July 15, 2021 Former US Air Force master sergeant gets 32 months in prison for weapons, drug trafficking charges A former U.S. Air Force master sergeant was sentenced to just under three years in prison on drugs and weapons trafficking charges in Nevada.
June 30, 2021 Air Force revises physical fitness test to allow walking, planks The U.S. Air Force this week will announce changes to its physical fitness test and will no longer require candidates to run.
June 5, 2021 US Air Force: WWII-era ordnance found in UK is largest haul on record The 48th Civil Engineering Squadron in April recovered a total of 370 .50 caliber rounds from a construction site at Royal Air Force Lakenheath.
May 23, 2021 Newt Gingrich: Waging war – how a group called the Bomber Mafia changed the role of air power Throughout history, the process of imposing one’s will on the battlefield has been brutal and savage. But as military technology advanced during the 20th century, some military officers and strategists began wondering if these innovations could be used to make war less lethal.
April 30, 2021 Air Force intercepting record number of Russian aircraft, Alaska-based lieutenant general says The U.S. Air Force has been under "strain" by an increasing number of Russian aircraft that it's having to intercept off the coast of North America.
February 25, 2021 Florida's Tyndall Air Force Base sees jet crash land; pilots hospitalized Two Air Force pilots were hospitalized in Florida Thursday after their jet crash-landed at Tyndall Air Force Base, authorities said.
February 16, 2021 How the Air Force is playing a key role in the fight against COVID-19 The Civil Air Patrol, known as the C.A.P, is using its aircraft to distribute vaccines to rural and isolated areas so more people can be vaccinated faster.
January 15, 2021 Vice President Pence: The late test pilot Chuck Yeager, first to break sound barrier, makes his last flight Last Dec. 7, the greatest aviator in American history ascended into the heavens. On Friday, joined by my family on Air Force Two, it will be my honor to accompany the widow and earthly remains of retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager, America’s pilot, on his last flight.
January 14, 2021 Alaskan F-35s prepare for major sub-zero Arctic warfare Just in case Santa Claus and his elves wound up needing military protection from an attempted hostile intrusion in the North Pole, the U.S. Air Force was ready with F-35 and F-16 fighter jets poised for rapid attack.
January 10, 2021 Pentagon pursues information 'kill web' at massive speeds Information itself, when it comes to networking an attacking force to expedite sensor-to-shooter time and quicken the “kill web,” is increasingly viewed as a defining weapon of war.
