Budget could include $2.4 million for encroachment

Concerned about protecting Virginia's military assets, lawmakers are moving toward including $2.4 million in the state budget to reduce urban encroachment around two Hampton Roads airfields.

NY air base refueling mission is urged

The local congressional delegation wants the Air Force to make the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station the home for its new generation of refueling aircraft.

Air Force lab seeks OK to fly drones in restricted Ohio airspace

The Air Force Research Laboratory wants to fly drones in restricted airspace in Ohio to save money and time from traveling to longer distance sites, officials said.

Fort Bragg leader: Air Force 440th Airlift Wing 'should not go'

Fort Bragg's commanding general on Monday publicly threw his support behind keeping the 440th Airlift Wing.

Lawyer: HIV assault ruling could end all such military cases

The highest U.S. military court's reversal of a Kansas airman's aggravated assault conviction for exposing multiple sex partners to HIV at swinger parties in Wichita will effectively end such prosecutions in the armed forces, his attorney said.

New Mexico deserts offer realistic military training

Zipping through canyons at 200-plus mph and landing on mesa tops in a blinding blast of red dust somewhere near Socorro reminds the uninitiated just how insanely dedicated Air Force pilots must be.

Selfridge supporters scramble to keep aircraft

Over the years, Selfridge Air National Guard Base has been a survivor of multiple base closing rounds: adding and subtracting aircraft, changing missions, morphing into a headquarters for Coast Guard personnel, Customs and Border Patrol and more.

Former air base investing in its history

Brooks City Base is celebrating its nearly centurylong history with restoration of the burial site of its namesake and rehabilitation of a rare, wooden World War I hangar built in its first year.

Florida reservist's suicide brings home tragedy

Why? That’s the question the family and friends of Air Force Reserve Capt. Jamie Brunette are struggling to answer. At 30, Brunette seemingly had it all.

Pilot error caused October collision of 2 F-16s; 1 jet landed with half a wing sheared off

An F-16 crashed in a Kansas field in October after a student pilot failed to maintain visual contact with his instructor's jet, resulting in a midair collision that caused the instructor to lose control and eject, the Air Force says.

2 US servicemembers make the 1st cut for a trip to Mars

Mars is not a hospitable planet. The average temperature is minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit, the atmosphere is not breathable nor does it provide much protection from radiation. Water is not easily obtained, and the planet is not known to have food. Still, two U.S. servicemembers are willing spend the rest of their lives on the red planet.

Air Force dormitory named after Vietnam vet awarded Medal of Honor

Minot Air Force Base has named a dormitory in honor of a Vietnam veteran who died while helping save the lives of three comrades during the war.

Pa. man who posed as Air Force pilot gets probation

A South Union man who showed up at a Fayette County school in a disheveled military uniform the day before Veterans Day and falsely claimed to be an Air Force pilot will serve a year of probation.

Air Force member gifts Greencastle boy with flag flown over Middle East

He previously received over a thousand Christmas cards from people around the world, and now a Greencastle boy has been gifted an American flag flown over part of the world on an Air Force mission.

Idaho officials ask Air Force secretary to keep Air Guard mission

Idaho Gov. Butch Otter and other officials stressed to Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James the importance of retaining a flying mission at Gowen Field Air National Guard Base even if the A-10 Thunderbolt is retired.

Air Force Academy general takes to Twitter in hopes of joining Ellen DeGeneres show

The Air Force Academy's top general took to Twitter on Wednesday to ask television host Ellen DeGeneres to bring her show to the 4,000-cadet campus north of Colorado Springs and offered to arrange for DeGeneres a flight with the Air Force Thunderbirds.

Former Robins commander nominated to be top maintenance leader

A former Robins Air Force Base commander has been tapped to be the Air Force's top man over depot maintenance.

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Photos of the week: Air Force

Our staff-selected photos of the week of the Air Force in action.

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Americans join Germans in Fasching parade near Ramstein Air Base

Thousands of Germans and Americans turned out for the Ramstein-Miesenbach Fasching parade on Tuesday to celebrate Germany’s zany carnival season.

Lakenheath rescue squadron to split into 2 units

Pararescue airmen will get their own unit, the 57th Rescue Squadron, at a unit activation ceremony Wednesday at RAF Lakenheath.

Fears of secret Soviet weapon helped fuel Air Force's Project Blue Book

For 22 years, the military seemed to spare little expense in chronicling humans' reported otherworldly encounters with glowing orbs, spinning spheres, flying ice cream cones and more.

Airman nominated for Silver Star for actions in Afghanistan

As a bomb technician, Parker's job was to diffuse explosive devices. On May 21, 2014, he was with a team sent to clear out a factory producing explosive devices in the mountains of Afghanistan. They ran straight into a group of insurgents, who began firing from where they had set up in the entrance to a cave.

Report: Air Force lab has $500 million impact in NM

Research on lasers, microwaves, satellites and other space technology at Kirtland Air Force Base is generating more than half a billion dollars in economic activity annually in New Mexico, while supporting 3,700 jobs, according to a new report from the University of New Mexico.

Fort Bragg's 440th Airlift Wing continues to operate in state of limbo

The Air Force hasn't officially closed the books on the 440th Airlift Wing, but that doesn't mean it's business as usual. The one-star Air Force Reserve unit that manages Fort Bragg's Pope Field in North Carolina and flies the only Air Force planes permanently stationed at the home of the Army's airborne continues to operate in a state of limbo.

Ramstein maintainer to serve time for role in wreck that killed German

An airman with the 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron will serve one month in jail and lose a stripe for his role in a fatal motor vehicle crash that killed a German motorcyclist.