Latest "Air Force coronavirus" stories

Col. Lawrence T. Sullivan, incoming 20th Fighter Wing commander, receives his first salute as commander from Chief Master Sgt. Steve C. Cenov, incoming 20th FW command chief.

New Shaw Air Force Base leader talks readiness amid pandemic

Col. Larry Sullivan thinks people, and airmen, bond in struggle. What better way to test that than to assume command of your first fighter wing during a pandemic?

By Kayla Green, The Sumter Item via the AP

3 years ago

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class James Mckenzie takes the temperature of a Marine on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., on March 31, 2020.

More than 5,000 troops positive for coronavirus as military expands testing

The military is no longer planning to test all troops across the entire force.

By Meghann Myers

3 years ago

Air Force Research Laboratory modifying pararescue medical tool to treat COVID-19 patients

The tool is based off of a concept the Air Force pararescue, or PJ, community recently started using called the Battlefield Assisted Trauma Distributed Observation Kit.

By Diana Stancy Correll

3 years ago

Pentagon’s stop movement order extension a hardship for some PCS’ing families

Most service members will have to wait until at least July to PCS now.

By Diana Stancy Correll

3 years ago

The ‘new abnormal:’ How the Air Force plans to operate in a world with COVID-19

“Until we have a vaccine, we are going to be living with this virus," Goldfein said.

By Diana Stancy Correll

3 years ago

Nearly a thousand troops have been diagnosed with COVID-19

As testing as increased, hundreds more service members have tested positive for coronavirus this week.

By Meghann Myers

3 years ago