Officials at the Ministry of National Defense of the People’s Republic of China are refuting a report about that China mobilizing air force bombers and on “high alert” of the tension over the Korean Peninsula. “The reports are not true,” said the statement. Chinese forces are keeping their standard operational readiness and conducting normal training along the […]

Special Operations Command prepares to test airborne directed energy weapon, that was reported by nationaldefensemagazine.org. Over the past 20 years, the military and its partners in industry have figured out how to build lasers and other directed energy weapons. The devices have changed from often-hazardous chemical lasers to more reliable solid-state lasers. The power has […]

More than 100 South Korean and U.S. warplanes have joined an annual combined defense exercise under way on the peninsula, South Korea’s Air Force said Thursday. The Max Thunder training, which started on April 14 for a two-week run, also involves around 1,200 troops, including some American personnel stationed in Japan. South Korea has dispatched […]

Orbital ATK, a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, announced today that it has received a contract award from the U.S. Air Force for production of rocket motors for the AIM-9P missile. The award is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract estimated to be $67 million when fully optioned. The order adds to the more than 30,000 […]

U.S. and Gulf Cooperation Council forces stormed Kuwait’s Shuwaikh Port in a demonstration of interoperability Sunday in the final event of exercise Eagle Resolve 2017. The culminating event involved land, air, and maritime forces and included tactical demonstrations of search and seizure, countering a chemical threat, and border security. Maj. Gen. Ralph H. Groover, III, […]

The Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army (TNI-AD) General (GEN) Mulyono said, that Indonesia is expected to unveil its new AH-64E Apache attack helicopters during a 5 October parade as part of the part of the 72th anniversary celebrations of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (Tentara Nasional Indonesia – TNI). “I hope on that day the […]

On April 6, 2017, as part of the Pentagon’s daily announcement of any contract awards worth over $7 million, the Air Force revealed a deal with URS Federal Services, Inc. for nearly two decades of work regarding unmanned aircraft. The official details are unusual, so feel free to read them yourself: URS Federal Services, Inc., […]

U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 152 conducted aviation delivered ground refueling with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, April 11, 2017. That was reported by Lance Cpl. Joseph Abrego (Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni). The ADGR marked the first evolution of this form of refueling […]

The U.S. Air Force plans to deploy five RQ-4 Global Hawks and approximately 105 personnel, currently based at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to Yokota Air Base, Japan, from May to October 2017. Summer Global Hawk operations from Guam are adversely impacted by the frequency of inclement weather, including typhoon activities. This rotational deployment of […]

Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 conducted hot-reload exercises at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, April 6, 2017. That was reported by Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. This signified the first time the squadron loaded ordnance onto a running F-35B Lightning II aircraft at the air station in order to prepare for real-world […]