The events next May will celebrate the 80th anniversary for the base, the 80th anniversary for the Doolittle Raid, 35 years of B-1 Operations at the base and the 75th birthday of the Air Force.

The Oklahoma National Guard will be able to deploy enough troops to federal missions despite some ignoring a Pentagon requirement that all service members must receive the coronavirus vaccine, Oklahoma Adjutant General Tommy Mancino said Wednesday.

The figure represents the most complete estimate to date for the heavily classified program won by Northrop Grumman Corp. in 2015. It's also an attempt by the Air Force to make good on a vow to help prevent sticker shock among lawmakers by providing more transparency on cost data as the secretive aircraft proceeds through development.

Five U. S. Air Force pararescuemen rappelled aboard a cargo ship in the Indian Ocean and rescued a merchant mariner who was having a health emergency, U.S. Africa Command said.

Four Connecticut labor unions filed a federal lawsuit this week asking a judge to rule that a law barring federal military troops from forming unions does not apply to National Guard troops working on state duty for governors.

On Thursday, Oklahoma Adjutant General Thomas Mancino issued a memo canceling the vaccine mandate for the state’s Guard troops despite a federal policy requiring the shots for all service members.

A report given to German tax collectors that included commissary expenditures, on-base gasoline purchases and more ended up being used against a US military-affiliated family in tax court.

Beginning Jan. 1, airmen performing the cardio portion of the test may choose to run either 1.5 miles on a track or a 20-meter shuttle run set up inside a basketball court, the updated guidelines released Friday said.

In the town square recreation area in Aman Omid Village on Holloman Air Force Base, children play in the cool mid-morning early November weather. At the Women’s Morale, Welfare and Recreation Center, girls and women dance the Attan, Afghanistan’s national dance. This is how Afghan refugees living on Holloman air Force Base pass the time while they await resettlement.