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New missile allows Marine pilots to strike far, avoid air defenses
Marine fighter pilots now have a missile that can strike targets up to 230 miles away, keeping aviators out of the range of many air defense systems.
By Todd South
US Air Force’s acquisition chief talks new B-52 engines and the future of battle management
Will Roper talked with Defense News about what's next for the Mad Hatter, Advanced Battle Management System and B-52 re-engine program.
By Valerie Insinna
Three nations stage F-35 drills over southern Italy
Despite recent revelations about a series of teething problems experienced by the jet, pilots said they were happy with its performance.
By Tom Kington
Blackwater founder Erik Prince’s new company has reportedly set up shop in Iraq
Blackwater founder Erik Prince's new company is reportedly operating in Iraq, a country from which his former company was banned for killing civilians.
By Ryan Pickrell, Business Insider
Airman killed trying to stop armed robbery
Senior Airman Shawn McKeough Jr., 23, assigned to Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, was gunned down late Friday night when he tried to stop an armed robbery.
By Kent Miller
Key piece of F-35 logistics system unusable by US Air Force students, instructor pilots
The Air Force's F-35 training squadrons have not used the Lockheed Martin-manufactured training management system, part of the Autonomic Logistics Information System, in about a year.
By Valerie Insinna
Bad data in F-35 logistics system resulting in lost missions
Ever wonder what's driving down the F-35's mission capable rates? Here's one factor.
By Valerie Insinna
Contested airspace: Airmen build base from scratch, through surface-to-air fires and non-permissive threats
Airmen can no longer depend on the long-standing, well-developed facilities like those through which they’ve rotated in the Middle East for going on two decades.
By Kyle Rempfer
Poor maintenance contributed to a devastating C-130 crash. Here’s how the Air Force will make sure it doesn’t happen again.
How did a corroded KC-130T blade escape the Air Force's quality control apparatus?
By Valerie Insinna
Investigation blames Air Force and Navy for systemic failures in fatal Marine Corps C-130 crash that killed 16
A corroded propeller was sent through an Air Force maintenance depot but was not repaired.
DoD ships Thanksgiving turkeys to troops deployed along the border
Troops will be spending the holiday on base, and leave is up to individual commanders, Pentagon officials said.
By Tara Copp, AP