Flight operations were temporarily halted “to give the base and community time and space to respond to the incident,” said an Air Force spokeswoman.

Col. Mark Visconi pleaded guilty to child pornography charges in federal court last week. He was charged in August while working at the Pentagon and now awaits sentencing.

Security for Offutt Air Force Base have not revealed who the shooter was in the Sept. 28 slayings of Sgt. Zachary Firlik and his wife, Kari McManigal Firlik at a military housing residence south of Omaha.

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the military as a whole are facing a threat from within that Ohio businesses are all too familiar with — an aging workforce that is rapidly approaching retirement.

The Air Force is investigating after a F-16 Fighting Falcon out of Spangdahlem crashed Tuesday afternoon in an isolated, wooded area near the German town of Zemmer-Rodt, a few miles south of the base and north of the city of Trier, officials said.

The increase in bombing followed the collapse of peace talks between the United States and the Taliban in early September and a vow by President Donald Trump “to hit our enemy harder” than ever before.

The 51st Fighter Wing's Innovation Engine Room at Osan Air Base was created to give innovative airmen the resources and connections needed to turns their ideas into reality.

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In the year since Hurricane Michael nearly destroyed the installation, thousands of military personnel and civilian contractors have labored 24/7 to bring Tyndall Air Force Base back to life. To date, the Air Force has spent $700 million for repairs and renovations at the base.

Republican legislators waded into the debate over whether defense officials should station new F-35 jet fighters in Madison on Tuesday, passing a resolution supporting the idea despite neighborhood concerns about the noise and the effects it would have on property values.

The new Operational Camouflage Pattern will become standard for the Air Force by April 1, 2021. New recruits issued the prior uniform will have to buy the OCPs with their clothing allowance.

More than 1,000 U.S. Air Force officers will be in Oklahoma this week for a professional conference on logistics, aircraft maintenance and acquisition.

A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed Tuesday afternoon near the German town of Zemmer, Air Force officials said. The pilot was recovered with minor injuries.

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base recently recently topped 30,000 employees for the first time in around 30 years. Before 1989, the base hadn’t employed more than 30,000 since 1964.

Col. Mark Visconi used an online bulletin board dedicated to sharing photos of underage girls between November 2015 and June 2016. A forensic review of his laptop showed that Visconi downloaded and viewed the content by using an anonymous web browser.

A traveling exhibit of sculptures depicting wounded military working dogs seeks to get people talking about the servicemembers who worked, and sometimes died, with the canines, while also honoring the dogs’ service.

The brother of Yaney Perez-Perez, one of the men who died, said Perez-Perez was a roofer from Guatemala.

Flying cars might seem like a futuristic fantasy, but the leader of Air Force acquisitions thinks they’re a “low-hanging opportunity” that Wright-Patterson Air Force Base can pioneer during the next few years.

Authorities say a man drove through a gate at Robins Air Force Base and struck a security barrier, killing himself and two passengers.

Nearly 2,000 science fiction and comic book fans descended on RAF Mildenhall on Saturday for the base’s version of the international comic book convention ComicCon.

Las Vegas-area veterans joined anti-war activists outside Nellis Air Force Base for a protest against the proposed expansion of the Nevada Test and Training Range.

For the first time since taking office, the U.S. Secretary of Defense on Friday visited Wright-Patterson Air Force Base where he received updates on projects and met with local Airmen.

Air Force Col. Nick Hague was welcomed back to Earth from the International Space Station Thursday by a phrase that’s familiar to him and his fellow Air Force Academy class of 1998 alumni: “We’re waiting on a classmate.”

More than 70 pairs of boots were placed in a central part of RAF Mildenhall to illustrate the high rate of suicide in the service as part of a a new airmen-run initiative that aims to change opinions about seeking help for mental health issues.

Chief Master Sgt. James Traficante used his fire-resistant gloves to open a hatch, officials said.

Under a plea deal, military prosecutors dropped accusations that Air Force Academy standout running back Joseph Saucier intended to distribute both drugs, a move that saved him a potential penalty of 15 years in prison at a court-martial.

Airman Abigail M. Smith was identified by F.E. Warren Air Force Base officials as one of the people found dead after a shooting in Cheyenne, Wyo., early Tuesday morning.

Andre McDonald is accused of murdering his wife, Andreen McDonald, whose remains were discovered in July after she was reported missing months earlier.

The capsule carrying Air Force Lt. Col. Nick Hague, Alexey Ovchinin and Hazzaa al-Mansoori back from the International Space Station touched down in Kazakhstan.

Lt. Col. Jason Moehle was relieved as commander of the 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, which maintains the F-16 Wild Weasel aircraft, a report says.

