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Air Force’s enlisted recruitment pipeline is drying up, general warns
About 4,800 people entered the Air Force in the first quarter of fiscal 2022, down from around 7,100 at the same point in fiscal 2021. And there are fewer prospects in the pipeline.
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Your Air Force
Human error, tech glitches and tape caused May 2020 F-22 crash
The Air Force declined to say whether anyone was disciplined for the incident.
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New Mexico asks Guard troops to sub for sick teachers amid omicron
New Mexico is the first state in the nation to ask National Guard troops to serve as substitute teachers amid surging COVID-19 infections.
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Airman gets life in prison for death of Mennonite woman
Authorities used cellphone and financial records, and surveillance video to tie Mark Gooch to the crimes.
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How the landlocked state of Nebraska got its own navy
Nebraska admirals are in charge of the tadpoles and the goldfish.
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Airman to be sentenced in Arizona in Mennonite woman’s death
A Luke Air Force Base spokesman said proceedings to discharge Mark Gooch will start after he’s sentenced in the Arizona case.
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Go Armie!: Green Beret-turned congressman names baby after his beloved branch
Rep Mike Waltz named his newborn son "Armie."
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Two-piece flight suit, wrap dress on the horizon for pregnant airmen
"We want to make sure the pregnancy doesn’t change how they’re able to perform their job," Air Force Uniform Office boss Tracy Roan said.
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Melvin Bowling, retired two-star and original ‘Early Bird’ contributor, dies at 88
MG Bowling accrued more than 6,500 flight hours and was one of a few Air Force pilots to fly missions off of Navy aircraft carriers.
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Guard may help staffing shortages at New Mexico schools
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said the additional help would ensure that students can remain in the classroom.
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Airman, wife admit to submitting fake COVID-19 loan applications
Prosecutors said the couple spent much of the money on luxury purchases, including a Rolex watch.
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Plan to revamp enlisted airmen’s development unveiled
The 28-point proposal lists goals the service hopes to achieve by the end of 2023.
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Chief Bass visited airmen in Niger amid ongoing violence in Africa’s Sahel
“In 2020, the Sahel saw a 44-percent increase in violent events in the region,” said Col. Daniel Kobs, commander of the 409th Air Expeditionary Group. “The threat is real."
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Did the military prepare to shoot down a North Korean missile from the West Coast?
Although officials have yet to confirm a correlation, a North Korean missile launch coincided with parts of the West Coast grounding flights and clearing air space.
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5 military movies to watch in 2022
Grab your popcorn.
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Oregon National Guard deployed to hospitals amid COVID surge
A total of 1,200 Guard members will be deployed to more than 50 hospitals across the state, KATU-TV reported.
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Woman who quit Air Force commando course questioned ‘highly suspicious’ lower standards
"The change in standards invalidated me with a majority of my team,” the female special tactics officer candidate wrote in April 2021.
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Ellsworth command chief was fired after investigation backed sexual harassment claim
An inquiry substantiated claims against Chief Master Sgt. Justin Deisch including sexual harassment of an airman, dereliction of his duties as a senior noncommissioned officer and simple assault.
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We want answers about the Texas governor’s Operation Lone Star
Unfortunately, the work done this session to support the Texans who have received their DD-214 does not extend to those actively deployed to our southern border for Operation Lonestar.
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Hunt Companies settles housing fraud claim at Dover Air Force Base
A whistleblower lawsuit alleged Hunt Companies officials submitted false maintenance information to the Air Force in order to get higher performance incentive payouts.
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Army wife uses AirTag hack to track her movers while PCSing
An Army spouse shared her experience taking PCSing into her own hands.
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Navy cites ‘operator error’ in fuel spill linked to families’ tainted water
The crisis has affected more than 9,000 Navy, Army and Air Force households at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and the Army’s Aliamanu Military Reservation and Red Hill communities, which are on the Navy water system.
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Court to decide if Hyten will face trial in civil suit for sexual assault
The appeals court could take three months to a year to decide whether the case against retired Air Force Gen. John Hyten, the former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will proceed.
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Kentucky National Guard members to help strained hospitals
Roughly one-third of Kentucky’s hospitals are reporting critical staffing shortages.
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The Air Force and Boeing haven’t yet fixed the troubled KC-46 Pegasus vision system
Air Mobility Command expects the revamped Remote Vision System will still be delivered on schedule, but the Air Force has not yet accepted its design.
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New in 2022: A changing outlook for air warfare in US Central Command
The Air Force is pivoting to a longer-range role in the Mideast that depends on drones.
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