http://www.airforcetimes.com en-us Copyright 2013, airforcetimes.com SaxoTech Online Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:49:50 -0400 15 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130518/NEWS/305180004 Lt. Col. Shaye Molendyke has seen the mental health effects of war up close and personal. She worked the psychiatric ward at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, and daily, she saw the invisible effects of war on troops. Sat, 18 May 2013 11:01:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130518/NEWS/305180004 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130517/NEWS/305170031 E-mails released by the White House that describe how the CIA's assessment of the Benghazi attack was edited to exclude any mention of terrorism appear to be part of a routine process by Washington bureaucrats, says a former CIA agent who used to take par Fri, 17 May 2013 18:31:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130517/NEWS/305170031 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130517/NEWS/305170024 Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday ordered the military to recertify all 25,000 people involved in programs designed to prevent and respond to sexual assault, an acknowledgement that assaults have escalated beyond the Pentagon's control. Fri, 17 May 2013 18:21:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130517/NEWS/305170024 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130517/NEWS/305170030 After a decade of war, the military may have become soft on some sexual assault offenders, the Pentagon's top officer said Friday. Fri, 17 May 2013 18:21:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130517/NEWS/305170030 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130517/NEWS/305170022 The Defense Department is making a final plea to Congress to cap the 2014 military pay raise at 1 percent. Fri, 17 May 2013 14:28:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130517/NEWS/305170022 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130517/NEWS/305170021 It may not have the level of attention of operations in Afghanistan, but Air Force refueling operations just surpassed 200 missions over four months while assisting the French in Mali. Fri, 17 May 2013 14:14:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130517/NEWS/305170021 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130517/NEWS04/305170020 It was the first time the new F-35A was refueled with a nontest pilot in the cockpit, and for all the excitement, it was a 'nonevent,' the pilots and boom operators said. Fri, 17 May 2013 13:58:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130517/NEWS04/305170020 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130517/NEWS/305170011 A North Las Vegas man stationed at Nellis Air Force Base has been charged with murdering his wife. Fri, 17 May 2013 11:17:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130517/NEWS/305170011 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130517/NEWS/305170007 Stateside military bases are generating 130 megawatts of solar energy - a modest amount that's only enough to power 22,000 homes, but still a step the solar power industry says is improving national security. Fri, 17 May 2013 10:32:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130517/NEWS/305170007 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130517/BENEFITS07/305170008 Concerned that teenage obesity has dramatically reduced the number of people eligible for military service, Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., has introduced legislation to create an education program about healthy lifestyles. Fri, 17 May 2013 10:30:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130517/BENEFITS07/305170008 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS/305160030 President Obama said Thursday the nation's military leaders told him they are 'ashamed' of their failure to end sexual abuse in the armed services, and he promised an accelerated effort to find solutions. Fri, 17 May 2013 13:58:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS/305160030 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS/305160022 Lawmakers are wrestling with changes in the military justice system to improve investigation and prosecution of rape and sexual assault cases, with a push toward handling have sex crimes handled outside the normal chain of command. Fri, 17 May 2013 09:02:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS/305160022 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS/305160010 The United States remains in armed conflict with al-Qaida and its affiliates, a fight likely to last a decade or two, senior Pentagon officials told Congress on Thursday in arguing against changes to the 2001 military force law used in the war on terror. Thu, 16 May 2013 20:45:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS/305160010 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/OFFDUTY02/305160018 Five new books offer five ways to understand the relationship between service and self, and how to survive both without self-destruction. Thu, 16 May 2013 20:30:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/OFFDUTY02/305160018 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS/305160023 The Defense Department wants to repeal a decades-old law restricting a service member to receiving only one Medal of Honor, saying the 'V' device added for subsequent awards seems too little for someone who has performed such a valorous act. Thu, 16 May 2013 18:50:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS/305160023 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS/305160007 The nation's top defense leaders were summoned to the White House on Thursday to talk about the military's sexual assault crisis as the Pentagon's top general said women in uniform were losing confidence the problem will be solved. Thu, 16 May 2013 18:29:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS/305160007 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS01/305160028 Recent coverage in Air Force Times regarding the last Doolittle Raiders reunion ['Remaining Doolittle Raiders gather for final time,' April 29] brought back memories. Thu, 16 May 2013 18:16:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS01/305160028 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS01/305160027 A decade ago, someone slipped me a United Airlines memo to its employees. Thu, 16 May 2013 18:02:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS01/305160027 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS/305160026 Stung by a spiraling number of sexual assaults in the military and a string of scandals, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered all the services to conduct a sweep of workspaces across every military installation to eliminate anything that might be deg Thu, 16 May 2013 