Pararescuemen with the 58th Rescue Squadron out of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, prepare for aerial transport during a personnel recovery scenario. (Staff Sgt. Marianique Santos/Air Force)

After flying beyond their service life, Air Force Pave Hawks are finally getting replaced

The Air Force’s HH-60G Pave Hawks — the Defense Department’s premier combat rescue helicopter — have aged beyond their expected service life and are in dire need of replacement.
T-38 Talon training jet crashes in Oklahoma
An Air Force T-38 Talon stationed at Vance Air Force Base in Enid, Oklahoma, crashed at approximately 1:48 p.m. Friday local time, about 70 miles west of the base.
Air Force C-17 makes emergency landing in Tennessee
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III made an emergency landing at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tennessee, Friday afternoon.
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Marine fireteam killed over 20 enemy Iraqi soldiers in a mad assault after being ambushed
Chontosh jumped out of the vehicle and charged into the enemy trench, killing or wounding all in his path in close-quarter combat until he ran out of ammunition.
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The practice runs on Guam are just some of the worrisome changes in China's behavior, the report found.
Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson speaks to the audience at the National Academy of Sciences in January. Wilson is among the keynote speakers for the Defense News Conference Sept. 5. (Wayne A. Clark/Air Force)

Wilson among speakers at 2018 Defense News Conference

The 2nd annual Defense News conference features some of the most influential members of the defense enterprise who are molding U.S. defense policy.

The Air Force has had several different service dress jackets through the years. For the next service jacket, officials are looking to historic uniforms for inspiration. They hope to come up with a jacket that has more of a military look. (Tech. Sgt. Cohen Young/Air Force)

The Air Force is working on a new dress blues uniform — and it’s going old school

“We’d like to get back to a little more heritage on the jacket,” Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Kaleth Wright said. “It has kind of begun to mirror more of a business suit, more than a military service uniform."
US ends Syria stabilization funding, cites more allied cash
The move is seen as heeding President Trump's demand to end U.S. involvement in Syria.
Pentagon finally plans Defense Travel System reforms
The Defense Department has fleshed out a plan to replace “the aging and inefficient Defense Travel System.”
GOP divide emerges over Trump’s Space Force
Two House Republican leaders are backing President Donald Trump’s proposed Space Force, but key Republicans in the Senate aren’t sold on the idea, setting up a debate over establishing and paying for a new branch of the military.
Russian strategic bombers conduct exercise near Alaska
The Russian military says that two nuclear-capable strategic bombers have flown to the easternmost Chukotka Peninsula, near Alaska, as part of an air force exercise.
Navy admiral, Mattis aide to be nominated to head US Southern Command
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Thursday that his senior military assistant, Navy Vice Adm. Craig Faller, will be nominated to serve as the next head of U.S. Southern Command.

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An honor guard leads 55 cases of remains of service members repatriated from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to United Nations Command at Osan Air Base in the Republic of Korea, Friday, July 27, 2018. Members of the command and the Osan community were on hand at the arrival ceremony. (Tech. Sgt. Ashley Tyler/Air Force)

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Team Air Force veteran Sr. Airman Brett Campfield competes in the visually impaired category for archery during the 2018 DoD Warrior Games at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. June 7, 2018. (EJ Hersom/DoD)

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