Japan Aircraft Scrambled Fewer Times in FY 2023 Compared to FY 2022
Japan Air Self-Defense Force aircraft scrambled fewer times against foreign aircraft during Fiscal Year 2023 compared to FY 2022, according to Japan’s Joint Staff Office. …
AEI Panel: U.S. Should Do More to Quell Sectarian Divide in Iraq
“No one is advocating re-invading Iraq” or sending the United States down “a slippery slope to have 200,000 troops in…
U.S. Pays Philippines $1.97 million for Reef Damage from Guardian Grounding
The government of the Philippines has received a $1.97 million from the U.S. for reef damage caused when the former…
Essay: The New Strategic Realities of U.S. Carrier Operations
Just four days ahead of the 73rd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Navy announced its intention…
House Raises Questions on U.S. Military Force Authorization to Fight ISIS
President Obama’s request for an Authorization for the Use of Military Force to defeat the Islamic State, and sharp questioning…
WEST: Cyber Conflicts Will Test Military Readiness
SAN DIEGO, CALIF. – Confrontations await in cyberspace, and those encounters will test military readiness, speakers said Wednesday at the…
Think Tank Panel Tells House U.S. Military Faces More Challenges, Suggests Pentagon Spending Reforms
When a quartet of defense budget experts was asked how it would spend the Pentagon’s money now versus last year,…
Essay: Boko Haram’s Campaign of Ethnic Cleansing
On Jan. 3, 2015 Boko Haram militants initiated an attack on Baga, a village situated near Lake Chad in northeastern…
WEST: NORAD Head Says Russia Increasing Arctic Long Range Air Patrols
SAN DIEGO, CALIF. – While Russian military aircraft have stepped up their activity everywhere from the North Sea to the…
USS Iwo Jima Standing by to Evacuate U.S. Citizens from Yemen
The amphibious warship USS Iwo Jima (LHD- 7) is standing by in the event it would need to assist in…
Document: John McCain Letter Asking Pentagon Not to Send U.S. Carrier to China
The following is the Feb. 2, 2015 letter from Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to Secretary…