- + Maryland Air National Guard to Add DC Fighter Squadron as Federal Budget Negotiations Settle—U.S. Sens. Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, Maryland Democrats, called it a “win-win scenario” that preserves Maryland’s flying mission and the work o...
- + Is the NORAD Santa Tracker Safe from a Government Shutdown?—NORAD's annual tracking of Santa has endured since the Cold War, predating ugly sweater parties and Mariah Carey classics. [Link to media]
- + Air Force Tears Down Historic Wright-Patterson House After $1.2M Renovation—A little over a decade after the Air Force spent some $1.2 million to renovate a former officer's home on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, the home wa...
- + Senate OKs Move of Space-Focused National Guard Units. Colorado Governor Says Air Force Wouldn't Negotiate.—The Senate approved the annual defense bill Wednesday that moves National Guard units into the active-duty Space Force after facing opposition from ev...
- + DC Air National Guard Will Lose Fighter Jet Squadron to Maryland as Part of Government Funding Deal—The transfer of the fighter squadron comes after it appeared earlier this year that Maryland would be left as the only state without a National Guard ...
- + Lessons from the Air Force Kitchen Police: Volunteer for Everything. Even Pots and Pans—When Ed Meagher reported to Air Force basic training on June 15, 1966, he was a 19-year-old college dropout. Despite two years of college ROTC, he rea...
- + The Air Force's Faltering Effort to Get More Diversity Among Officers May Be Out of Time—The diversity targets set in 2022 marked the first time in nearly a decade that the service had amended the benchmarks for commissioning officers from...
- + After a Yearslong Delay, Air Force Agrees to Send More Refueling Planes to Alaska—Four additional KC-135 Stratotankers, the lynchpins of the U.S. military's aerial refueling operations, have been assigned to Eielson Air Force Base n...
- + Civilian Defense Department Employees Can Now Shop at Some Commissaries Under Pilot Program—The program, which began Dec. 5, is being conducted at 16 bases nationwide. [Link to media]
- + Do Air Shows Really Help Military Readiness and Recruiting? Congress Plans to Find Out.—Lawmakers want the secretary of defense to brief Congress on how sending military aircraft to air shows affects recruiting and readiness, as well as s...
- + Sexual Assaults at Service Academies Are Finally Down, But Female Cadets Still Wary of Reporting—The Pentagon said Thursday it has managed to make a major dent in the number of sexual assaults at the nation's three service academies, but its newly...
- + Transgender Troops, Confronting Shifting Policies of Acceptance, Just Want to Serve—Transgender troops' right to serve -- perhaps even to fight and die for a nation they volunteered to defend -- has been subject to a whiplash-inducing...
- + Chinese Citizen Arrested After Allegedly Flying Drone, Taking Photos of Space Force Base—Federal investigators arrested a 39-year-old man this week after accusing him of flying a drone and taking pictures of Vandenberg Space Force Base in ...
- + Congress Shaves Beard Pilot Program for Air Force, Space Force from Must-Pass Defense Legislation—Congress has decided to pass on ordering the Department of the Air Force to establish a pilot program examining whether airmen and Guardians should gr...
- + Maine Senator Introduces Bill to Study Low-Level Blast Injuries on Military Personnel—U.S. Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) unveiled a bill on Tuesday that would study the impact of "repetitive low-level blast injuries" on the military and how...
- + Elon Musk Wants to ‘Stop’ Federal Spending for Lockheed Martin’s F-35. Could That Happen?—Elon Musk, a billionaire with Texas ties and President-elect Donald Trump's ear, wants to cut federal funding for Lockheed Martin's F-35, but eliminat...
- + Boeing Lays Off Another 400 Workers in Second Round of Cuts—The layoffs are part of sweeping job cuts at Boeing, which said in October it planned to reduce its workforce by 10%, or roughly 17,000 people in the ...
- + Air National Guard Units Set to Transfer to Space Force Under Defense Bill Despite States' Opposition—Nearly 600 Air National Guardsmen who focus on space missions would be transferred to the Space Force against the wishes of every governor in the coun...
- + Saving Boeing Is the Hardest Job and Biggest Opportunity in Business—With jet production now constrained by regulators and Boeing bleeding more than $4 billion in cash every three months, the scale of the challenge that...
- + Air Force Osprey Parts Failure Triggers Another Military-Wide Flight Pause for Troubled Aircraft—The Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps have all paused Osprey operations following another parts failure, this time with the Air Force's version of the ...
- + Hundreds of Airmen Will Move from South Dakota Base to North Dakota Starting This Month—Hundreds of airmen and a fleet of B-1B Lancer bombers will be temporarily relocating from Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota to Grand Forks Air ...
- + The 3 FBS Service Academy Football Programs, Ranked—Playing at a service academy means their academics actually matter, and then they have to spend five years serving in the military. [Author: Blake Sti...
