Airmen will be expected to have higher boots, officers must maintain one complete set of a camouflage uniform and eyelash extensions are no longer permitted unless for medical reasons, the Air Force announced.

A U.S. fighter made a precautionary landing in northern Japan, temporarily closing a shared military-commercial runway, according to Japan’s Ministry of Defense.

Retired Lt. Gen. David Deptula told reporters that the proposed cuts to the programs in the Air Force’s fiscal 2026 budget proposal unveiled last month would leave the service with problematic capability gaps given an uncertain security environment around the world.

An explosion at a munitions storage facility on Kadena Air Base occurred when Japanese soldiers accidentally detonated a fuse on a World War II-era anti-tank shell, Japan’s military said.

The U.S. Air Force has transferred upgraded F-16 Fighting Falcons from Japan to South Korea, reinforcing its fighter capabilities on the Korean Peninsula amid ongoing efforts to deter airborne threats.

The South Dakota Air National Guard’s 114th Fighter Wing conducted a maximum generation elephant walk to demonstrate its ability to project fighter airpower at Joe Foss Field, S.D.

More than 300 airmen from the Idaho Air National Guard touched down at Gowen Field, Idaho, after a three-month deployment to the Middle East.

Over 25,000 Air Force recruits stand to receive an initial enlistment bonus in the service’s 2026 budget, exceeding the current budget year’s estimate of 4,500 by more than five times. The Space Force is raising the number of eligible guardians from about 100 this fiscal year to 550 in 2026.

Eielson Air Force Base, located near Fairbanks, was named in June by the Defense Department as the preferred site for the reactor. Pentagon officials hope to have it built and running by late 2028.

A U.S. airman and a Marine were arrested on unrelated accusations of assaulting local residents near Kadena Air Base, police said.