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Airman dies while deployed to Andersen Air Force Base
The Air Force is investigating the death of a 28-year-old airman found unresponsive on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, on Wednesday.
Minot fires bomb squadron commander
Lt. Col. Paul Goossen was removed “due to a loss of trust and confidence from his failure to maintain a professional workplace environment,” according to the Minot announcement.
In wake of tragic plane crash, Goldfein and Wright try to rally Air Guardsmen in Puerto Rico
During their visit to the 156th, still hurting after May's fatal crash of a WC-130, Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Kaleth Wright took questions from airmen and spoke to them about the role they play in the Air Force's mission.
More academy cadets selected to fly as the Air Force works to close its pilot shortfall
The Air Force has been dealing with a pilot shortage, but the service’s elite four-year academic institution is doing its part to pump out qualified future aviators.
By Kyle Rempfer
Hill Air Force Base launches record number of F-35s
Officials say the Hill Air Force Base recently launched a record number of F-35 fighter jets to demonstrate military capabilities.
Obsolete part, ‘haphazard maintenance’ caused F-16’s in-flight engine fire
The accident investigation board concluded that “haphazard” maintenance procedures led to an out-of-date turbine frame forward fairing being installed in the F-16′s engine in 2012.
Tell Us: How will the fighter jet readiness push affect maintainers?
The Air Force has been ordered to get mission-capable rates for key fighter aircraft up to 80 percent — and that could be a heavy lift.
By Air Force Times staff
Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard F-16s to install upgraded anti-jam, anti-spoof GPS
The Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard are planning to upgrade their F-16 fighter jets with anti-jamming Global Positioning System receivers.
By Kyle Rempfer
Malmstrom fires security forces squadron commander
Lt. Col. Raymond Fortner was removed Tuesday “due to a loss of trust and confidence after a series of events demonstrated that Fortner established and maintained an unhealthy command climate."
Report on fatal WC-130 crash reveals troubling maintenance, morale, discipline lapses in Puerto Rico Air Guard wing
A faulty engine, serious maintenance lapses that failed to repair it, and a series of air crew mistakes before and during takeoff led to the horrific WC-130H crash May 2 that killed nine Puerto Rico Air National Guardsmen.
F-35 squadron ramps up ops tempo, tests for combat deployments
The Air Force’s 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, pumped out 150 sorties in the past two weeks, in addition to the unit’s normal flying operations, to test their capabilities to operate the F-35A Lightning II in a deployed environment.
By Kyle Rempfer