We’ve heard your feedback from the field, and we listened,” CMSAF David Wolfe said about dropping quarterly standards and readiness reviews.

The service struck a deal with Lufthansa to get the two 747-8is for $400 million. Boeing’s 747-8is are larger and more modern than the aging 747-200 fleet currently in operation, and the jets are needed to help with crew training and spare parts, according to the Air Force.

The U.S. launched military strikes Friday on multiple sites in in Syria to “eliminate” Islamic State group fighters and weapons in retaliation for an attack by a Syrian gunman that killed two U.S. troops and an American civilian interpreter almost a week earlier.

Air Mobility commander nominated to be vice chief; Oklahoma Air National Guard commander to be top judge advocate general.

A new type of Air Force expeditionary unit designed to deploy in a crisis recently tested how to fight and survive across vast distances in the Pacific

Raytheon was awarded a contract from the Air Force to put its air-cooled, compact PhantomStrike fire control radar into the X-62 as part of its upgrades.

Jordan confirmed Saturday that its air force took part in strikes launched by the United States on Islamic State group targets in Syria in retaliation for the killing of three U.S. citizens earlier this month.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei decided to appoint Brigadier General Alireza Elhami as commander of the Army Air Defense Force and Brigadier General Bahman Behmard as commander of the Iranian Army Air Force, according to the semi-official Mehr News Agency.

A close call involving a JetBlue flight and a U.S. military aircraft has sparked concern over flight safety in a region with heavy military activity.