More from David Roza (Page 2)

Aircraft

How a Cold War spy plane went from watching the Soviets to watching the weather for NASA

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Active Duty

How the military makes sure medals don’t look like garbage

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Air Force

Airmen awarded for daring 2020 long-distance hostage rescue mission in Nigeria

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Afghanistan

How airmen used a single Google Doc to save thousands of lives during Afghan airlift

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Africa

The Air Force’s newest rescue helicopter just pulled off its first life-or-death save during a deployment

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Air Force

War game shows just how brutal China’s battle for Taiwan would be

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Air Force

‘I’m gonna miss you’ – Airman says goodbye to 65-year-old tanker he spent 12 years fixing

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Active Duty

The Air Force is changing the way it measures body fat for airmen and guardians

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Afghanistan

Why airmen had to hotwire hundreds of cars during the Afghan airlift

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Africa

How the Army’s largest battle in Somalia since ‘Black Hawk Down’ unfolded

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Air Force

This unusual new Air Force tactic is likely raising alarms in China, expert says

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Active Duty

This airman was just trying to enjoy his honeymoon. He wound up saving a man’s life

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Air Force

How airmen overcame -77 degree weather, frostnip to fix a C-130 in Antarctica

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History

Inside ‘The Hangover Raid’ — The WWII air battle of New Year’s Day, 1945

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Active Duty

This is what happens when Navy pilots land on the wrong aircraft carrier

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Culture

‘We make it fun’ — Inside an Air Force Christmas at 30,000 feet over war-torn Iraq

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Air Force

The Air Force is beefing with an Oklahoma airport over whether a chonky C-17 tore up its runway

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Around the World

Pentagon identifies Marine Raider killed in non-combat incident in Iraq

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Active Duty

The Air Force’s top enlisted leader wants to ‘take away the stigma’ of beard waivers

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Active Duty

‘I’m about to die’ — Former Army paratrooper describes surviving a jump with a broken parachute

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Air Force

Worried about China’s air force? Here’s everything you need to know

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Army

Why Army scientists were called in to investigate the death of a Red Panda at the National Zoo

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Air Force

How airmen stopped a mid-air assault on a C-17 cockpit during the Afghan airlift

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Air Force

‘Is this real?’ — Inside the Air Force’s first medevac flight after the Abbey Gate suicide bombing

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Culture

The Space Force’s top enlisted leader doesn’t know if people are doing it in space

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Air Force

Air National Guard colonel suspended following investigation

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Active Duty

How a Navy ‘assault team’ once stole all four of West Point’s treasured mules

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Air Force

Old Air Force A-10 Warthog learns new trick: Covering fire for B-1B bombers

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Army

Company that 3D-printed Army barracks wants to build habitats on the Moon

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Air Force

Here’s your first look at the new B-21 Raider stealth bomber

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Active Duty

Combat medic ‘voluntold’ to attend Army Best Squad competition ends up dominating the range

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Aircraft

Watch an F-35 faceplant after a landing gear failure in Japan

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Culture

The Space Force won a ‘Call of Duty’ tournament and then the trophy got launched into space

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Air Force

Air Force F-35 maintainer shares what it’s like keeping ‘a flying computer’ ready to fight

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Air Force

Air Force A-10 pilot recognized for saving ground troops’ lives in Afghanistan

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Afghanistan War

A matter of life and death: How this crew chief kept the planes flying during the Kabul evacuation

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Active Duty

All-mom flight of Air Force F-15 fighter pilots takes to the skies

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Active Duty

The Air Force’s admin software is so bad that the top enlisted airman is trolling it

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Air Force

How Air Force maintainers fixed a rescue helicopter that was literally at the end of its rope

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Afghanistan

Airmen who delivered Afghan baby mid-flight during Kabul evacuation to receive Distinguished Flying Cross

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Air Force

Are US military aircraft really as broken as a government watchdog says they are?

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Aircraft

Why the Air Force sometimes uses explosives to get B-52 bomber engines running

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Air Force

Watch an Air Force B-52 Stratofortress go toe-to-toe with a flock of birds

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Military Branches

‘Space troopers’ are real and US Space Command has 300 of them

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Air Force

How airmen perform the fine art of arming F-16 fighter jets with deadly weapons

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Air Force

Why the C-17 is the US military’s flying hospital of choice

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Air Force

What it takes to join the Air Force’s 24/7 ‘SWAT’ team for nuclear missile fields

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Afghanistan

Air Force C-17 crew receives Distinguished Flying Cross for hauling record 823 people to safety during Kabul airlift

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Air Force

Inside the Army school where helicopter pilots learn the dangerous art of mountain flying

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Air Force

These Air Force commandos saved troops under fire for years. Now they are fighting to save their buddies

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Military Branches

Why the Navy is shooting fungus into space

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Aircraft

Navy jet considered ‘beyond repair’ returns to flight 5 years after mid-air collision

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Air Force

Why the Air Force uses a ‘chicken gun’ to launch bird carcasses at its own aircraft

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Culture

What this retro Air Force training video gets right (and wrong) about fighting off sharks

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Air Force

Why a US F-16 that deployed to Saudi Arabia has a hand of cards painted on its tail

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Air Force

We salute this F-15 fighter jet for rocking the most ‘Murica paint job ever

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Afghanistan War

Air Force to award 96 Distinguished Flying Crosses, 12 Bronze Stars for heroic Afghan airlift

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Air Force

Listen to Air Force fighter pilots intercept a ‘renegade’ plane intruding on Biden’s airspace

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Active Duty

The Air Force is testing a new exoskeleton to lighten the load for airmen

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Culture

We salute the USS Decatur for flying its swashbuckling battle flag in a recent exercise

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Afghanistan

‘Don’t quit’ and other lessons from a legendary Air Force PJ’s 26-year career

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Air Force

Racist texts denying an airman a special duty were fake, Air Force investigation finds

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Air Force

Airman receives Bronze Star for helping fight off 2020 attack on Kenya air base

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Around the World

We salute the sailors who spent an entire day picking up a literal ton of trash on a remote island

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