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Air Force pilots 'step' to an A-10 for a flight with the Airus device, a new system designed to let pilots — particularly women — relieve themselves safely and easily during flight.
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Air Force pilots get a new way to pee at 30,000 feet

By Patty Nieberg

Updated on Apr 17, 2025

Command Chief Master Sergeant Anthony Green was fired Monday as the top enlisted leader of Air Force Special Operations Command for a 'loss of confidence.'
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Top enlisted leader of Air Force Special Operations Command fired amid investigation

By Matt White

Posted on Apr 15, 2025

Air Force Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine
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Gen. Caine told wingman on 9/11: ‘Don’t shoot anybody. I’ll make the decision.’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 11, 2025

U.S. Air Force Maj. Douglas Cole, 510th Fighter Squadron pilot, flies an F-16 Fighting Falcon, assigned to the 309th Fighter Squadron, out of Luke Air Force Base for the final time, March 4, 2025, over Luke AFB, Arizona. The phased retirement of F-16s aligns with broader Air Force efforts to prioritize advanced airpower capabilities. Luke AFB’s full shift to the F-35A Lightning II ensures its role as the primary training hub for fifth-generation fighter pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mason Hargrove)
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Pregnant pilots and aircrew grounded for first trimester under new Air Force flying rules

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 2, 2025

Members of the Air Force's NAOC Security Forces flank Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as he boards the E-4B 'Doomsday plane.'
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Those ‘Hegseth bodyguards’ are actually there for the Air Force’s ‘Doomsday’ plane

By Matt White

Posted on Mar 27, 2025

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Officer candidates perform an underwater exercise during an assessment and selection process at Hurlburt Field, Florida, March 5, 2025. STO selection is an arduous mental and physical process that screens candidates to become Air Force Special Tactics leaders, overseeing 14-member Special Tactics teams across the Air Force Special Operations Command enterprise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Raul Mercado)
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This photo of Air Force special ops pool training is chaos. There’s a reason for that.

By Matt White

Posted on Mar 26, 2025

Turbo Weasel
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Air Force kicks off exercise named [checks notes] ‘Turbo Weasel’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 21, 2025

The USS Gettysburg, a a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser and part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, fires Tomahawk cruise missiles at Yemen on March 15, 2025.
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Air Force shoots down Houthi drones launched at Navy carrier strike group

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 16, 2025

Border security
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Here are the latest military units deploying to the U.S.-Mexico border

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 12, 2025

Students in the academic track of the U.S. Army’s Future Soldier Preparatory Course work on improving their math skills during a class at Fort Moore, Georgia. The academic track focuses on improving word knowledge, reading comprehension, arithmetic reasoning, and test-taking skills to help students improve their Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) scores and meet the Army’s enlistment standards. (U.S. Army photo by Toygar Ayla)
Military Life

Budget cuts force military recruit testing stations to close, reduce hours

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 11, 2025

VIKING NEBULA
Culture

The coolest part of this B-52 mission is its name: VIKING NEBULA

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 11, 2025

PACER FORGE
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The Air Force is adding 21 more hours to its final field event at boot camp

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 7, 2025

A U.S. Air Force OA-1K Skyraider II is parked on the flightline at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Jan. 28, 2025. The OA-1K Skyraider II is a new, flexible, cost-effective crewed aircraft adaptable to deliver capabilities in support of defense priorities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Natalie Fiorilli)
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Air Force general says service’s newest plane could be used over the US-Mexico border

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 5, 2025

Air Force’s newest plane, the Skyraider II, honors a legendary aircraft
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Air Force’s newest plane, the Skyraider II, honors a legendary aircraft

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 28, 2025

Air Force Capt. Theresa Ziegler
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This airman cared for a sick passenger for eight hours on an international flight

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 26, 2025

U.S. Air Force Maj. Ryan Jones, 56th Medical Operations Squadron general surgeon, out of Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., teaches Dr. Raul Alfredo Castellanos, Honduran medical student, how to properly suture the skin closed after a surgery in the operating room of the Dr. Salvador Paredes Hospital in Trujillo, Honduras, July 2, 2015. Jones is a one of a number of U.S. Air Force doctors in Honduras as part of the New Horizons Honduras 2015 training exercise. New Horizons was launched in the 1980s and is an annual joint humanitarian assistance exercise that U.S. Southern Command conducts with a partner nation in Central America, South America or the Caribbean. The exercise improves joint training readiness of U.S. and partner nation civil engineers, medical professionals and support personnel through humanitarian assistance activities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. David J. Murphy/Released)
Military Life

Supreme Court refuses, yet again, to review whether military members can sue for malpractice

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 25, 2025