Pentagon codifies fitness standards across branches
The new regulations spell out testing timelines, standards for troops in combat arms specialties and guidelines for pregnancy and postpartum fitness.
By Eve Sampson
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They served through America’s post-9/11 wars. 25 years later, what did that service mean?
Nearly 3 million Americans served in the wars that followed Sept. 11. Three veterans reflect in The War Horse about what they saw, lost and still carry.
By David Roza, The War Horse
Air Force officers sue over religious exemption denials
A dozen Air Force officers have filed a lawsuit against the federal government after the military denied their religious exemptions to the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine.
By John Seewer, The Associated Press
Guard members leave frigid ND for cold-weather training
Thirteen members of the North Dakota National Guard, along with members of the Mississippi Air National Guard, will participate in the training exercises.
Defense Department identifies airman who died while deployed to Niger
Staff Sgt. Dennis F. Melton, 27, of Waverly, Tenn., died in a non-combat related incident in Niamey, Niger, Feb. 18.
Air Force officials: Racism in schools, businesses in Cheyenne, Wyo.
The commander of the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base said she never knew she experienced a different community than her fellow airmen.
By Jasmine Hall, Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Frontline Photos: Feb. 20, 2022
Facing fire phobia, flight training in the Mach Loop, a survival swim and more in this week’s Frontline Photos
‘Our troops will be fine,’ Austin says of US forces in Europe amid Ukraine threat
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the United States will do its due diligence to protect American troops should Russia invade Ukraine.
By Jessica Edwards
US Air Force would face tough choices in Russian air assault on Ukraine
Military experts in the U.S. are urging Western nations to bolster Ukraine’s air defenses, fearing that Russia will swiftly take over its former territory’s airspace.
Double standards threaten Air Force core values
It is hard to imagine why the Air Force not only lowered its physical standards, but asked an officer who quit the program to return to training — and then openly denied it had changed its standards with either move.
By JV Venable