B-52s impose their will over South China Sea ahead of sit-down between US, Chinese defense chiefs
Two U.S. Air Force B-52H bombers flew over the hotly contested South China Sea Tuesday, signaling U.S. determination to continue to fly and sail wherever international law allows.
More T-6 hypoxia fixes coming within weeks, Air Force says — but physiological events still happening
The Air Force is preparing to roll out more fixes over the next few weeks to help stop the wave of hypoxia-like problems that have plagued the T-6 Texan II trainer.
After hurricane hit stores at air base, supplies sent in from exchange service, commissaries at other bases
Tyndall gets help from area commissaries and AAFES brings in mobile exchange for recovery crews.
Service members are getting catfished, blackmailed on dating apps by male prisoners posing as women, report says
The alleged sextortion scheme began in 2015, with prisoners posing as women in the same age bracket as the targeted soldier.
Seeing red: US deficit jumps $779 billion, adding budget pressure
Rising deficit spending threatens to add downward pressure on future defense budgets.
The U.S. Coast Guard Honor Guard marched in the annual Memorial Day Parade in Washington D.C., on May 28, 2018. More than 170 veterans are running for Congress this year, including representatives from all five branches of the armed forces. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Dustin R. Williams/Coast Guard)

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Bolton faces tense talks with Russia over nuclear treaty
U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton faces two days of high-tension talks in Moscow beginning Monday after President Donald Trump announced his intention to withdraw from a landmark nuclear weapons treaty.
President Trump visits Luke Air Force Base
President Donald Trump visited Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, Friday to discuss military weapons and technology capabilities and learn about the 56th Fighter Wing’s pilot training mission.
Air Force tops UNLV 41-35 for 1st conference win
Air Force Academy quarterback Isaiah Sanders accounted for four touchdowns to lead Air Force to a 41-35 win over UNLV.
Trump space force plan is grounded in real needs, but hazy
President Donald Trump has injected urgency into a long-meandering debate over the best way to protect U.S. interests in space, both military and commercial.
Charged with war crimes and stuck in the brig, a Navy SEAL vows to fight on
Federal agents are not only probing the death of an Islamic State detainee in Iraq, but also photographs that show SEALs posing with the body and questions about how Naval Special Warfare Group 1 officers and senior chief petty officers handled the internal investigation into the alleged incidents.

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Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Brain Chilson, with Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 63, assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5, watches over the departure of an LCAC from Red Beach in preparation of San Francisco Fleet Week Sept. 27, 2018. (Cpl. Jacob Farbo/Marine Corps)

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U.S. soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade engaged targets with the Carl Gustaf 84mm weapon system in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Sept. 8, 2018, during Saber Junction 18. (Capt. Joseph Legros/Army)

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