- + Space Force's New Component in Japan to Bolster Ally Defenses Amid Rising Threats—Space Force officials announced the creation of a new service component in Japan, as America's ally expands its own space operations and tensions with...
- + Inside the Military's LGBTQ+ Witch Hunts—For those caught up in the witch hunts that rooted out LGBTQ service members, the disgrace is everlasting. [Author: Anne Marshall-Chalmers] [Link to ...
- + Inside the Military's LGBTQ Witch Hunts—For those caught up in the witch hunts that rooted out LGBTQ service members, the disgrace is everlasting. [Author: Anne Marshall-Chalmers] [Link to ...
- + Inside the Military's LBGTQ Witch Hunts—For those caught up in the witch hunts that rooted out LGBTQ service members, the disgrace is everlasting. [Author: Anne Marshall-Chalmers] [Link to ...
- + Former Air Force Commander at Wright-Patterson Charged with Adultery, Faces Court-Martial—A former commander at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, will face a court-martial for adultery and fraternization, the base announced n...
- + The US Military Takes Pride in Religious Diversity. Would Things Change if Pete Hegseth Takes Charge?—The U.S. military has strived over recent decades to present itself as religiously diverse, welcoming personnel of all faiths – or no faith – as it se...
- + Air Force's New Deployment Model Sparks Criticism, Staffing Concerns at Bases—Some Air Force officials are concerned by the service's innovative deployment model, a new government watchdog report revealed, with some wing and com...
- + Family of Airman Killed in Japan Osprey Crash Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit—Scrutiny of the military's Osprey aircraft is ramping up as family members of an Air Force special operations airman who was killed in a crash last ye...
- + Elon Musk, Charged with Cutting Federal Spending, Calls the F-35 a Waste of Money—Billionaire Elon Musk, the man behind Tesla and SpaceX, said on Tuesday on X (formerly Twitter) that the U.S. should pull the plug on the Lockheed Mar...
- + Does the Military Need Social Media Influencers?—New military influencers are popping up daily talking about military life -- the good, the bad and the ugly. [Link to media]
- + Strange Drones Have Been Buzzing US Air Force Bases in the United Kingdom—These latest drone sightings come after it was reported in The Wall Street Journal that mysterious drones swarmed the area around Langley Air Force Ba...
- + Colorado Springs Named Permanent Home for 250 Delta 15 Space Force Guardians, Ahead of Possible Space Command Fight—The Air Force announced last week 250 Space Force guardians with Delta 15, dedicated to protecting and defending operations in space, will be permanen...
- + Fear of Losing US Space Command Unites Colorado’s Congressional Delegation—An intense persuasion campaign is heating up across more than 1,200 miles, from Colorado Springs to Alabama, as both states' congressional delegations...
- + Steel Company Tied to Deadly Air Force Osprey Crash Faced Defective Parts Lawsuit in 2001—Military officials have refused to say whether they're still working with a company responsible for making the gear that failed on an Air Force V-22 O...
- + Air Force's Special Operations Crop Duster Plane Will Be Flown for Training at Oklahoma Base—An Air National Guard base in Oklahoma will host the first formal training unit for the service's armed recon crop duster plane used for special opera...
- + What It's Like to Live and Work with the World's Deadliest Weapon: the Minuteman III ICBM—Some parts of North Dakota, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska are home to some 400 nuclear-tipped ICBMs and the 10,000 service members who are k...
- + Effort Underway to Give Eligible Veterans Easier Access to Military Installations—Under the new program, veterans who enroll at an installation will be able to show their identification at the gate to get onto base. [Link to media]
- + MacDill Airman Gets 5 Years Of Probation in 'Undead Apes' Blockchain Fraud—U.S. District Judge William Jung sentenced Devin Rhoden to five years’ probation, a reflection of Rhoden’s substantial assistance to prosecutors. [Lin...
- + State Lawmaker Pitches Ban on Foreign Adversaries Buying Land near Military Bases—A state lawmaker urged his colleagues to back a plan aimed at keeping foreign adversaries from owning Ohio property within 25 miles of any military ba...
- + The Osprey's Safety Issues Spiked over Five Years and Caused Deaths. Pilots Still Want to Fly It—The Osprey is back in the air after being grounded for months following a crash last November that killed eight U.S. service members in Japan. [Link t...
- + Special Operations Command North Moving from Start-Up Hangar to $55 Million Headquarters—As conflict with Russia and China looms, special forces in the U.S. military are going through a renaissance, reflected in a new $55 million Special O...
- + Pentagon Silent on Elon Musk and Starlink Risks as Military Use Expands—In the past year, U.S. news outlets have reported that Musk, who oversees the satellite internet provider, has developed a close relationship with Vla...
- + Who Is Doug Collins? A Look at Trump's Pick to Head the VA—The former Georgia congressman is a Southern Baptist minister and Air Force colonel. [Author: Patricia Kime, Rebecca Kheel] [Link to media]
- + Trump Picks Former Georgia Congressman Doug Collins to Run Veterans Affairs—Doug Collins, a lawyer and chaplain in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, was one of Trump’s biggest defenders in the U.S. House during Democratic-led impeac...
