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March 18, 2025

Active-duty US airman charged in killing of missing woman on military base

The airman stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota has been charged with second-degree murder.

March 4, 2025

Air Force announces new unmanned fighter jets will be 'ready to fly this summer'

The U.S. Air Force announced two fighter jets prepared to fly this summer will be the first of their kind to operate unmanned.

March 3, 2025

Trans airmen, Space Force personnel have until March 26 to resign under Trump order: Memo

A weekend memorandum issued to the Air Force and Space Force encourages transgender service members "to elect to separate voluntarily no later than 26 March 2025."

February 27, 2025

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to 'streamline' FAA hiring process amid air traffic control shortage

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Thursday announced a plan to shorten the Federal Aviation Administration hiring process amid an air traffic control shortage.

February 20, 2025

Russian aircraft fly in Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone, US says

Russian military aircraft were spotted flying in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Tuesday and Wednesday, U.S. officials said.

February 14, 2025

Six deadliest non-combat military aviation accidents in the last 5 years

A crash involving a U.S. Navy electronic-warfare aircraft in California this week is drawing attention to non-combat military aviation accidents.

February 13, 2025

US Air Force General says there were over 350 drone detections over 100 bases last year

US Air Force Gen. Gregory Guillot told a senate committee that last year there were 350 drone detections over 100 military installations last year.

February 12, 2025

If Iran goes nuclear, B-2 bomber will get the call

Inspectors say Iran is dangerously close to making a nuclear weapon. If it goes that route, the B-2 bomber has the stealth and payload needed to knock out buried nuclear sites.

February 7, 2025

Bering Air plane carrying 10 people vanishes over Alaska; rescue crews responding to 'item of interest'

A desperate search is underway Friday in Alaska for a missing Bering Air plane that vanished Thursday while carrying 10 people on a flight from Unalakleet to Nome.

January 29, 2025

F-35 fighter jet crashes at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, pilot taken to hospital

An F-35 fighter jet crashed Tuesday after an in-flight malfunction at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, sending the pilot to the hospital.