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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
News

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)
News

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
News

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
News

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

Rocket Launch
News

Airman reenlists as SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts into space

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 24, 2025

A base entrance sign with the U.S. Air Force logo and the words Kirtland Air Force Base written on it.
News

Airman dead in shootout at Kirtland Air Force Base

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Feb 22, 2025

An X-37B onboard camera, used to ensure the health and safety of the vehicle, captures an image of Earth while conducting experiments in a highly elliptical orbit in 2024. As part of the X-37B's seventh mission, the vehicle executed a series of first-of-its-kind maneuvers, called aerobraking, to safely change its orbit using minimal fuel. (U.S. Space Force Courtesy Photo)
News

US military releases first photo from orbit from its mysterious space plane

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Feb 21, 2025

A Tuskegee Airman describes an air-to-air dogfight in 'Wings For This Man,' a 1945 Army-produced film on the unit narrated by Ronald Reagan.
History

Ronald Reagan narrated a short film in 1945 about the Tuskegee Airmen

By Matt White

Updated on Feb 20, 2025

New York Air National Guard Senior Airman Caleb Lapinel left) checks the map with another Soldier will participating in the international course conducted annually by the Brazil Jungle Warfare Center, known as CIGS for its Portugese initials, as an instructor looks on. Lapinel was the only American in the class of ten.( Courtesy Photo)
News

Welcome to the jungle: Meet the New York Guardsmen who took on Brazil’s infamous jungle warfare school

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 19, 2025

An Alaska Army National Guard CH-47F Chinook assigned to 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, operates Feb. 2, 2025, at the Whitehorse airport, Yukon Territory, Canada. The Chinook crew supported the repair of a 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk that had rescued two victims of a Jan. 26 ultralight plane crash near Faro, Yukon Territory. (Photo courtesy of Simon Blakesley)
News

Alaska rescue units had a hell of week: 3 planes, 2 countries and 1 stuck helicopter

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 13, 2025

Air Force promotions
News

Air Force says delay in test cycle for 35,000 airmen shouldn’t impact promotions

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 12, 2025

U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II aircrafts, assigned to the 115th Fighter Wing, Wisconsin Air National Guard, being prepared for the morning flight during Sentry Savannah 25-1, at the Air Dominance Center, Savannah Air National Guard Base, Georgia, Jan. 21, 2025. Sentry Savannah is the Air National Guard’s premier fourth- and fifth-generation fighter integration exercise, with this year’s event involving more than 1,000 participants and 56 aircraft from eight flying units. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Xaviera Stevens)
News

Airmen say ‘people first, mission always’ is falling by the wayside in DEI crackdown

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 11, 2025

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, assigned to the 122nd Fighter Wing, performs a sortie above the 122nd Fighter Wing in Fort Wayne, Indiana, May 3, 2024. The F-16, originally from Holloman Air Force Base, executed a routine flying pattern for training. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Halley Clark)
News

How a broken part in a jet engine’s ‘blind spot’ brought down an Air Force F-16

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 7, 2025

Actor Anthony Mackie, who plays Captain America, flies as the passenger of a tandem freefall jump with an Air Force pararescue tandem master at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
News

Air Force PJs welcomed the new Captain America with a freefall jump

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 6, 2025

Doug Collins
News

The new secretary of Veterans Affairs is an Air Force chaplain and Iraq War veteran

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 4, 2025

Tuskegee Airman, Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr. celebrating his 100th birthday.
History

Tuskegee airman who notched three air-to-air victories in one day dies at 100

By Joshua Skovlund

Updated on Feb 3, 2025

The Air Force returned the 'gig line' — a straight alignment of shirt, belt and fly — to it's official uniform regulation.
News

The ‘gig line’ is back in the Air Force even if you didn’t know it ever left

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 3, 2025

Brig. Gen. Erik Quigley fired
News

Air Force one-star general fired for ‘inappropriate personal relationships’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 29, 2025

