Jeff Schogol
Tuesday, October 25, 2016 - 07:19
Norway has approved a U.S. request for the small rotational force of 330 Marines, which will be located at Vaernes, about 1,000 miles from the Scandinavian country’s border with Russia, according to a Norwegian government news release.
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 15:06
NATO is sending its most sophisticated radar aircraft to help coordinate the campaign of airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, the alliance decided at its summit meeting in Warsaw, Poland.
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 15:06
Marines from a Special-Purpose Air-Ground Task Force are pre-positioned in Djibouti, Africa, in case they are needed for a crisis response mission in South Sudan, Marine Corps Times has learned.
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 15:06
Turkey has re-opened airspace for Incirlik Air Base after a failed coup of the country's president. The move allows the U.S. to resume airstrikes against the Islamic State terrorist group in Iraq and Syria.
Friday, May 20, 2016 - 07:19
U.S. military personnel in Ecuador are safe following two earthquakes that shook the country on Wednesday, according to U.S. Southern Command.
Monday, March 21, 2016 - 06:07
The U.S. is sending a detachment of Marines to Iraq following a deadly attack on a coalition base in northern Iraq that left one Marine dead and eight more injured.
Friday, December 18, 2015 - 06:53
The U.S. is withdrawing a dozen F-15 fighters from the key Turkish air base of Incirlik, less than two months after their arrival. The fighters — six F-15Cs from the 48th Fighter Wing and six F-15Es from the 48th Fighter Wing — will be returning to Europe. The U.S. will still maintain a dozen A-10 Warthog close-air support fighters at the base, located about 100 miles from the border with Syria.
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 - 06:06
Navy Cmdr. Elissa Smith, a Defense Department spokeswoman, confirmed Tuesday that the U.S. has sent A-10s to Turkey after the French news agency Agence France Presse reported that 12 A-10s had arrived at Incirlik Air Base.
Friday, July 10, 2015 - 06:58
B-52 crews are once again showing that there is nowhere in the world where bad guys can hide from the long arm of U.S. airpower.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - 06:14
The combat mission in Afghanistan may technically be over, but the Air Force still flies missions every day in support of the roughly 9,800 U.S. troops who remain in the country.