April 1, 2020 Air Force Academy eases coronavirus quarantine rules after 2 suspected cadet suicides United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) leaders said Monday that they will relax coronavirus social distancing measures on the Colorado Springs campus following the back-to-back deaths of two cadets in suspected suicides.
March 18, 2020 Air Force flew 500,000 coronavirus test swabs from Italy to Tennessee The U.S. Air Force has flown half a million coronavirus testing swabs from Italy to Tennessee, the branch’s top general revealed Wednesday.
March 13, 2020 National Guard to deploy 1,000 troops in six states in response to coronavirus The National Guard announced Friday that it is deploying 1,000 troops across six states by the end of the day as part of the national response to the coronavirus pandemic.
March 5, 2020 Joe Biden confronted by veteran over Iraq War support: 'Blood is on your hands!' Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden is taking heat on Twitter after a video of a confrontation between him and members of the group Iraq Veterans Against the War went viral.
February 24, 2020 Air Force recommends discharging airman with white nationalist ties: report An Air Force administrative board has recommended a Colorado airman be discharged for ties to a white nationalist group, according to a Monday report.
February 20, 2020 Alaska airman receives discipline for urinating in coffee maker: report An Alaska-based airman was punished last week for reportedly peeing in an office coffee maker, according to a report.
February 14, 2020 Coronavirus outbreak: American man and daughter speak out from hospital quarantine Three-year-old Annabel Wucinski was readmitted to the hospital and is undergoing coronavirus testing for the second time since she and her father Frank Wucinski evacuated from the disease's epicenter of Wuhan, China.
February 14, 2020 Air Force to allow uniformed members to wear turbans, hijabs, beards in new dress code update, officials say The United States Air Force updated its official dress code policy this month, in observance of religious practices, which will allow military personnel to wear turbans or hijabs as a part of the uniform.
February 9, 2020 Air Force suicides last year surged to highest levels in 30 years Suicides in the U.S. Air Force surged in 2019 to the highest levels in at least three decades, despite years of effort by all military services to counter a problem that parallels the U.S. civilian population, the military confirmed.
February 5, 2020 Space Force vice commander: Service members won't be called 'spacemen' Members of the newly created Space Force still don't have a title, officials said Wednesday while also saying they won't be referred to as "spacemen."
