The 552nd Maintenance Group, which repairs E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft at Tinker Air Force Base, temporarily impounded two aircraft after several tools were lost. The incidents led Tinker to tighten its rules on who can check out which tools. (Tech. Sgt. Gregory Brook/U.S. Air Force)

Tinker cracks down on tool checkouts after ‘lapses’ lead to impounded aircraft

The 552nd Maintenance Group at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma has issued strict new rules on who can check out tools after several recent “minor lapses” in keeping track of them.
Air Force creates investigation board to review ‘active shooter’ reaction
An Air Force base is creating a formal board to review a chaotic “active shooter” reaction that occurred on the Ohio base after a 911 call to base security.
Motorcyclist killed in Minot crash was senior airman
The Minot Air Force Base says the 22-year-old man killed in a motorcycle crash over the weekend was a senior airman.
Experienced fighter pilot, Iraq veteran takes command at AFPC
Maj. Gen. Andrew Toth, who has flown hundreds of combat hours over Iraq, took command of the Air Force Personnel Center on Aug. 9.
Space Force and midterms share stage as Trump signs Pentagon policy bill
President Donald Trump signed the annual defense policy bill at the Army’s Fort Drum, turning the $716 billion budget package into law.
Pentagon chief defends his reversal on Space Force, says it’s the right thing to do
Mattis says he wanted to define what's needed before rushing in to it.
A U.S. special operations soldier returns fire in Logar Province, Afghanistan, July 28, 2018. (Staff Sgt. Nicholas Byers/Air Force)

US Air Force, Army’s 101st Airborne Division called in to help defend major Afghan city

A major battle in eastern Afghanistan was still waging Monday morning when the U.S. Air Force and elements of the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division were called in to support Afghan government troops who had sustained major casualties.
Busted with 267 pounds of pot and a DD214 that says ‘US citizen.' Should this Marine have been deported?
Jose Maria Martinez lost VA care, Social Security and U.S. residency when agents found he was not a citizen.
Sweet, sweet java — these are the coffee brands that fuel the US military
The liquid fuel has proven to be the life blood of every military branch.
White House called toxins contamination ‘PR nightmare’
EPA testing from 2013 to 2015 found significant amounts of PFAS in public water supplies in 33 U.S. states. The finding helped move PFAS up as a national priority.
Coast Guard partners with Air Force to protect eyes from lasers
Lasers make it hard for pilots to see and dangerous to fly, so the Coast Guard is looking into new eye protection that mitigates lasers without reducing visibility too much.
Trump signs bill named for Sen. John McCain, doesn’t mention him
No words or thanks for the senator and former POW, who is battling brain cancer.

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In February 2002, five years after Jose Maria Martinez was sentenced to federal prison on drug charges, he was to be released. But immigration agents said his paperwork was incorrect. Two weeks later, he was deported. (Jillian Angeline, Tara Copp/Military Times)
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