17:55:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS/305160026 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS01/305160025 For members of the military struggling to stay in fighting trim, the stakes are higher than ever: The services have been cutting end strength as spending slows, and those who fail to meet fitness standards are being booted out in growing numbers. Thu, 16 May 2013 17:47:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS01/305160025 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/OFFDUTY04/305160019 When it comes to the rules of the road for military motorcycle riders, every base can be a little different. Thu, 16 May 2013 16:27:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/OFFDUTY04/305160019 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS/305160021 President Obama on Thursday tried to turn the tables on Republicans who have criticized his administration's response to last year's deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya, calling on lawmakers to approve his request to increase funding for diplomatic security. Thu, 16 May 2013 16:27:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS/305160021 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/OFFDUTY02/305160020 The secret is getting out. If you haven't heard The Secret State yet, trust us, you will. The band was founded by an Army Iraq veteran and two Coast Guard midshipmen-turned-downrange contractors, and its single ' Thu, 16 May 2013 16:27:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/OFFDUTY02/305160020 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/BENEFITS/305100012 New technology is helping active-duty troops, family members and veterans take advantage of more discounts. Thu, 16 May 2013 15:42:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/BENEFITS/305100012 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/BENEFITS06/305160015 Q. I am a retired Marine with Tricare Prime for myself and my family. My daughter, 19 and a full-time student, is pregnant by her boyfriend, also a full-time student. Thu, 16 May 2013 15:30:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/BENEFITS06/305160015 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS/305160013 An outspoken Japanese mayor who outraged many with remarks about Japan's wartime and modern sexual services stood by his comments Thursday, but said he may have lacked 'international sensitivity.' Thu, 16 May 2013 14:56:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS/305160013 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS/305160014 Sitting on a dirty straw mat on the parched ground of southern Afghanistan, Masooma sank deeper inside a giant black shawl. Thu, 16 May 2013 14:52:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS/305160014 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS/305160002 A suicide car bombing tore through a U.S. convoy during rush hour in the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing at least 15 people, including six Americans and two children, officials said. Thu, 16 May 2013 12:44:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS/305160002 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS/305160006 A contract worker involved in an accident at Columbus Air Force Base has died from his injuries. Thu, 16 May 2013 12:38:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS/305160006 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS/305160008 In an expanding effort to eliminate the benefits claims backlog, the Veterans Affairs Department announced Wednesday it is putting its claims processing staff on mandatory overtime through the end of the fiscal year. Thu, 16 May 2013 10:20:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS/305160008 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS/305160004 Sexual assault in the U.S. military is costing the armed services the confidence of women in uniform that the problem can be solved, the nation's top military officer warns. Thu, 16 May 2013 07:57:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS/305160004 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/CAREERS03/305150006 Grand Forks Air Force Base is getting a new commander. Fri, 17 May 2013 09:04:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/CAREERS03/305150006 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS/305150027 The Army is investigating Sgt. 1st Class Gregory McQueen, a sexual abuse educator at Fort Hood, Texas, for running a small-time prostitution ring and for the sexual assault of another soldier, senior military officials have confirmed. Thu, 16 May 2013 10:14:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS/305150027 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS/305150024 Revelations that a Fort Hood soldier assigned to prevent assault was accused of being a pimp has intensified calls from both the Pentagon and Capitol Hill to crack down on sexual crimes in the military. Thu, 16 May 2013 09:15:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS/305150024 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS/305150029 The remote island of Pagan in the western Pacific is home to volcanoes, endangered species and the remnants of an ancient civilization. Thu, 16 May 2013 07:53:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS/305150029 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS02/305150028 The first group to summit Mount McKinley this year included five members of the Alaska Air National Guard. Wed, 15 May 2013 21:07:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS02/305150028 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS/305150025 Grand Forks Air Force Base has a new commander. Wed, 15 May 2013 16:13:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS/305150025 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS/305150001 Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel informed President Obama of the latest sexual assault allegations against a soldier who was assigned to prevent such crimes - the second soldier involved in similar accusations - and the president made clear he wants that beh Wed, 15 May 2013 15:39:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS/305150001 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS/305150022 Pressure is mounting on the U.S. to change its hands-off approach toward the 2-year-old civil war in Syria. Wed, 15 May 2013 15:19:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS/305150022 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS/305150023 The Air Force's T-38 trainer will be needed a few years longer than planned. Wed, 15 May 2013 15:19:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS/305150023 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS/305150021 A female soldier is groped inside a barracks, another in a base supply room, a third on a shooting range. Wed, 15 May 2013 