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Texas Church Shooter Was Kicked Out Of Air Force After Beating His Wife And Child

Oriana Pawlyk and Brendan McGarry, Military.com
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‘We Are A Service That Is Too Small’: An Air Force In Crisis Looks For A Shakeup
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The Air Force Is Asking Retired Airmen To Come Back To Fix Its Ongoing Pilot Shortage

C-5 M Super Galaxy aircraft parked on the ramp on a rainy morning at Travis AFB, California, Apr. 7 2017.

The Air Force’s Largest Plane Is Getting Pulled From The Flight Line After Another Malfunction

Christopher Woody, Business Insider

Photo taken in October 2015 shows North Korea's intermediate-range Musudan ballistic missiles displayed during a military parade. It was reported on May 31, 2016, that Pyongyang fired a missile, possibly a Musudan, but the launch appears to have failed.

Report: US Prepared To Launch Preemptive Strike To Counter North Korea Nuclear Threat

Jared Keller

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft flies over Alaska terrain after refueling Jan. 5, 2013.

5 Reasons An F-22 Raptor Restart Is A Terrible Idea

Here's why an F-22 Raptor restart is not the Air Force's solution to ongoing fiscal constraints.

Jahara W. Matisek

An F/A-18 Hornet conducts a practice flight demonstration at the Great Tennessee Air Show in Smyrna, Tennessee in 2012. On June 2, 2016, a Blue Angels jet crashed during a similar rehearsal in Smyrna. At least one person was reportedly killed.

1 Dead After 2 Elite Jets Crash In Separate Incidents On Same Day

One person was killed in a Blue Angels crash in Tennessee on the same day the Air Force’s Thunderbirds also experienced a crash.

Adam Linehan and Brian Adam Jones