- + New Pentagon Report on UFOs Includes Hundreds of New Incidents but No Evidence of Aliens—The report's publication comes a day after House lawmakers called for greater government transparency during a hearing on unidentified anomalous pheno...
- + Boeing Layoffs Likely to Impact Military Support Programs —A Boeing senior engineering manager said the cuts in the works target a roughly 10% reduction across the engineers supporting military programs, inclu...
- + The Air Force's Biggest Supporter Gets a Spotlight from Gary Sinise in 'The Real American'—There aren't a lot of folk legends in America anymore, but pilots at Nellis Air Force Base who flew missions for the past four decades can name at lea...
- + Colorado Could Lose US Space Command. Trump Is Expected to Move It to Alabama.—Trump's original decision to place Space Command -- the combatant command tasked with military operations in space that was reactivated in 2019 -- in ...
- + 20,440 Days and Counting. Missing Airman's Family Not Giving Up on Bringing Him Home—Maj. San D. Francisco has been missing since the F-4 Phantom jet he was co-piloting was shot down during a reconnaissance mission over the Ho Chi Minh...
- + Pentagon Secrets Leaker Jack Teixeira Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison by a Federal Judge—A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Massachusetts Air National Guard member to 15 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to leaking highly classif...
- + Air Force Commander of Nuclear Missile Maintenance at Malmstrom Fired After Investigation—Col. Jeremy Russell, the commander of Malmstrom's 341st Maintenance Group, was removed from his role "due to a loss of trust and confidence in Russell...
- + Space National Guard Could Become Reality Under Donald Trump—Trump said during a National Guard Association of the United States conference in August that "as president, I will sign historic legislation creating...
- + National Guard on Standby in Many States as America Faces Tense Election Day—Many of those deployed are "cyber specialists" and civil support teams, an official said, detailing that there are no specific state orders for milita...
- + Former Air Force JAG Lawyer Suspended After Alcohol-Fueled Violent Assaults—William McClain, 46, of Franklin Township, Ohio, was a judge advocate general with the 88th Air Base Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, providin...
- + US Flies Long-Range Bomber in Drill with South Korea, Japan in Reaction to the North's Missile Test—The trilateral aerial training was the second by South Korea, the U.S. and Japan this year. [Author: HYUNG-JIN KIM] [Link to media]
- + Air Force Still Not Seeing Higher Cancer Rates Among Missileers as More Data Is Collected—Current and former airmen who worked with America's nuclear missiles are not at higher risk of being diagnosed with cancer, according to the latest fi...
- + Pentagon Blind to Troop Woes in Areas Across US with Limited Housing Options, Report Finds—The report is just the latest in a long series of government reports and media coverage that shows the Pentagon has been neglecting the housing needs ...
- + Air Force Catches Stray in Ongoing Prank War Between Army and Navy—Army pranksters pulled off a prank for the ages that knocks not only the Air Force Academy and its struggling football squad, but the entire Air Force...
- + Air Force Quarterback Situation in Question Again as Army Showdown Looms—Air Force appears to have its full contingent of quarterbacks as it prepares for a trip to No. 21 Army. [Author: Brent Briggeman] [Link to media]
- + Army and Navy Prep Courses May Be a Recruiting Crisis Silver Bullet. But Other Services Aren't Interested.—The Army and Navy had early recruiting successes with new pre-basic training programs aimed at helping subpar applicants qualify for enlistment, but s...
- + Air Force Overcharged 7,943% for C-17 Hand Soap Dispensers, Watchdog Finds—In all, the service accepted a 7,943% markup, or more than 80 times the commercially available cost, on the soap dispensers for its C-17 Globemaster I...
- + Prosecutors Seek a 17-Year Prison Term for Pentagon Secrets Leaker Jack Teixeira—Prosecutors said Jack Teixeira “perpetrated one of the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history.” [Autho...
- + Peterson Space Force Base Dining Hall Closed Indefinitely After 'Significant Safety Incident'—Guardians and airmen stationed at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado have been without an on-base dining hall facility for months after it was clos...
- + Air Force Reverses Course, Strikes Deal with EPA to Clean Up PFAS-Tainted Water in Arizona—The Air Force has reached an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency to address contaminated drinking water in Tucson, Arizona, despite rec...
- + Air Force Maintainer Blamed for Causing Fighter Jet Fire with Lift Truck, Incident Report Says—The incident occurred Nov. 17 when the maintainer was operating an MJ-1 vehicle, called a "jammer," as crew members were loading ammunition onto a par...
- + 'More Work Ahead': Air Force Chief Says Service Moving Forward on Reorganization—Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin told airmen in a new memo that there's still a lot of work to do as the service undergoes a major organizat...
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