Senior Airman Marcus Jordan, 28, part of the 38th Rescue Squadron, died while deployed to Andersen Air Force Base on Guam, according to the Air Force. Jordan was found unresponsive Wednesday afternoon and later pronounced dead. The cause of death is under investigation.
A persistent deficit of affordable and available early child care for military families could be improved under a new bill that seeks to establish partnerships between the military and civilian child care providers.
Pacific Skies, a series of exercises between mid-June and mid-August, will involve 1,800 airmen and aircraft from Germany, France, Spain and the United Kingdom, Germany’s air force said in a news release Tuesday.
In Alaska vitally important missions could be in jeopardy as the Air National Guard rebalances its staffing levels nationwide. If nothing changes, by the fall the Alaska Air Guard will see 80 of its military-grade positions converted to civilian jobs. Many of the people who hold those jobs say they’ll leave.
Preliminary work has begun for major upgrades deemed essential for the 185th Air Refueling Wing to continue flying tankers at Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City, Iowa, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said.
The 823rd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer, better known as Red Horse, arrived home after a 6½-month deployment to Guam.
Nearly three dozen patients were treated through a program that brought a plastic surgeon to this airlift hub in western Tokyo for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Army and Air Force say they are on track to meet their recruiting goals this year, reversing previous shortfalls using a swath of new programs and policy changes. But the Navy, while improving, expects once again to fall short.
U.S. European Command wants $22 million to replace an aging aeromedical evacuation center at Ramstein Air Base, where “life-threatening equipment malfunctions” could put troops at risk, according to budget documents.
The 7th Air Force at Kunsan Air Base is coordinating a 15-day exercise, dubbed Korea Flying Training.