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US Air Force wants to lower the number of tankers required in its fleet

The KC-46A Pegasus is also now cleared to refuel about 97% of the aircraft that fly on U.S. Transportation Command missions.

By Stephen Losey

8 months ago

Tech. Sgt. Thabit Jubran, a security forces specialist in the 163d Security Forces Squadron, receives his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from Master Sgt. Joshua Liko, superintendent of aerospace medicine at the 163d Attack Wing at March Air Reserve Base, California, Dec. 5, 2021. (Senior Airman Neil Mabini/Air National Guard)

Here’s the Air Force’s plan to deal with unvaccinated airmen and guardians

A five-day clock begins once a vaccination exemption request or appeal is denied. Airmen who have still not received a first shot after that window are subject to discharge.

By Rachel S. Cohen

14 months ago

Top Air Force officer’s plan to ‘accelerate change or lose’ is picking up speed, one year in

“We could all use more manpower, more money and more time. But leaders cannot wait for perfect conditions to act or make a decision," Brown said.

By Rachel S. Cohen

17 months ago

Six questions with US Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall

Can this cold warrior bring lasting change to the Air Force and Space Force?

By Rachel S. Cohen

17 months ago

Air Force finds hurdles to success for women, Hispanics, other minorities in second disparity review

The review collected more than 100,000 responses and nearly 17,000 single-spaced pages of input.

By Rachel S. Cohen

17 months ago

Air Force targeting certain squadrons to improve readiness

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson says the Air Force is planning to get 204 of the service’s 312 operational squadrons to 80 percent readiness by 2020, with the rest hitting that mark in 2023.

By Jeff Martin

4 years ago