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Air Force colonel recounts ‘Dude 44’ rescue that put almost 100 troops inside Iran

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted Yesterday

Last of Air Force’s longest-deployed planes finally gets to retire

By Matt White, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 12, 2026

Air Force pilot receives top safety award for saving F-22

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 12, 2026

Why the Air Force tanker fleet is falling apart

Posted on Sep 11, 2026

Air Force tunes up quantum navigation for a fight without GPS

Posted on Sep 10, 2026

Combat troops now need to score at least 70% on fitness tests

By Austin Campbell

Posted on Sep 10, 2026

Vermont F-35 wing returns home after 9-month deployment across two hemispheres

By Nicholas Slayton, Matt White

Posted on Sep 9, 2026

These are the combat arms jobs that have a new fitness test

By Austin Campbell

Posted on Sep 9, 2026

2 Air Force cargo planes report for boot camp duty

Posted on Sep 8, 2026

Final Air Force review finds M18 pistols ‘safe, reliable’

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 6, 2026

Air Force ‘immediately’ stops use of Minuteman III communications testers after chemical exposure

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 30, 2026

In Iceland, Air Force special ops crews test gliders for resupply

Posted on Aug 28, 2026

Air Force officer killed in remote Alaska crash was a ‘positive leader’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 25, 2026

US destroyed a lost Reaper drone after hard landing in Middle East

Posted on Aug 20, 2026

Air Force security teams want to train with Chinese-made drones at nuclear base

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 19, 2026

Special ops commander relieved, another reassigned at Air National Guard Wing

By Matt White, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 17, 2026