Kyle Rempfer

Staff Reporter

Kyle Rempfer was an editor and reporter who has covered combat operations, criminal cases, foreign military assistance and training accidents. Before entering journalism, Kyle served in U.S. Air Force Special Tactics and deployed in 2014 to Paktika Province, Afghanistan, and Baghdad, Iraq.

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Troops sent to bolster NATO begin turnover as US mulls larger footprint in Europe

“The deployments are one-for-one unit replacements, which will leave our overall force posture in the region — approximately 100,000 — unchanged,” the Pentagon's spokesman said.

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Army looks to take Stryker vehicles out of Alaska

“We are looking at potentially taking the Strykers out of Alaska,” the Army secretary told senators.

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ICBMs receive $68M upgrade

The Air Force's Minuteman III ICBMs receive $68 million upgrade.

Combat controller to receive Air Force Cross for actions during fierce Afghan battle

Staff Sgt. Richard Hunter will be the 11th Air Force Special Operations Command recipient of the Air Force Cross since the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

New weather sensors could save lives downrange

The device is already being used by select units in the U.S. Africa Command area of operations and could soon be purchased by the wider Defense Department.

The Air Force faces a new era of intelligence gathering

The Air Force must rapidly adapt its fleet of information gathering aircraft, or risk being outpaced by its adversaries, officials said.

New tech for battlefield airmen

Several exhibitors at the Air Force Association’s annual conference brought their latest tech and gadgets for battlefield airmen.

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MH-6 Little Bird’s future and Special Operations Forces aviation updates

Are extreme-range sniper rifles coming to special operations?

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UK Navy to buy six vessels, enter new ‘golden age’ of shipbuilding

US and Japan sign agreement to co-develop hypersonic interceptor

House bill: Time to put Air Force’s ‘flying car’ concept into action

Australia unveils record $37 billion defense budget

Lockheed running out of parking space amid F-35 delays, says watchdog