Pearl Harbor. It was ... |
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