April 5, 2023 Air Force loosens applicants' body fat requirements amid US obesity surge, recruiting struggles The Air Force is lowering its standards for the acceptable level of body fat among recruits as it tries to draw more members to its ranks.
April 5, 2023 DOJ agrees to $144M settlement in Sutherland Springs shooting civil cases alleging background check negligence The Justice Department has reached a $144 million agreement in principle to settle civil cases stemming from a 2017 mass shooting at a church inf Sutherland Springs, Texas.
April 5, 2023 These women veterans are America's forgotten soldiers Despite dozens of contemporaneous accounts and support up the chain of command, more than 300 women service members are designated as having not served.
March 30, 2023 Joint Base Andrews on lockdown after reports of person with assault rifle Maryland's Joint Base Andrews went on lockdown Thursday afternoon in response to reports of a man carrying an "assault-sylte" rifle near the base's housing area.
March 30, 2023 GOP rep stumps top military leaders with question on base drag shows: 'First I'm hearing about that' Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday told Congress they do not support drag shows on military installations, saying that such events are not taxpayer-funded.
March 28, 2023 Video of fighter jets shooting down UFOs over Alaska is classified, won't be released: Pentagon The Pentagon currently has no plans to release footage of UFOs that were shot down over Alaska last month, though as spokesperson acknowledged such footage exists.
March 27, 2023 Air Force says ‘inclusive and equitable culture’ part of strategy to ‘fly, fight and win’ against China A strategy released by a division of the Air Force that supports installations around the country said building an inclusive, diverse culture is a component of creating a lethal force.
March 26, 2023 WWII airman's relative reveals emotion around discovery of great-uncle's remains Keith Levatino of New York learned of Sgt. John Holoka's remains after his family spent over five decades wondering about the details of the airman's death. Levatino talked about the discovery — and about having "closure."
March 24, 2023 GOP Senate candidate's Air Force records allegedly obtained by Democrat firm using his Social Security number Eli Bremer's Social Security number was used by a Democrat Party-aligned firm to improperly receive his military records, the former GOP Senate candidate says the Air Force told him.
March 22, 2023 Former GOP Senate candidate livid after Air Force failed to notify him about release of his military records Robert “Eli” Bremer is livid over the Air Force's failure to notify him about the branch's improper release of his military records, which he first learned of this week.
