West Point Cadets Go Online, Undercover to Fight ISIS A team of West Point cadets has found a better use for social media than posting selfies and 140-character witticisms: going...
B-52 Bomber Ready to Begin Airstrikes against ISIS, Air Force Says Air Force Secretary Deborah James said the B-52 has been made ready to use against Islamic State.
Syrian Government Forces Recapture Palmyra from ISIS Syrian government forces had been on the offensive for nearly three weeks to try to recapture the town, which fell to ISIS in...
US Reviewing Troop Presence in Sinai amid Increasing ISIS Threats Ashton Carter has formally notified Israel and Egypt that the U.S. was reviewing its commitment to the Sinai peacekeeping...
US Commanders Talk Iraqis out of Pulling Troops Back to Baghdad U.S. commanders talked the Iraqis out of pulling troops back to Baghdad to defend against ISIS attacks coming from Fallujah.
In Iraq, Apache Gunships Deploy to Mosul, But Not Fallujah: Pentagon Apache attack helicopters have gone into action in the advance on Mosul but were being kept out of the ongoing siege of...
Failed Coup in Turkey Won't Affect ISIS Campaign: Carter Defense Secretary Carter said that Turkey remained a solid ally and supporter of the anti-ISIS campaign despite the failed...
New US Commander in Iraq Vows to Retake Key Cities 'On My Watch' The new U.S. commander in Iraq and Syria pledged that Raqqa and Mosul will be taken back from ISIS "on my watch."
Dunford Blames Russia for Syrian Aid Convoy Bombing Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford blamed Russia for the Syrian aid convoy bombing and the apparent cease-fire...
Iraqi Forces Within 10 Miles of Mosul Iraqi and Kurdish Peshmerga forces have advanced to within 10 miles of Mosul against increasing ISIS counterattacks.
Pentagon Again Expanding Military Border Zones, This Time in Arizona The newest military zone in Arizona -- the fourth border zone created by the Trump administration -- will encompass 140 miles...
Football Dreams Led to 'Fat Boy Flight' and an Over-Forty-Year Air Force Career In 1971, as a high school senior and captain of the football team, I assumed a college athletic scholarship was in my future...
US Contractors Say Their Colleagues Are Firing Live Ammo as Palestinians Seek Food in Gaza Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal...
Tensions Are Rising Between Russia and Azerbaijan. Why Is This Happening Now? Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan...
Army Creating New Artificial Intelligence-Focused Occupational Specialty and Officer Field Service planners are moving to establish a new enlisted military occupational specialty focused on artificial intelligence...