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Air Force Special Tactics and Combat Rescue Officer candidates participate in a pool training session while a cadre member evaluates them as part of assessment and selection at Hurlburt Field, Florida, March 24, 2021. STO/CRO selection is an arduous process, which screens candidates to become leaders in the elite Air Force Special Warfare community, leading global access, precision strike and personnel recovery. (Tech. Sgt. Rose Gudex/Air Force)

Air Force accused of pushing woman through elite commando training after she quit, spurring investigation

The claims are incorrect or missing important context, said Lt. Gen. Jim Slife, the head of Air Force Special Operations Command. But he has called for the service's inspector general to investigate.

By Rachel S. Cohen and Kyle Rempfer

17 months ago

A U.S. Air Force basic trainee from the 737th Training Group provides information at the processing line to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, May 14, 2021. (Tech. Sgt. Tory Patterson/Air Force)

Nearly all new Air Force trainees are vaccinated against COVID-19, training boss says

“We’re off to a pretty good start," Webb said. "We just need to keep that momentum up over the upcoming weeks.”

By Rachel S. Cohen

21 months ago

Former managers for privatized housing company plead guilty to fraud in doctoring maintenance records

Managers were part of a larger conspiracy doctoring maintenance records to make sure the housing company got millions in performance incentive fees, feds say.

By Karen Jowers

24 months ago

First Kansas Space Force recruit often asked: What’s that?

Braden Vining is the first Kansan to be recruited into the U.S. Space Force, a branch of the military that started in late 2019 to protect the United States’ interests in space.

By Carrie Rengers, The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle via the AP

2 years ago

This is how the Air Force prevented a coronavirus outbreak at basic military training

After briefly shutting down to reset in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Air Force Basic Military Training has come back strong, with some key modifications.

By Meghann Myers

3 years ago

Communities fighting transfers of coronavirus patients from military installations

Community leaders seek to minimize exposure of their residents to COVID-19.

By Patricia Kime

3 years ago