VIENNA (Reuters) -Austria's plans for an evacuation of its citizens from Israel by military aircraft on Wednesday were thwarted when its only available C-130 Hercules had a technical failure, forcing ...

The Austrian Army received its first eight BvS10 all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) on 21–22 February, BAE Systems announced in a 26 February press release. The first four BvS10 ATVs were handed over to the ...

Austrian troops airlifted a group of German students stranded at a snowbound ski resort Friday, as emergency services scrambled to clear record snowfall across large parts of the country. The army ...

The US State Department has cleared a revised $1.5 billion sale of 12 UH-60M Black Hawks to Austria, adding infrared ...

VIENNA – After World War II, Austria instituted a policy of permanent neutrality, which prohibits it from joining military alliances and has largely kept its troops focused on homeland defense and ...

“The Jagdkommando is the special task force of the Austrian Armed Forces…specially selected, trained, and equipped soldiers carry out their missions under high physical and mental strain. They operate ...

A defense official said the man, 21, was turned down for military service after failing a psychological test. Investigators are asking how he passed another such test to obtain a gun permit. By ...

As Richard Bassett’s superb book For God and Kaiser shows, Austria’s army expressed the idea that dynastic, cultural and economic relations were more important than national identity. Richard Bassett, ...