Aurora was a rare falcon who served as the Air Force Academy’s mascot for 23 years.

Tech. Sgt. Zachary Firlik and his wife Kari Firlik were found dead Saturday night after a shooting in military housing near Offutt Air Force Base. The couple’s three children were unharmed in the incident, which is still under investigation.

While young puppies rejected by the military for various reasons typically are snapped up right away, the Air Force has been struggling recently to find forever homes for older dogs.

An unarmed Minuteman III missile equipped with a test reentry vehicle launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base and traveled about 4,200 miles to a test range in the Marshall Islands.

Bradley Reese Haile, 19, and Jacob Blackburn, 20, were airmen first class assigned to the 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron. They were killed Monday morning when the car they were in hit a stationary object before bursting into flames.

A second power outage in just over two weeks forced schools on Aviano Air Base to close and caused some medical services to be canceled for part of Wednesday.

The formation of New Jersey's largest military installation was celebrated Tuesday during a rededication ceremony featuring the so-called "mastermind" behind joint basing and the leader of the fight for the base's survival.

John Henderson, assistant Air Force secretary for installations, said the problems at Tinker are “more complex” than at other Air Force bases.

Senior cadet Joseph Saucier will be tried on charges that he used cocaine and possessed the drug with intent to distribute. The trial follows a guilty plea from former Falcons running back Cole Fagan for cocaine use.

Col. Peter Bailey, the school commandant, said the class size was increased to meet Air Force demands for new officers.

Vandenberg Air Force Base is conducting a test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday.

Two airmen were killed and a third was injured in the crash near Spangdalem Air Base’s passenger terminal on Monday morning.

Tech. Sgt. Zachary Firlik was identified Monday by base officials as the airman found dead. However, base officials did not name Firlik’s wife.

A $2.8 billion Boeing Co. upgrade of its AWACS surveillance planes is dogged by delays caused in part by an almost yearlong closing of two classified laboratories developing software for the project, Pentagon agencies disclosed.

In a trend that has rocketed across the world, airmen got into position for the Tetris Challenge on social media.

The 48th Fighter Wing’s newest flight formation leaders, intelligence professionals, maintainers and operations personnel came together for a drill at RAF Lakenheath that involved a nearby Air Force refueling wing and NATO partners.

Two airmen were killed and one was injured Monday morning in a car accident on Spangdahlem Air Base’s perimeter road.

On Saturday, as 300 planes were up in the air in key areas such as Syria, Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf, hundreds of seats at the combined air and space operations center at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar sat empty.

The Air Force's use of 3-D printing is part of a broader set of efforts to use next-generation technologies to drive costs out of the Pentagon's vast, taxpayer-funded supply chain, while also ensuring equipment problems don't hurt military readiness.

A federal grand jury indictment alleges that Master Sgt. Michael Reimers sold an unspecified amount of cocaine and more than 50 grams of methamphetamine between July and September. It also said he sold three firearms without a license.

Staff Sgt. Andrew P. Rogers admitted he used cameras hidden around his off-base house to film more than half a dozen women who stayed with him or house-sat for him while he was away.

An Air Force investigation report paints a chaotic scene when emergency responders in August 2018 searched Wright-Patterson Medical Center during a false report of an active shooter.

Justin Desmond Carr, 19, an airman stationed at Schriever Air Force Base, was arrested Tuesday night after police say he tried to lure a 14-year-old girl he met online to have sex with him.

The Air Force’s third annual Women in Aviation Fly-In drew female aviators from the around the world Sept. 18-21 to Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, for networking and mentorship opportunities within the officer and enlisted ranks.

The U.S. Air Force has agreed to pay Westfield $1.3 million toward $13 million or more in costs associated with contamination in the city’s water supply. Officials have traced the contamination to firefighting foam used in the past at Barnes Air National Guard Base

The U.S. Air Force has cleared for initial production a new Sikorsky combat rescue helicopter based on the venerable Black Hawk helicopter, parent company Lockheed Martin Corp. said.

A new radar system is allowing the military’s unmanned MQ-9 Reaper attack drones to fly for the first time in and out of Syracuse Hancock International Airport without an escort from piloted chase planes. It’s the first time that military drones have flown unescorted from a commercial airport in the United States.

Civil Air Patrol is the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary with emergency response, search and rescue and youth development included in its mission. "It's been called America's best kept secret," said Squadron Commander Lt. James Jenkins, who has been in Civil Air Patrol for 4½ years.

Air Force Lt. Col. Daniel Moreno’s grandfather, who was from Mexico, gained his U.S. citizenship by serving in World War II. “I like to talk to people because I want to tell them there are opportunities out there,” said Moreno, chief of Logistics Readiness Branch for the Air Force Reserve Command A4.