Air Force shaving waivers will soon expire under new policy
News

Air Force shaving waivers will soon expire under new policy

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 28, 2025

Five men stand listening to their instructor who is pointing at a plane.
News

Boot camp recruits will learn about Tuskegee Airmen, Air Force insists

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jan 26, 2025

Air Force cuts Tuskegee Airmen, WASP history class from boot camp on Trump order
News

Air Force cuts Tuskegee Airmen, WASP history class from boot camp on Trump order

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jan 25, 2025

Airmen of the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing take part in a 9/11 20th anniversary ceremony in Sioux City, Iowa September 11, 2021. During the ceremony 185th Wing Commander Col. Muckey reminded members of the importance of remembering the events that took place on September 11, 2001 and the many achievements the unit had accomplished since. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Ter Haar/Released)
News

Army and Air Force sweep out DEI-coded programs

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jan 23, 2025

Capt. Jordan Wiggins, 23d Fighter Group pilot, speaks into his HGU-55/P helmet prior to departure July 2, 2020, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. Wiggins is flying one of the two A-10s assigned to the 23d Fighter Group that are scheduled to conduct a flyover as a part of the 2020 Salute to America in Washington, D.C., celebrating the United States of America’s 244th birthday. The flyover provides the men and women of the 23d Fighter Group the opportunity to demonstrate capabilities and join in national celebration, while obtaining necessary training hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Kaylin P. Hankerson)
News

Cancer rates in military pilots and other aviators could get a closer look

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jan 23, 2025

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 14th Airlift Squadron, 437th Airlift Wing, flies overhead during a strategic mobility exercise as part of Service Level Training Exercise 2-24 at Camp Wilson, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Jan. 25, 2024. Joint interoperability between the Air Force and the U.S. Marine Corps enables Marine units to rapidly embark on C-17’s, allowing the Marine Corps to provide support for expeditionary operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Richard PerezGarcia)
News

Air Force planes will fly deportation flights under Trump order

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 23, 2025

Lohmeier and Scheller
News

Two officers were fired for bucking their chain of command. Now they’re going to work at the Pentagon.

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 22, 2025

A commanding officer stands over another's shoulder, pointing at a screen.
News

Space Force officer who was relieved of command tapped for senior Air Force role

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jan 18, 2025

Air Force uniform inspections
News

Air Force ‘standards update’ includes more inspections and review of ‘waivers and exceptions’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 10, 2025

Air Force F016
News

Air Force F-16 drops external fuel tank over Florida city

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Jan 8, 2025

A-10s
News

A-10s still flying in Iraq and Syria even as ‘Warthog’ units get put out to pasture

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 7, 2025

Members of the 8th Maintenance Squadron at Kunsan Air Base in South Korea work on an F-16 during an exercise in 2013. ((U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Fowler)
Military Life

Air Force expands the number of skilled jobs up for retention bonuses

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Dec 28, 2024

U.S. Marine Corps. Col. Matthew Danner, front, the commanding officer of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, addresses his Marines during a formation on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, May 9, 2024. Danner and Sgt. Maj. Charles Peoples, the sergeant major of the 31st MEU, led the weekly formation for a final time, in advance of a change of command. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Peter J. Eilen)
News

Opinions of lower-ranking troops could soon be considered in officer promotions

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Dec 17, 2024

A U.S. Air Force F-16C displays the new “Jersey Jerk” in honor of retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Donald Strait. U.S.
News

New Jersey Air Guard names an F-16 “Jersey Jerk” to honor World War II ace

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 16, 2024

Chief Master Sgt. Tiffany Zaloudek, Deputy SERE Career Field Program Manager, poses on Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex, Texas, on Oct. 5, 2024. Zaloudek is the first female SERE Specialist to earn the rank of Chief Master Sgt. and has spent her career proving that women can be both strong and feminine. (U.S. Air Force photo by Miriam Thurber)
News

Meet the first woman to make Chief Master Sgt in the Air Force’s rugged SERE world

By Matt White

Posted on Dec 12, 2024

Cadets stand in a cordon during the U.S. Military Academy homecoming weekend alumni wreath laying ceremony at the Thayer Monument at West Point, New York, on Oct. 19, 2024.. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Alan Brutus)
News

Military academies saw drop in reports of sexual assault and harassment but rates remain high

