The 7th Air Force at Kunsan Air Base is coordinating a 15-day exercise, dubbed Korea Flying Training.

The world’s costliest weapons program, Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 fighter jet, is getting even more expensive, according to a government watchdog.

Its arms aren’t tired. Kirtland Air Force Base is the home of a record-holding, long-flying aircraft. The UH-1N Huey reached the impressive milestone on March 18 — 20,000 flight hours.

U.S. Air Force, Navy and Army assets participated in the operation to shoot down Iranian missiles and drones, which one official called a “spectacular success,” with no American casualties. 

Recommendations from a panel of lawmakers tasked with improving the quality of life for troops include a 15% pay raise for junior enlisted service members, no more referrals for physical therapy, optometry, women’s health and other specialties, and a basic allowance for housing that covers 100% of estimated costs.

Interactions intertwined with children and adults eager to do pushups to earn free Air Force-branded swag are just one piece of how the service has pulled itself out of a recruiting slump that left it short on its enlistment goal last year.

Air Force Col. Ariel G. Batungbacal, the commander of the National Air and Space Intelligence Center, has been nominated for appointment to the grade of brigadier general, the Pentagon said.

The Defense Health Agency is shuttering the satellite pharmacy in the base mall, a little over two years since spending $3.2 million to open a second pharmacy at Ramstein.

Two F-22 Raptor squadrons have landed on Okinawa as part of an Air Force plan to replace retired F-15 Eagles with frequent rotations of various fighters through the island.

A U.S. Air Force veteran who fled a charge of possessing sexually explicit images of a child told his lawyer he joined Russia’s army, and video appears to show him signing documents in a military enlistment office in Siberia.

Air Force Lt. Col. Jimmy Stanley has been relieved as the commander of the 90th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron by Col. Johnny Galbert, commander of the 90th Missile Wing.

The Air Force has expanded its reach in the Pacific by refueling an airborne strategic bomber and a special operations aircraft from a commercial tanker for the first time.

During a panel discussion Tuesday at the American Defense Communities’ national summit, advocates described how access to affordable housing, reliable child care and top public schools in communities near bases where military families reside contribute to readiness and retention.

This is the 21st year the USO has honored Service Members of the Year, nominated by their command leadership “for performing extraordinary acts of bravery that exemplify the values of the Armed Forces and the USO,” according to the organization.

As American politicians have repeatedly haggled over federal budgets, the Chinese have built larger, more capable forces with an eye on challenging U.S. power, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall warned senators.

Assuming command of the 88th Air Base Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Col. Dustin Richards promised Tuesday to establish a “culture of trust and mutual respect,” one where base employees can reach their potential and “live their best life.”

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told senators at a hearing on the service’s 2025 budget that he will enter the cockpit of one of the F-16s that the service has converted for drone flight to see for himself how it performs in the air.

The Air Force’s tech group in the Middle East recently tested software that lets it quickly print air drones capable of delivering first aid to injured troops, the service said.

Aviano Air Base schools were issued an all-clear message Tuesday afternoon following a lockdown that came while security forces personnel searched for two unidentified people on the installation.