Opinion

Why does the Air Force offer airmen the Assignment Preference Sheet if they don’t even care what is on the sheet, a reader asks.

A Rand study suggests that the current round of Air Force incentives, which offer pilots as much as $225,000 in bonuses over nine years, are probably not enough.

My wife was a casualty of last year’s force-shaping board that ended the careers of 200-plus officers. The oddities in the results came from how the board made the cuts.

There is real danger in operating an Air Force on the backs of frazzled maintainers, pilots, launch officers and others.

Recently a group claiming ties to Islamic State militants (ISIS) posted a list of military members’ names, images and addresses online. It called on others to cause harm to these military members and their families. Understandably, this action has caused concern and debate about what information should be made available to the public.

Since launching Military Movie Madness, many readers have shared films we overlooked.

Hundreds of talented, motivated deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans, who are not given a chance to serve their country, want the opportunity.

There may be well-meaning, but unintended consequences embedded in many of the commission’s recommendations and we urge caution as Congress considers the commission’s proposals.

Recent letters to the editor

Air Force Academy superintendent Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson pledged transparence in dealing with issues at the elite school’s athletic department, which was the subject of a series of stories detailing drug use, sexual assault and other misconduct in the athletic department in 2010 and 2011.