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Lt. Col. Noel Colls, flight surgeon for the Air Force's "Thunderbirds" air demonstration squadron, administers the oath of enlistment to new recruits during the Wings Over Houston Airshow in Houston, Texas, Oct. 9, 2021. The team typically performs an enlistment ceremony at each show site. (Staff Sgt. Andrew D. Sarver/Air Force)

What’s missing from the conversation on Air Force recruiting?

The Air Force says it’s having one of the toughest recruiting stretches of the past quarter-century.

By Rachel S. Cohen

6 months ago

US sending Ukraine new $1 billion arms package amid grinding Donbas fight

The U.S. will send Ukraine another $1 billion in weapons to fight Russia, including Harpoon anti-ship launchers for the first time from the U.S., and more ammunition for high-tech, medium-range rocket launchers, the Biden administration announced Wednesday.

9 months ago

Lawmakers, former officials surge support for Flournoy to be Biden’s defense secretary

As speculation mounts that Biden may look elsewhere, supporters are flooding to back Michèle Flournoy, long seen as the presumptive nominee.

By Joe Gould and Aaron Mehta

2 years ago

No SecDef pick from Biden as Flournoy hits resistance from progressives

President-elect Joe Biden announced the core of his national security team on Monday, but he has yet to name his choice for defense secretary.

By Joe Gould and Aaron Mehta

2 years ago

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