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Your Air Force

  • An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operation test at 11:49 p.m. PT Feb. 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Space Force photo by Brittany E. N. Murphy)
    Air Force launches unarmed Minuteman 3 missile from Vandenberg AFB

    “Our nation’s ICBM fleet stands ready 24/7."

    Diana Stancy Correll
    4 hours ago
  • Special Security Unit personnel patrol on rollerblades in Pakistan.  (Rizwan TABASSUM/AFP)
    Let’s blade, brah! Pakistani police shred the gnar while shredding crime

    Pakistani police are being outfitted with pieces of gear the likes of which have always been seen.

    J.D. Simkins
    18 hours ago
  • An MQ-9 Reaper sits on the flight line at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, in December 2019. (Senior Airman Haley Stevens/Air Force)
    Air Force’s MQ-9 Reapers are now conducting missions from Romania

    “This is an exciting moment where we can showcase the value of the MQ-9 across the globe, not just in the Middle East."

    Diana Stancy Correll
    19 hours ago
  • Lockheed Martin is developing one of three subsystems for the Air Force Research Laboratory's Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD), a laser weapon to be installed on a fighter jet. (Lockheed Martin)
    Air Force to begin assembly of airborne laser

    The Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) program’s goal is to build a laser weapon that can be installed on fighter jets to take out incoming missiles.

    Nathan Strout
    21 hours ago
  • Sgt. Maj. Adam Moore calls cadence on a run with Marines in Virginia Beach, Virginia. (Cpl. Logan Snyder/Marine Corps)
    Listen to this comedian’s hilarious take on military running cadence

    Josh Pray has never worn a military uniform, but like most of us, his first exposure to a few stanzas of a military running cadence left him feeling some sort of way.

    J.D. Simkins
    1 day ago
  • In this Aug. 29, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump watches with Vice President Mike Pence and then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper as the flag for U.S. Space Command is unfurled as Trump announces the establishment of the U.S. Space Command in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
    Alabama governor welcomes federal review of Space Command’s proposed home

    Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday said she welcomes a federal review of the decision to move the Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Huntsville, saying she believes it will confirm the decision to move it to her state.

    The Associated Press
    1 day ago
  • The 'Inked' magazine cover girl will win $25,000. (Courtesy photo)
    Tattooed vet competes for cover girl spot with ‘Inked’ magazine

    Army veteran Marie Oberloh wants to be on the cover of Inked magazine.

    Sarah Sicard
    1 day ago
  • Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. As Congress prepared to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory, thousands of people gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims of election fraud. (Julio Cortez/AP)
    Marine veteran, ex-Florida police officer latest charged in Capitol breach

    Nicholas Lentz was charged in a criminal complaint with illegally being in a restricted building and disruptive and disorderly conduct.

    Curt Anderson, The Associated Press
    1 day ago
  • A pair of T-38 Talon aircrafts prepare to take off July 15, 2020, on Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. (Senior Airman Jake Jacobsen/Air Force)
    Air Force releases name of flight instructor killed in Alabama plane crash

    Scot Ames Jr., a 24-year-old instructor pilot with the 50th Flying Training Squadron at Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi, died in the crash. The name of the Japanese Air Self Defense Force student pilot also killed in the crash was not released.

    The Associated Press
    2 days ago
  • The MH-139A Grey Wolf lands at Duke Field, Fla., Dec. 19, 2019, before its unveiling and naming ceremony. The aircraft is set to replace the Air Force's fleet of UH-1N Huey aircraft and has capability improvements related to speed, range, endurance and payload. (Samuel King Jr./AirForce)
    Still 2 years away, Minot Air Force Base prepares for new helicopters

    Minot's $80 million to $90 million construction project will be a nine-bay facility to house the base’s 54th Helicopter Squadron’s new MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters and 91st Security Forces Group’s tactical response force.

    Eloise Ogden, Minot (N.D.) Daily News via the AP
    2 days ago
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