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Lt. Col. Brian Seymour stands next to an Air Force plane at the change of command ceremony for the 71st Student Squadron on May 16, 2025.
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Air Force relieves commander of pilot training squadron

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 13, 2025

An orange sticker with a warning about explosives.
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Munitions depot explosion at Kadena Air Base leaves four injured

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 9, 2025

Concept art of two sleek, futuristic uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft flying in the clouds.
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Air Force sets up new Experimental Operations Unit for Collaborative Combat Aircraft

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 7, 2025

Freedom Flyover
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These Air Force fighters and bombers just flew together for the first time

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on May 28, 2025

Airman 1st Class Me’lik Etienne
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Airman who died in New Mexico lake remembered as ‘bright spot’ in unit

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on May 27, 2025

U.S. Air Force Airmen walk away from an explosive detonation during EPIC CRAB 25 Exercise at Northwest Field, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, May 1, 2025. Explosive Ordnance Disposal locates, identifies and disposes of dangerous hazardous materials, improvised explosives devices and nuclear materials etc. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Adasha Williams)
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Air Force holds epic exercise to blow stuff up, calls it ‘EPIC CRAB’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on May 21, 2025

Air Force HALO jump
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Air Force surprises troops with sudden deadline for reenlistment bonuses

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on May 16, 2025

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon, assigned to the 354th Fighter Wing, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, flies over the Joint Pacific-Alaska Range Complex, during RED FLAG-Alaska 24-1, Apr. 26, 2024. RED FLAG-Alaska provides unique opportunities to integrate various forces into joint, coalition and multilateral training from simulated forward operating bases. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Julia Lebens)
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Air Force F-16’s collision with ducks in Alaska ended in ‘flameout landing’

By Matt White

Posted on May 14, 2025

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Air Force delay on separation and retirement orders isn’t ‘stop loss,’ defense official says

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on May 12, 2025

U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army and U.S. Navy assets line up on the runway for an elephant walk during a routine operational readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 6, 2025. Team Kadena showcased an array of aircraft, demonstrating a portion of the 100+ aircraft operating from the Keystone of the Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tylir Meyer)
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This 53 aircraft ‘elephant walk’ has everything you’d need for a war in the Pacific

By Matt White

Updated on May 9, 2025

David Staib, Senior Airman Logan Staib’s father, poses for a photo in between the retired HH-60G Pave Hawk and Logan’s restored Mustang at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, March 13, 2025. The display of the Pave Hawk and Mustang served as a tribute to Logan’s legacy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Savannah Carpenter)
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How a retired rescue helicopter and a hot rod Mustang honor an airman

By Matt White

Posted on May 8, 2025

Defenders from the 22nd Security Forces Squadron prepare for night operations during Lethal Defender Dec. 2, 2023, at Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range, Kansas. Lethal Defender is a weeklong training exercise designed to train defenders on all elements of the efficient setup and maintenance of expeditionary air bases. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class William Lunn)
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The Army saw a drop in sexual assault reports, while other services went up

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on May 1, 2025

An Air Force pilot adds kindling to a piano burning at Kadena Air Base, Japan, April 14, 2023. Air Force pilots held a piano burning at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia on April 25 in memory of a stunt pilot killed on the base the day before.
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Why Air Force pilots honored an air show pilot by burning a piano

By Matt White

Updated on Apr 30, 2025

Air Force shaving wavers
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Good luck figuring out the Air Force’s algorithm for shaving waivers

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 23, 2025

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

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 11, 2025

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

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 25, 2025

Rocket Launch
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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)
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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)
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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
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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)
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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)
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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.
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Air Force PJs welcomed the new Captain America with a freefall jump

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 6, 2025

Doug Collins
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Air Force planes will fly deportation flights under Trump order

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 23, 2025

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

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 10, 2025

Air Force F016
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Air Force F-16 drops external fuel tank over Florida city

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Jan 8, 2025

A-10s
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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)
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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)
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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.
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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)
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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)
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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.
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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)
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Beards in the Air Force and Space Force will be debated in Congress

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Dec 9, 2024

Meeker Wright Patterson
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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.
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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