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Sixteenth Air Force and Netherland Defense Cyber Command accelerate cyber integration
August 13, 2026 — Modern conflict transcends traditional boundaries. To meet this challenge, leadership from the Sixteenth Air Force and the Netherlands Defence Cyber Command met during a Key Leader Engagement to accelerate bilateral cyber integration on Aug 4...

War Department review to ensure 'NATO 3.0' becomes Europe-led defense alliance
June 22, 2026 — The War Department plans a review of its posture and footprint in Europe to determine how the U.S. is supporting NATO, how partners are supporting NATO and whether what's happening on the ground reflects what President Donald J. Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth believe the alliance should be...

Eucom commander says military relationship wth NATO partners remains strong
March 13, 2026 — During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, the commander of U.S. European Command and supreme allied commander Europe said the U.S. military's relationship with its NATO partners throughout the region remains strong...

Sixteenth Air Force enhances ability to defend forward in NATO Cyber exercise
December 10, 2025 — Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) cyber warriors worked shoulder to shoulder with allies and partners executing full-spectrum defensive cyberspace operations across four time zones during NATO’s flagship multinational cyber defense exercise Cyber Coalition 2025 from Nov. 28 to Dec. 4 in Tallinn, Estonia. ...

Hegseth outlines new National Defense Strategy during speech at Reagan Library
December 8, 2025 — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth presented a preview of the War Department's forthcoming National Defense Strategy during a keynote speech, outlining four lines of effort for the department to take, so as to guarantee peace through strength for the U.S. and its allies in the coming years...

Sixteenth Air Force leads U.S. participation in NATO Cyber Coalition 2025
December 1, 2025 — Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) is participating as the U.S. representative in NATO’s flagship annual Cyber Coalition exercise from Nov. 28 to Dec. 4. Cyber Coalition 2025 brings together 29 NATO allies, seven partner countries, the European Union, more than 1,300 participants, and collaborators from academia and industry to exercise and test the integration of cyberspace into Allied operations and missions. ...

Trump, Zelenskyy, world leaders meet at White House to negotiate peace deal
August 19, 2025 — President Donald J. Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a host of European leaders Aug. 18 to discuss how the ongoing violent war between Russia and Ukraine might be resolved...

Baltic States pledge to meet NATO's 5% GDP military target
July 28, 2025 — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth held an enhanced honor cordon and quadrilateral meeting at the Pentagon, welcoming Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur, Latvian Defense Minister Andris Sprūds and Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovilė Šakalienė...

Hegseth thanks German counterpart for stepping up to defense challenges
July 15, 2025 — Germany committed to a permanent brigade in Lithuania, a sizable purchase of F-35 Lightning II fighter jets, an increase in defense spending and being a key nexus for providing support to Ukraine during a meeting with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon...

NATO leaders pledge to increase defense spending
June 26, 2025 — During a press briefing on the last day of the NATO Summit in The Hague, Netherlands, President Donald J. Trump emphasized the need for all member states to share the financial burden of European defense spending...

DOD leaders highlight need for increased NATO defense spending
April 9, 2025 — To ensure an effective alliance, NATO needs to generate and field forces necessary to provide credible deterrence, increase military spending and take the lead in supporting Ukraine's defense requirements, Katherine Thompson said...

Nominee for Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman: Military's top job is creating peace through strength
April 2, 2025 — Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, nominee for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the military's top priority is to create peace through strength and to fight and win the nation's wars during testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee...

Hegseth tells NATO hard power provides deterrence, defense
February 14, 2025 — Following a meeting of NATO defense ministers on Feb. 13, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that America's allies must do more to defend Europe. And that "doing more" means spending more money, contributing more guns, missiles, troops and hardware, and taking more leadership responsibility. ...

Sixteenth Air Force continues Poland Cyber Command partnership with first-ever malware attack exercise
December 5, 2024 — Poland Cyber Command and Sixteenth Air Force reinforced their commitment to defeating malicious cyber actors in the information environment during a recent Poland Cyber Command delegation visit to Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, from Oct. 29 -31...

Around the Air Force: SECAF strengthens partnerships, Combat Support Instructor Course, and Joint Light Tactical Vehicle debut
September 6, 2024 — In this week's look around the Air Force, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall takes a relationship-building trip to seven European nations, a new combat support instructor course will help Air Task Forces, and the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle makes its debut...

Pentagon official: Alliances are key to U.S. nuclear deterrence advantage
August 2, 2024 — The U.S. maintains an asymmetric strategic advantage through its global network of allies and partners amid increasing competition, a senior Pentagon official said Aug. 1...

JCS chairman puts strategic picture in focus during Aspen talk
July 22, 2024 — Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. gave some insight into the thought processes of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Aspen Security Forum...

Around the Air Force: Mission over function mindset, electric cargo plane test flight, international exercises
July 19, 2024 — In this week’s look around the Air Force, training for Airmen leans toward a mission over function mindset, an electric cargo plane makes a successful test flight, and U.S. Airmen join international troops for two large-scale exercises...

NATO nations face challenges to defend alliance
July 18, 2024 — The NATO alliance is in the midst of a major change in focus and readiness, Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli, the supreme allied commander Europe and commander of U.S. European Command said on July 18...

'Stronger Together' remains lodestar for NATO, JCS chairman says
July 15, 2024 — The relationships and collaboration between NATO allies and partners continue to be the alliance's greatest asset, Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said...