Marines save injured motorcyclist stranded in California desert
A man had been stranded for nearly two days after flipping his off-road motorcycle when a Marine helicopter crew spotted him.
By Riley Ceder
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Airman uses military training to rescue skier during trip to the Alps
“We do a lot of scenarios that prepare us for moments like this, and once I started assessing the injury, it was almost automatic,” the airman said.
By Riley Ceder
Minot Air Force Base loses machine gun — two weeks after losing grenade launcher ammo
Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota on Thursday said that an M240 machine gun is missing from its weapons inventories.
US Air Force rescue units move closer to Africa and Eastern Europe
On April 20, Air Force pararescue airmen conducted their final jump over Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, before their units — the 56th and 57th Rescue Squadrons — permanently moved to Aviano Air Base, Italy.
By Kyle Rempfer
After tragic, fatal crash, Air Force Thunderbirds to return to the sky
Six weeks after suffering their first fatal crash in decades, the Air Force Thunderbirds are preparing to resume public performances.
For the first time, an Air Force officer may lead Joint Special Operations Command
Joint Special Operations Command, or JSOC, will likely be led by an Air Force officer for the first time since the shadowy group was born out of the Iran hostage crisis in 1980.
By Kyle Rempfer
Airman saves teen after car flips
The security forces airman on leave from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., rescued a Texas teenager from an upside down, smoking car recently.
By Charlsy Panzino
Car bomb wounds eight Romanian troops, multiple civilians in Afghanistan
Eight service members were wounded Monday by a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in the Daman district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan.
By Kyle Rempfer
Air Force investigates death of Eielson airman
The master sergeant was found in his home.
By Charlsy Panzino
The atomic bomb that faded into South Carolina history
Sixty years ago, on March 11, 1958, an Air Force bomber dropped a nuclear weapon on a farm in the rural Mars Bluff community outside Florence. The radioactive payload either wasn’t loaded in the warhead or didn’t detonate — the stories differ.
By Bo Petersen, The Post and Courier of Charleston (S.C.) via AP
Air Force hero of Vietnam War killed in car accident
A decorated Air Force hero of the Vietnam War was killed in an autombile accident March 24 in Winchester, Virginia.
By Kent Miller
Afghan A-29 pilots drop laser-guided bomb in combat
The Afghan Air Force recently dropped its first laser-guided bomb in combat on a Taliban compound in Farah province, Afghanistan.
By Kyle Rempfer