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New Air Force fitness standards to start counting sooner
The Air Force is also planning to give airmen another option on their cardiovascular evaluations.
During his 78th mission, this pilot came up against an unexpected foe
Merlyn Dethlefsen was dubbed “taciturn, a born-again Christian, and not at all the typical fighter pilot," yet his exploits proved otherwise.
By Jon Guttman
‘This was surgical’: The tactics behind the Maduro mission
The entire mission hinged on a narrow break in Venezuela’s weather. When that window opened, the U.S. military moved fast.
By Eve Sampson
US Air Force awards Boeing $2B contract to begin B-52 engine upgrades
The upgrades to the B-52's engines and numerous other systems are so dramatic the Air Force plans to redesignate the Cold War-era bomber the B-52J.
Can the US ‘run’ Venezuela? Military force doesn’t equal legitimacy
By declaring its intent to govern Venezuela, the U.S is creating a governance trap of its own making, Monica Duffy Toft argues.
By Monica Duffy Toft, Tufts University, The Conversation