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Houthis have attacked ships in the Red Sea 25 times since November
The latest unsuccessful attack came Thursday morning.
House lawmakers back Space Force fees for use of launch ranges
The bill, if approved, would require commercial launch companies to reimburse the Department of Defense for certain costs.
Space Force crafting framework for commercial fleet access in a crisis
The framework will address five “cornerstone” elements of creating what the service is calling a Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve, or CASR.
Perennial pilot paucity puts Air Force in precarious position
The service has nibbled at the edges of a 2,000-pilot shortage for years.
Airline breakdown upends holiday leave for service members
Active duty military personnel were caught in limbo as thousands of Southwest Airlines travelers got stranded across the U.S. by canceled flights.
Three convicted in 2014 Malaysian jet crash in Ukraine
A Dutch court has convicted three men of murder for their role in shooting down a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet with a Russian surface-to-air missile.
By Mike Corder, The Associated Press
Space Force may seek commercial fleet to augment wartime needs
The service will hold an industry day in January to hear feedback on its concept for a Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve.
US needs ‘North Star’ vision to stay ahead of China in space: report
For the fourth year in a row, space industry leaders are calling for the U.S. to craft a broad, strategic vision to guide its ambitions in space.
Biden nominates former FAA official Ravi Chaudhary as Air Force installations boss
Chaudhary, an Air Force retiree, served as a C-17 pilot before going on to work with NASA, the FAA and others.
The Air Force evacuated 124,000 people from Afghanistan, but its work still isn’t done
The U.S. Air Force is pivoting from orchestrating the massive exodus of over 124,000 Afghans and Americans from a country once again under Taliban rule, to a quieter role helping even more people leave on commercial and privately organized flights.
Pentagon asks airlines for help moving evacuees
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has activated the initial stage of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet program.
By Staff and wire report