As a city that hosts MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa is no stranger to military drama. The base is the only military facility in the U.S. with two four-star commands,…
The Air Force could delay retirement of the A-10 Thunderbolt II by a few years to meet demand for close-air support missions, Gen. Herbert J. "Hawk" Carlisle, head of Air…
The Pentagon cannot afford to wait any longer to harvest the savings from a new round of base closures, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in the written testimony he submitted…
NORFOLK, Va. — About 7,000 sailors of the Eisenhower Carri…
The newest commander of Air Combat Command took over the service's fighting force on Tuesday to lead the service's transition away from war in the Middle East to fighting smaller-scale…
The recent budget agreement will provide the Pentagon $56 billion in budget relief compared to the discretionary spending caps over the next two years, but it doesn’t lessen DOD’s need…
Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary since December 2013, has been asked to step down from his role as the public face of the Pentagon by new Defense…
We all know it takes years to complete a public works project around here. There are studies, more studies, haggles over financing, and more studies. Once all that is done,…
Reversing sequestration spending caps could create as many as 1.4 million jobs over the next two years, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said Tuesday. At the request of Sen.…