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Dec 12, 2024

On Dec. 8, Air Force warplanes, including B-52s, A-10s, and F-15s struck 75 ISIS targets across Syria.
News

US warplanes strike 75 ISIS targets in Syria: ‘We saw the opportunity and we took it’

By Nicholas Slayton, Jeff Schogol

Updated on Dec 9, 2024

Maj. Caitlin Oviatt, 55th Logistics Readiness commander, inspects a shaving waiver during an open ranks inspection on July 9, 2024. Open ranks was being conducted as part of an Air Combat Command initiative to boost troop readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Chad Watkins)
Military Life

Beards in the Air Force and Space Force will be debated in Congress

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Dec 9, 2024

Meeker Wright Patterson
News

Air Force base commander faces court-martial for adultery, fraternization

By Matt White

Posted on Dec 5, 2024

A B-1 bomber rumbles down the flightline at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., July 24, 2012 as part of a training mission. Each of the B-1's four engines is capable of producing 30,000-plus pounds of thrust.
News

To build a runway for the new stealth bomber, the Air Force is moving 17 B-1s to a new base

By Matt White

Posted on Dec 5, 2024

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue, Commanding General of the XVIII Airborne Corps, gives a speech during an uncasing ceremony at Fort Stewart, Georgia, May 16, 2024. The uncasing ceremony is an Army tradition that represents the point in time when a unit’s mission overseas is complete. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jonathon Downs)
News

How generals and admirals get promoted now and how that may change under Trump

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Nov 25, 2024

Archaeologists use measuring tapes and underwater cameras to record and document a WWII aircraft site in Papua New Guinea. Photo: Project Recover — Project Recover is a collaborative effort to enlist 21st-century science and technology in a quest to find and repatriate World War II MIAs to bring recognition to the service member, closure for their families, and to help a grateful Nation keep its sacred promise to bring our MIAs home. As a result of Project Recover’s missions, there are 84 MIAs awaiting recovery at this time (January 2020). Since 1993, Project Recover (formerly The BentProp Project) has located 30+ downed World War II US aircraft associated with scores of MIA service members.
History

Meet the team helping recover missing U.S. troops from deep underwater

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Nov 20, 2024

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Jason Burkett, commanding officer, Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, speaks to Marines during a battalion formation at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Feb. 1, 2024. This battalion-wide formation was held to brief future events and address questions regarding the battalion. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Juan Diaz)
News

Suicide rates among active duty troops, spouses and dependents have increased since 2011

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Nov 14, 2024

William Anders' "Earthrise." (photo courtesy NASA)
History

The Air Force once almost nuked the Moon

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 10, 2024

Twenty sets of family members from the Minnesota National Guard’s 148th Fighter Wing deployed together earlier this year, which included parents, siblings, spouses, cousins, uncles and nephews.
News

20 sets of military family members serving in the National Guard deploy to Japan

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Nov 5, 2024

Airmen of the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing take part in a 9/11 20th anniversary ceremony in Sioux City, Iowa September 11, 2021. During the ceremony 185th Wing Commander Col. Muckey reminded members of the importance of remembering the events that took place on September 11, 2001 and the many achievements the unit had accomplished since. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Ter Haar/Released)
News

Federal judge tosses lawsuit that challenged Pennsylvania military ballots

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 29, 2024

Screenshot of the video game Command, showing a two-dimensional grid off of the Korean Peninsula and a ship on the western side of it.
Culture

The Air Force is letting troops play this wargame on its secure networks

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 27, 2024

RAF Mildenhall Housing
News

Air Force families at RAF Mildenhall forced to move due to condemned homes

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 23, 2024

A F-16D Fighting Falcon assigned to Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., sits on an alert mission during EXERCISE BAMBOO EAGLE 24-1 Feb. 1, 2024, at March Air Reserve Base, California. Bamboo Eagle is an exercise designed to provide an expeditionary air base environment where allied forces focused on Agile Combat Employment command and control, Air Superiority, and Joint War at Sea. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kekoa Santiago)
News

