September 27, 2016 No 'mustard agent' on ISIS rocket that landed in northern Iraq, US military says In an about-face, U.S. military officials said Tuesday that no "mustard agent" turned up on the rocket that landed on a U.S.-controlled base in northern Iraq last week, according to lab tests.
September 27, 2016 Carter: Nuke force changes are 'bearing fruit' Defense Secretary Ash Carter inherited a tangled web of morale and other problems in the Air Force nuclear missile corps when he took over the Pentagon nearly two years ago.
September 27, 2016 Air Force colonel who faced rape charge found dead in home A high-ranking Air Force Space Command officer who was charged with rape and other crimes was found dead in his Colorado home after civilian police received a report of a suicide, officials said Monday.
September 26, 2016 Pentagon chief pledges $108 billion to fix nuclear force Defense Secretary Ash Carter says the Pentagon is committed to correcting what he calls decades of shortchanging its nuclear forces.
September 26, 2016 Russia, China spend big on warplanes, spurring aerial arms race For more than two decades, combat aircraft flown by the U.S. and its European allies have pretty much owned the sky.
September 26, 2016 Pentagon chief, an expert on nukes, says little about them As defense secretary to a president who famously envisioned "a world without nuclear weapons," Ash Carter has said remarkably little about them.
September 25, 2016 Pentagon chief is expert on nukes but says little about them As defense secretary to a president who famously envisioned "a world without nuclear weapons," Ash Carter has said remarkably little about them.
September 22, 2016 Air Force identifies pilot who died in California U-2 crash The pilot who died after ejecting from a U2 spy plane that crashed in northern California was identified as Lt. Col. Ira S. Eadie.
September 21, 2016 US flies bombers over South Korea again in show of force The United States has flown a pair of supersonic bombers over ally South Korea for the second time in as many weeks in a show of force following North Korea's latest nuclear test earlier this month.
September 20, 2016 Pilot dies after U-2 spy plane crashes in California One pilot died and another was injured after they ejected from a US Air Force U-2 spy plane that crashed in Northern California Tuesday, an Air Force spokesman confirmed.