Buckley Space Force Base, Colo., and Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mon., were selected due to their utility infrastructure, land availability and critical mission requirements, according to a service news release.
An injured Air Force colonel navigated rugged terrain with a bounty on his head in for more than 24 hours after his F-15E was shot down in southern Iran, according to news reports.
Airmen from Kadena Air Base on Okinawa are deployed “in harm’s way” as part of U.S. military operations against Iran, the 18th Wing commander said during a recent livestreamed interview with American Forces Network.
The crews from the 92nd Refueling Wing at the base near Spokane, Wash., flew KC-135 Stratotankers to refuel the U.S. aircraft taking part in Operation Midnight Hammer.
The LGM-35A Sentinel will replace the Cold War-era LGM-30G Minuteman III. The nearly $141 billion program is expected to stretch into the second half of the 21st century.
People are gathering in Trussville, Ala., to honor the life of Maj. Alex Klinner, one of six U.S. military members killed in a KC-135 crash in Iraq while attempting to refuel and assist in the war against Iran.
A contingent of fifth-generation stealth fighters arrived at Misawa Air Base, the first replacements the Air Force pledged for the F-16 Fighting Falcons stationed there.
Iran launched six ballistic missiles and 29 drones at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, damaging at least two U.S. Air Force refueling aircraft along with an E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control aircraft. Meanwhile, sailors and Marines aboard the USS Tripoli arrived in the region.
