AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar – U.S. Central Command conducted a Bomber Task Force mission, Nov. 10, 2022. “This Bomber Task Force mission demonstrates our commitment to regional security and the collective capabilities of our military partners in the region,”…

By Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Grossi 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs AL DHAFRA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES  –  The 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron continues to “Hold the Line” at Al Dhafra Air Force Base, United Arab Emirates. In…

MANAMA, Bahrain  –  Personnel from two U.S. Navy ships rescued three civilian mariners Oct. 26 in the Gulf of Aden after their small motorboat caught fire while transiting international waters. Guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) and patrol…

TAMPA, Fla. – This evening at approximately 10:12 p.m. local time in Syria, a 107mm rocket attack targeting Coalition Forces near the Rumalyn Landing Zone failed. The rocket did not impact inside the compound. No U.S. or partnered forces were…

A Canadian man was sentenced to 20 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $21,500,000 for his role in NetWalker ransomware attacks. The Court will order restitution at a later date. According to court documents, Sebastian Vachon-Desjardins, 35, of Gatineau,…

MANAMA, Bahrain – A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer seized 7,200 kilograms of hashish worth an estimated $10 million from a fishing vessel transiting international waters in the Gulf of Oman, Sept. 28. USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) was operating…

The Department of Defense (DoD) has authorized a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance valued at up to $675 million to meet Ukraine’s critical security and defense needs. This authorization is the Biden Administration’s twentieth drawdown of equipment from DoD inventories…

By Charles Pope Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) -- Offering a report card on the state of transformation across the Air and Space Forces, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall said June 24 that…

The United States has committed approximately $6.8 billion in security assistance to Ukraine, including approximately $6.1 billion since the beginning of Russia’s unprovoked invasion on February 24. On June 23, the Department of Defense (DoD) authorized security assistance valued at…

A former U.S. Army helicopter pilot-turned-civilian-contractor pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting that he acted as an unregistered agent of China and accepted thousands of dollars from representatives of the Chinese government to provide aviation-related information from his defense-contractor…

The Defendants Allegedly Conspired to Silence Critics of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the United States and Abroad A U.S. citizen and four officials from China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) were charged in an indictment, unsealed in…

MANAMA, Bahrain – A U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutter seized illicit narcotics from a fishing vessel while conducting patrols in the Gulf of Oman, May 15. USCGC Glen Harris (WPC 1144) seized 182 kilograms of heroin, 182 kilograms of…