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  • Judge gavel, scales of justice and law books in court
    The absolutely bonkers case of a former Air Force reservist and Wright-Patterson engineer sentenced to hard time for having a missile warning system at his Ohio home

    The 50-year-old formerly worked on missile sensor systems.

    Todd South
    14 hours ago
  • Crew chiefs from the 11th Aircraft Maintenance Unit run final checks on a B-52 Stratofortress prior to take-off from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Aug. 21. The jet was being prepared to attempt the first-ever launch of laser-guided bombs from a Conventional Rotary Launcher. (Master Sgt. Ted Daigle/U.S. Air Force)
    Air Force general: Two-bomber fleet is the future

    While B-1B Lancer and B-2 Spirit have brought important capabilities, they will be phased out.

    Stephen Losey
    21 hours ago
  • Senior Airman Alexander Delfs, 436th Aerospace Medicine Squadron bioenvironmental engineering journeyman, drops a reagent into a water sample during water testing Nov. 16, 2016, at an aircraft watering point on Dover Air Force Base, Del. (Senior Airman Aaron J. Jenne/Air Force)
    More water contamination detected near Delaware’s Dover Air Force Base

    Two more wells near a military base in Delaware have elevated levels of chemical contaminants, according to state environmental officials.

    The Associated Press
    1 day ago
  • Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett speaks to Airmen deployed to the 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron during her visit to Nigerien Air Base 201, Niger, Dec. 21, 2019. (Staff Sgt. Alex Fox Echols III/Air Force)
    Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett chats about her top four priorities

    Standing up the Space Force is one of the goals, but what else made the cut?

    Valerie Insinna
    1 day ago
  • Cadets march into Falcon Stadium for a graduation ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. Beginning this year, cadets will sing an updated version of the Air Force Song, intended to better reflect the contributions of women in the Air Force. (Mike Kaplan/Air Force)
    Goldfein unveils gender-neutral update to Air Force Song

    Gen. Goldfein knows the change will be controversial, but said it's "about adding to, not subtracting from, who we are."

    Stephen Losey
    1 day ago
  • (CDC)
    Coronavirus is here to ruin all hope for beards in the military

    A limited number of styles are permissible as long as the hair does not break the seal of the mask.

    J.D. Simkins
    1 day ago
  • The Falcon 9 Starlink rocket successfully lifted off of Pad 40 on January 29, 2020, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. (Airman 1st Class Zoe Thacker/U.S. Air Force)
    Air Force, SpaceX to test Starlink capabilities in upcoming live-fire demonstration

    The April 8 event will be the next iteration of the military’s Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) exercises, taking place at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, and Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The demonstration will test the military's interoperability with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellations.

    Dylan Gresik
    1 day ago
  • Spc. Alex Ketchum, then an infantryman with 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, officially changed her gender marker in 2017. (Photo courtesy Spc. Alex Ketchum)
    Two-thirds of troops support allowing transgender service members in the military, Pentagon study finds

    The majority of troops approved of serving with transgender people, regardless of their own gender, sexuality or ethnic group.

    Meghann Myers
    1 day ago
  • Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett on Feb. 27 announced that the service's new combat rescue helicopter would be known as the HH-60W Jolly Green II. (Lockheed Martin Sikorsky)
    Ho, ho, ho! Here’s the name of the Air Force’s combat rescue helicopter

    Eat your vegetables, kids.

    Valerie Insinna
    1 day ago
  • Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) depart the quarterdeck of amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) in support of Exercise Cobra Gold 2020 (CG 20). (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jonathan Berlier/Navy)
    Military stepping up coronavirus prevention efforts for US troops in Thailand during multinational Cobra Gold exercise

    Here's how the military is stepping up mitigation efforts so troops don’t get sick.

    Diana Stancy Correll
    2 days ago
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