15:12:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS/305150021 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS/305150020 The Defense Department could run out of health care money in August, with a risk of disruption in Tricare coverage, according to a new congressional report that looks at the governmentwide impact of sequestration. Wed, 15 May 2013 14:36:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS/305150020 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/BENEFITS06/305150019 Two Republican lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday that would require the Defense Department to offer the Tricare Prime managed health care option in places where the department plans to discontinue the program on Oct 1. Wed, 15 May 2013 14:29:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/BENEFITS06/305150019 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS/305150013 A push to prevent public colleges and universities from charging student veterans out-of-state tuition took a leap forward Tuesday when Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee leaders joined the cause. Wed, 15 May 2013 11:58:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS/305150013 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS/305150007 China is trying to strengthen its claim on tiny, uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islands by raising questions about the much larger Okinawa chain that is home to more than a million Japanese along with major U.S. military installations. Wed, 15 May 2013 09:01:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS/305150007 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS/305150002 Liquor producer Brown-Forman Corp. and Fort Knox are mixing two Kentucky traditions - bourbon and the military - at the famed Army post. Wed, 15 May 2013 07:36:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS/305150002 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130514/NEWS/305140007 A roadside bomb struck a U.S. convoy in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing three American troops, while a motorcycle bomb in a crowded village market killed at least three Afghan civilians, officials said. Wed, 15 May 2013 20:58:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130514/NEWS/305140007 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130514/NEWS/305140006 The Defense Department plans to furlough some 680,000 civilian employees for 11 days by the end of September as the result of sequester-related budget cuts. Wed, 15 May 2013 10:44:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130514/NEWS/305140006 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130514/BENEFITS06/305140016 Fully electronic veterans' benefits claims, a necessary ingredient for the Obama administration to fulfill its pledge to eliminate the claims backlog by the end of 2015, is showing only modest results in initial stages. Wed, 15 May 2013 08:53:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130514/BENEFITS06/305140016 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130514/NEWS/305140026 A military judge on Tuesday ordered two Army generals to testify about whether they were pressured by superiors to charge another general with the sexual assault of a female captain. Wed, 15 May 2013 07:28:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130514/NEWS/305140026 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130514/NEWS/305140027 A soldier assigned to coordinate a sexual assault prevention program in Texas is under investigation for 'abusive sexual contact' and other alleged misconduct and has been suspended from his duties, the Army announced Wednesday. Wed, 15 May 2013 06:27:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130514/NEWS/305140027 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130514/NEWS/305140024 The Pentagon's sexual assault crisis will be solved only when troops treat sexist remarks with the same disdain as racial slurs, the officer in charge of preventing the crime told USA Today Tuesday. Tue, 14 May 2013 19:03:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130514/NEWS/305140024 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130514/NEWS/305140021 The capture of an alleged CIA spy in Moscow on Monday by Russian security officials comes against the backdrop of increasingly tense relations between Russia and the United States and could serve to stoke anti-Americanism. Tue, 14 May 2013 18:11:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130514/NEWS/305140021 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130514/NEWS/305140019 Nearly 8,800 civilians working in the Defense Department's medical community - including mental health specialists - will not have to take the mandatory 11-day furlough announced today by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. Tue, 14 May 2013 17:35:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130514/NEWS/305140019 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130514/NEWS05/305140017 Military child care centers and schools for military children will get some relief from the Defense Department's civilian furloughs. Tue, 14 May 2013 16:51:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130514/NEWS05/305140017 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130514/NEWS/305140014 The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a 'massive and unprecedented intrusion' into how news organizations gather the n Tue, 14 May 2013 14:26:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130514/NEWS/305140014 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130514/NEWS/305140013 When U.S. troops recently took part in a French military desert survival program in Africa, combat camera airmen were there to record it. Tue, 14 May 2013 14:09:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130514/NEWS/305140013 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130514/NEWS/305140012 More than 20 years ago, retired Chief Master Sgt. Helen Noel began two friendships at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., that would one day help save her brother's life. Tue, 14 May 2013 14:09:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130514/NEWS/305140012 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130513/NEWS/305130035 The Oregon National Guard will be showing off four new drones that are based at the Eastern Oregon Regional Airport in Pendleton. Tue, 14 May 2013 07:06:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130513/NEWS/305130035 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130513/NEWS/305130025 House Republicans pushed ahead Monday with their investigation of the deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year as President Obama asserted that GOP charges of a cover-up are baseless. Mon, 13 May 2013 18:30:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130513/NEWS/305130025