US Believes Al Qaeda Leader in Yemen 'Likely' Killed by Airstrike, Source Says Qassim al-Rimi is believed to have died as a result of the attack but his death has not been confirmed.
US Has No Immediate Plans to Boost Forces to Counter Iran: Pentagon The U.S. is awaiting a final assessment from the Saudis on "where they believe the attacks came from."
Reports: MQ-9 Drone Shot Down over Yemen Officials with U.S. Central Command say they're looking into reports that an MQ-9 Reaper has been shot down in Yemen.
SOCOM Chief: Yemen Raid Wasn't Hastily Planned Reports that the Jan. 29 special operations raid in Yemen was a result of hasty planning are "absolutely incorrect."
Pentagon to Bill Saudi Arabia, UAE $331 Million for Fuel and Flight Hours The U.S. will seek reimbursement for $331 million from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Mattis Calls on Senate to Shelve Resolution Against Saudis Mattis argued that acting to punish Saudi Arabia now could derail the latest effort to convene peace talks on Yemen.
Saudi Coalition Down '1 to 2' Tankers of Fuel Daily After US Ends Refueling Mission The Saudi-led coalition striking Houthi rebels in Yemen is losing roughly one to two tankers worth of U.S. fuel per day.
Mattis: US Has to Work With Saudis for Peace in Yemen Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Saudi help was vital to his efforts to jump-start peace talks on Yemen.
Mattis' Push for Yemen Peace Talks This Month Has Failed, UN Says Saudi-led military operations are "increasingly confining populations and cutting off exit routes."
Mattis Pushes for Negotiated Cease-Fire in Yemen's Civil War "We've got to replace combat with compromise," the defense secretary said.
Pentagon Again Expanding Military Border Zones, This Time in Arizona The newest military zone in Arizona -- the fourth border zone created by the Trump administration -- will encompass 140 miles...
Football Dreams Led to 'Fat Boy Flight' and an Over-Forty-Year Air Force Career In 1971, as a high school senior and captain of the football team, I assumed a college athletic scholarship was in my future...
US Contractors Say Their Colleagues Are Firing Live Ammo as Palestinians Seek Food in Gaza Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal...
Tensions Are Rising Between Russia and Azerbaijan. Why Is This Happening Now? Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan...
Army Creating New Artificial Intelligence-Focused Occupational Specialty and Officer Field Service planners are moving to establish a new enlisted military occupational specialty focused on artificial intelligence...