Pentagon Announces $2 Billion in Arms Sales The Defense Security Cooperation Agency recently issued six notifications with a combined value of $1.71 billion for weapons...
Saudi Arabia Requests $5.4 Billion Worth of PAC-3 Missiles The government of Saudi Arabia has requested several hundred Lockheed Martin Corp.-made Patriot Advanced Capability-3...
Thornberry Challenges Obama, Argues 'World is More Dangerous Today' The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee says President Obama is wrong when he claims that America's enemies are...
CentCom Not Sharing Intel with Saudi Warplanes Striking Yemen The U.S. military continues to provide refueling support for Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen, but the service said it has not...
Leadership Course Preps Middle East Allies for Real-World Battles The Advanced Tactical Leadership Course, coordinated by the Air Warfare Center at Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE, wrapped up last...
USS Cole Patrols Off Yemen After Iran-Backed Rebels Attack Saudi Ship The Navy sent the USS Cole to the Gulf of Aden after an attack earlier this week on a Saudi warship off Yemen by Houthi...
Arab Countries Promise to Halt Flow of Fighters to ISIL Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, the UAE, Lebanon, Egypt. Jordan and Iraq agreed to stop the flow of foreign...
2 Years Into Yemen War, US Ramps Up Refueling of Saudi Jets Air Force tankers such as KC-135s and KC-10 Extenders participated in 7,564 refueling "events" with coalition aircraft.
Army Planners Are Weighing Force Reductions of Up to 90,000 Active-Duty Soldiers The Army is quietly considering a sweeping reduction of up to 90,000 active-duty troops, a move that underscores mounting...
Commander of Air Force Weather Wing Fired After Legal Troubles Earlier This Year Col. Joseph Coughlin, commander of the 557th Weather Wing at Offutt, was removed from his position Tuesday "due to a loss of...
Top US General Argues Against Giving Up Command of NATO at Senate Hearing Giving up American military leadership of the NATO alliance would be "problematic," Gen. Christopher Cavoli told senators...
Capitol Hill Wants $15 Billion for Weapons Pentagon Didn’t Seek: Report The spending directions from Congress are included in tables that Republican Defense appropriators sent the department last...
'Psychological Warfare': Veterans Fired from Federal Government Speak Out at Informal Hearing Air Force veteran Shernice Mundell was testifying at a "shadow hearing" organized by Senate Veteran Affairs Committee ranking...