How a parked F-16 suffered $30 million in damage

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 21, 2024

A US. Air Force B-2 Spirt assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base receives fuel from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 assigned to the 185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National Guard in the sky over northwest Missouri on August 29, 2018. U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot
News

B-2 bombers strike Iran-backed Houthi targets in Yemen

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 17, 2024

Temporary living quarters were established in the fitness center at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, Sept. 30, 2024, to accommodate members of the 823rd RED HORSE. Deployed from Hurlburt Field, Florida, these Airmen are supporting recovery efforts following the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jessi Roth)
News

How Moody Air Force Base rode out a direct hurricane hit

By Matt White

Posted on Oct 9, 2024

Tower 22
News

3 Air National Guardsmen awarded Purple Hearts for Tower 22 attack in Jordan

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 9, 2024

Soldiers from A Co., 53rd BEB, clear streets of debris from Hurricane Helene in St. Pete Beach to prepare for Hurricane Milton, Oct. 8, 2024. The Florida National Guard clears debris and prepares critical infrastructure ahead of Hurricane Milton’s landfall. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Brandon Miles)
News

Thousands more National Guard troops activated ahead of ‘destructive and life-threatening’ Hurricane Milton

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Oct 9, 2024

Troops prepare for Hurricane
News

Military bases in Florida prepare for Category-5 Hurricane Milton

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 7, 2024

A KC-135 Stratotanker lands on a runway on a large field at MacDill Air Force Base, a city skyline behind it.
News

MacDill Air Force Base orders partial evacuation ahead of Milton storm

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 6, 2024

Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, Commander, U.S. Transportation Command, prepares to take her fini-flight at Scott Air Force Base, IL, Sept. 24, 2024. The fini flight is a long-standing Air Force tradition, marking a pilot's departure from a unit or the final time they fly an aircraft while in that role. (DOD photo by Iain Page)
News

U.S. military’s longest-serving woman 4-star general retires from Air Force

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Oct 4, 2024

U.S. Air Force Capt. Elizabeth "Sully" Brakefield, 344th Air Refueling Squadron pilot, smiles for a photo in the cockpit of a KC-46A Pegasus May 28, 2024, over the midwestern United States. Capt. Brakefield experienced a reunion at 25,000 feet when she refueled her brother's U.S. Navy EA-18 Growler during an aerial refueling mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gavin Hameed)
News

Brother and sister meet in the sky during refueling mission

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Oct 4, 2024

NORAD
News

Russian Su-35 evokes Cold War antics by ‘headbutting’ US F-16 in Alaska air defense zone

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Oct 1, 2024

A KC-135R assigned to the Utah Air National Guard's 151st Air Refueling Wing conducts air refueling operations with A-10s assigned to the 23rd Fighter Group, Moody Air Force base, Georgia. The A-10s received fuel during their cross-country flight enroute to Nellis Air Force base, Nevada. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. John Winn)
News

Moody Air Force Base, Fort Eisenhower under partial evacuation orders

By Matt White

Posted on Oct 1, 2024

CMS Venning removed from position
News

Command chief fired at Keesler Air Force Base after investigation ‘warranted removal’

By Matt White

Posted on Sep 26, 2024

Here’s the deal with the Air Force PT uniform
News

Here’s the deal with the Air Force PT uniform

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 26, 2024

The variable In-flight Simulator Aircraft (VISTA) flies in the skies over Edwards Air Force Base, California, 26 August. The aircraft was redesigned from NF-16D to the X-62A, June 14,2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kyle Brasier)
Military Life

At famous home for test pilots, the Air Force is testing a new approach to housing

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 13, 2024

The 354th Fighter Generation Squadron poses for a group photo for the final time at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 24, 2024. The 354th FGS maintained A-10C aircraft to conduct close air support, forward air control, airborne, and combat search and rescue for theater commanders worldwide. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class William Finn V)
News

The A-10 era is over for this legendary Air Force attack squadron

By Matt White

Posted on Sep 11, 2024

Marines CFT Air Force
News

Four Marines trained an Air Force base to take the Marine Corps fitness test. The Air Force gave them medals for it.

By Matt White

Posted on Sep 9, 2024