Source: United States Airforce
CMSAF Flosi visited Incirlik Air Base and engaged with Airmen across various units and work centers to reinforce the importance of readiness in this strategically vital location.
Defense News in Brief: EW 25.2: AFSOC heightens warfighting readiness during landmark DLE series
Source: United States Airforce
AFSOC tested its warfighting readiness during Emerald Warrior 25.2, the command’s premier operational exercise held across Arizona and California from July 21 – Aug. 11.
Defense News in Brief: Ready to deploy: 12th Air Task Force achieves final certification
Source: United States Airforce
The 12th Air Task Force achieved its final certification after successfully completing Bamboo Eagle 25-3, setting the standard as one of the first Air Task Forces trained for the Air Force’s new deployment model.
Defense News in Brief: Navy F/A-18E Pilot Safely Recovered After Ejection Off Coast of Virginia
Source: United States Navy
NORFOLK, Va. – At approximately 9:53 a.m. EDT, a pilot assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 83, ejected from an F/A-18E Super Hornet while operating off the coast of Virginia during a routine training flight.
Defense News in Brief: Navy Lodge Goes Cashless – Locations Update Payment Method
Source: United States Navy
Beginning Sept. 1, 2025, Navy Lodge locations will no longer accept cash or personal check for payment. Guests can still use a credit card and MILITARY STAR® Card as well as branded debit cards or gift cards to pay for their stay at a Navy Lodge.
Defense News in Brief: DAF holds service’s first ‘National Signing Day’ at Capitol Hill
Source: United States Airforce
The U.S. Air Force and Space Force held its first National Signing Day ceremony at the historic Rayburn House Office building, Aug. 15.
Defense News in Brief: AMC enables agile and sustained logistics in the Indo-Pacific region during the 2025 DLE series
Source: United States Spaceforce
AMC has sustained operations as part of the U.S. Air Force’s 2025 DLE series across the Indo-Pacific region validating its ability to project and sustain combat power, alongside allies and partners, in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region
Defense News in Brief: Forging the fight together: Synchronizing joint operations in Bamboo Eagle 25-3
Source: United States Airforce
Bamboo Eagle 25-3 pushed the boundaries of 21st-century mission command, leveraging the Distributed Mission Operations Center, or DMOC, to forge agile, resilient leaders.
Defense News in Brief: Northern Edge 2025 kicks off across Alaska
Source: United States Navy
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska — More than 6,400 service members, 100 aircraft, and 7 U.S. and Canadian vessels began participation in exercise Northern Edge 2025, a joint field-training exercise at various locations in-and-around Alaska, on Aug. 17.
Defense News in Brief: U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy Seize Nearly 1,300 Pounds of Cocaine in Eastern Pacific
Source: United States Navy
A U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), embarked aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102), interdicted a suspected drug smuggling vessel and seized approximately 1,296 pounds of cocaine in international waters Aug. 11.