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Here’s how training will change for the Air Force’s newest officers

The school welcomed its first class of trainees into the new program at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, on Tuesday.

By Rachel S. Cohen

19 months ago

U.S. Air Force Maj. Brandon Bailey, 332nd Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron medical crew director, awaits the arrival of patients from a forward operating base in Mosul, Iraq, on Sept. 23, 2008, during a "Bandage Mission." Bandage Missions travel to different FOBs throughout Iraq and pick up patients and transport them to the Air Force Theater Hospital in Joint Base Balad, Iraq. (Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon/Air Force)

A major was kicked out for stealing narcotics. Then he took $820,000 from the Air Force.

For the past two years, former Air Force Maj. Brandon Bailey has been the subject of a federal investigation into a complex web of financial and bankruptcy fraud he spun over the course of a decade.

By Rachel S. Cohen

3 years ago

NATO mulls its future in Afghanistan as US draws down troops

President Donald Trump’s decision to pull almost half the U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by mid-January leaves NATO in a bind.

4 years ago

Beetle shell holds science secrets for Air Force researchers making tougher planes, armor

Researchers are also looking at structures in mantis shrimp and bighorn sheep.

5 years ago

‘Beetle Bailey’ turns 70 — Will he tackle TikTok next? Or join Space Force?

Love him or hate him, Beetle Bailey turns 70.

By Howard Altman

5 years ago

NATO chief plays down concern over US troop withdrawl plans in Germany

“The U.S. has made it clear that no final decision has been made on how and when,” NATO's chief told reporters

5 years ago