Tag: Air Force

A report on Sunday said the Air Force was preparing to put the B-52 Stratofortress aircraft on around-the-clock alert for the first time since the Cold War ended. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexa Ann Henderson/Released)

National Security

Air Force denies report that nuclear bombers are being prepared for 24-hour alert

Travis J. Tritten · October 23, 2017 3:30 pm

Any congressional deal is likely to hinge, like the last budget compromise, on Democrats' demand that increases in the cap for defense must be matched with increases for non-defense spending.

‘All bets off’ for House and Senate defense spending hikes

Travis J. Tritten · October 23, 2017 4:01 am

A blindfolded Islamic State suspect stands against a wall at a Kurdish screening center in Dibis on Oct. 3. Displaced people from Hawija are brought to the center where men are separated from the women and children and are investigated for involvement in the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Defeating ISIS: The US is ‘very near the goal line’

Jamie McIntyre · October 16, 2017 4:01 am

Two B-1B "Lancer" bombers flew over the Korean Peninsula on Tuesday to demonstrate a show of force as tensions with a nuclear-armed North Korea continue to escalate. (Tech. Sgt. Richard P. Ebensberger/U.S. Air Force via AP)

B-1B bombers fly over Korean Peninsula alongside Japanese, South Korean fighters

Diana Stancy Correll · October 11, 2017 12:57 am

"Really, most Americans are going on with their daily lives and they don't really much care about the rhetoric that swirls around this city," Wilson said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Air Force secretary on Trump’s feud with Bob Corker: ‘Sometimes Washington gets full of itself’

Travis J. Tritten · October 10, 2017 8:34 pm

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk in front of an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as they arrive to deliver remarks to military personnel at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Sept. 15. The F-35 is a plane the President has criticized in the past. (Ron Sachs/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images)

Size of the Army and F-35 purchases top NDAA negotiations

Travis J. Tritten · October 9, 2017 4:01 am

They are very luxurious. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

Tom Price likes military jets because they are Five-Star hotels

Tom Rogan · September 29, 2017 4:28 pm

Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, the superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy, delivered a stirring message to cadets and cadet candidates after racial slurs were discovered at the Air Force Academy Preparatory School. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes.)

National Security

Air Force general: ‘If you can’t treat someone with dignity and respect, then you need to get out’

Melissa Quinn · September 29, 2017 11:46 am

"It will certainly be a limiting factor and we will have to plan accordingly," Gen. Joseph Dunford said. (iStock by Getty Images)

National Security

Top general: The White House decided that Air Force One doesn’t need in-flight refueling

Travis J. Tritten · September 26, 2017 4:51 pm

A propaganda video released by North Korea shows a US B-1B bomber hit by a missile. Military analysts say North Korea doesn't have the capability or intent to attack U.S. bombers and fighter jets, despite the country's top diplomat saying it has the right do so. (DPRK Today via AP)

National Security

Experts: North Korea lacks ability, intent to attack US planes

Associated Press · September 26, 2017 11:58 am

North Korean commanders know that the U.S. knows the North's air force can't challenge the U.S. military in the skies. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Beltway Confidential

North Korea’s threat against US aircraft is stupid

Tom Rogan · September 25, 2017 7:23 pm

Meeting with President Emmanuel Macron of France on Monday, President Trump stated his intention to hold a military parade in Washington, D.C., come next July 4. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s July 4th military parade is a good idea

Tom Rogan · September 19, 2017 4:00 pm