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Here’s how the Air Force’s new pilot retention bonuses will work

Pilots whose initial contracts expire in fiscal 2024 or 2025 can sign new agreements to serve for another four to 12 years.

Navajo Code Talkers museum is about $40 million shy of reality

Only three of the original Navajo Code Talkers are still alive.

DNA analysis helps identify remains of WWII veteran

Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Alfred W. Pezzella will be buried in Bourne, Massachusetts.

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Barbenheimer: Unleashing the transformative power of the bombshell

The histories of nuclear energy as a World War II product and Barbie as a postwar creation are inextricably linked.

WWII paratrooper famous for bringing beer to wounded troops dies at 98

Vincent Speranza, an American paratrooper who became known as the soldier who doled out beer to his wounded comrades, died Wednesday at 98.

How a mother managed to save her son at Guadalcanal — from Ohio

"My mother had put her arms halfway around the world to save me," Elgin Staples later recalled.

Thunderstorm damage to Vance’s T-6 fleet will slow pilot training

At least 12 T-6s require intensive repairs before they can return to flight, base spokesperson Terri Schaefer said.

How high-speed drone racing could aid struggling Air Force recruitment

The Drone Racing League is for “tech-setters” not attracted to sports like football. Instead, they lean into gaming and simulation.

A flag carried by a WWII Japanese soldier is returning to his family

Known as a Good Luck Flag, it was displayed for 29 years at the USS Lexington Museum in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Meet the Marine who ‘rode the thunder’ and lived to tell the tale

After being forced to eject from his F-8 Crusader, Lt. Col. William Rankin soon found himself amid a thunderstorm — 40,000 feet above ground.