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Military prepares to brief a plan to get its V-22 Ospreys flying again
The military services on Friday will lay out plans to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for addressing safety concerns stemming from a fatal 2023 crash.
Demand exploding for Tomahawk missiles as US backs latest foreign sale
Australia plans to buy the latest version of America’s long-range Tomahawk land attack missile.
By Joe Gould
KC-46 tanker’s boom breaks, dents plane while refueling fighter jet
The Air Force believes it will cost at least $2.5 million to repair the KC-46.
Court blocks Air Force from punishing unvaccinated troops seeking religious waivers
The class-action complaint temporarily protects thousands of airmen and guardians who remain unvaccinated against COVID-19.
McConnell AFB airman’s killer sentenced in Wichita
Airman 1st Class Chancelor Williams was shot and killed in July 2019.
Biden plan to shelve Trump-era sea nuke comes under fire
U.S. President Joe Biden’s plans to cancel the Sea-Launched Cruise Missile-Nuclear program have emerged as an early political brawl in a brewing fight over next year’s defense budget.
By Joe Gould
Airman eliminated after third women’s skeleton heat at Beijing Olympics
Kelly Curtis, an airman first class and first-time Olympian, narrowly missed a spot in the medal round, with a combined time of 3:09.23 across three rounds on the mile-long skeleton track northwest of Beijing.
Air Force approves first religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine for 9 troops
For weeks, the Air Force said it granted no religious exemptions. Now it's approved the most in the military so far.
Selfless and courageous: Surgeon remembers soldier chosen for Medal of Honor
On Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe will be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in recognition of his actions in Iraq in 2005.
By Michael J. Tarpey
Airman dies at RAF Lakenheath in England
Airman 1st Class Camden Mello, a crew chief with the 748th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, was found dead on Friday morning.
By Kent Miller