Citing unanswered questions about the economic and noise impacts of bringing F-35 jets to Madison, Wis., state Rep. Chris Taylor on Monday called for an extra 60 days for public comments on the potential fighter jet placement at Truax Field.

Tech. Sgt. Ken O’Brien has been called "Superman" by some and a hero by others — and, while en-route to receive one of the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year awards, O'Brien lived up to his reputation when he saved a child's life.

Drop zones at Edwards to be named after parachutist who died in training jump

The policy, which takes effect immediately, gives certain fully qualified pilots, remotely piloted aircrew and missile operations duty crews the option to continue doing their jobs while pregnant.

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The 51st Fighter Wing opened the gates to Osan Air Base over the weekend for the annual Air Power Day, a show of the combined strength of South Korea and the U.S. Air Force.

The Air Force’s 36th Rescue Squadron recorded its 700th save Aug. 12 when a team airlifted an injured student attending survival, evasion, resistance and escape instructor training from a mountainside in northeastern Washington.

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The red-white-and-blue couldn’t defeat the olive-drab-and-silver at Aviano Air Base’s inaugural cardboard boat race in Italy this week.

RAF Mildenhall’s main gate reopened Friday evening four hours after it was closed to allow British police to investigate a suspicious package, officials said. The investigation found no threat to the base or personnel.

In her message to the many students in the audience, retired Air Force Lt. Col. Olga Custodio impressed upon them the importance of persistence, passion and patience. “I learned that denial is sometimes just delay,” she said about setbacks she’d faced.

A U.S. Air Force civilian who died this week in a noncombat incident at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar was identified Friday as 32-year-old intelligence analyst Jason P. Zaki.

The Air Force is currently looking at implementing a fitness test policy like the Army’s, which encourages commanders and supervisors to allow a minimum of seven days between the two components of the test.

The Air Force has used Glasgow Prestwick Airport with greater frequency during Trump's presidency, placing some of its crews at Trump Turnberry, which is about 30 miles away, during overnight stopovers in Scotland.

Lawyers for two Air Force members who are HIV positive have urged a federal appeals court to uphold an injunction that prevents the Trump administration from continuing with discharge proceedings against them.

An Air Force Academy cadet accused of raping a woman in 2017 was found not guilty last week during a general court-martial, the academy said.

The Pentagon’s F-35 program office promised $1.2 billion in savings from buying parts and equipment in bulk for Lockheed Martin Corp.’s fighter jet, but it now estimates only about a third of those savings, according a Senate panel.

Workers were scrambling to restore power on Aviano Air Base on Tuesday, but base officials warned that the power outage may continue into a second day.

The Air Force celebrates its 72nd birthday Wednesday but 5th Air Force, which oversees U.S. air power in the Far East, has been in action even longer.

The T-7A Red Hawk features a red-tailed color scheme just like the Republic P-47 Thunderbolts and North American P-51 Mustangs flown by the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II.

Staff Sgt. Adam K. Erickson, 29, was killed in California during a training accident on a routine military proficiency jump.

The annual event, which attracted more than 125,000 visitors this year, gives the local community a chance to learn about and meet the American and Japan Self-Defense Force servicemembers who work and live on Yokota Air Base.

The costs to clean up chemical contaminates suspected at more than 400 current and former military sites could eclipse the $2 billion estimate that the Pentagon projected in March, defense officials said Thursday.

The Air Force has banned cargo and passengers aboard its KC-46A Pegasus tanker jets after floor cargo restraints unlocked during recent test flights, according to the service’s Air Mobility Command.

The House Oversight Committee has been investigating an uptick in stays by the military at the Trump Turnberry hotel to determine whether the president has improperly directed crews to stay at his family-owned property.

Air Force Staff Sgt. Daniel P. Keller had already been fighting for 15 hours when a house rigged with improvised explosives just feet away from the combat controller blew up, forcing him to the ground, injured and dazed. But he kept fighting.

A routine training flight was anything but when two U.S. fighter jets came close to colliding with a pair of parachutists over southern England earlier this year, a report by a British air safety board says.

Members of a Yokota-based group played the opening song on Nippon Television’s “Nodojiman The World!”

It’s been more than two years since the Palicia brothers saw each other, but after traveling more than 20 hours from their overseas military bases, they reunited Tuesday in San Antonio to prepare for battle Thursday in the Alpha Warrior competition.

Officers were called to the parking lot of an elementary school near McConnell Air Force Base to investigate a suspicious person. By the time they arrived, he had stolen a truck and crashed it, police said.

Mobility Guardian will run through Sept. 28 and provide a realistic training environment for more than 2,500 U.S. military personnel and international partners, according to the Air Force.

CV-22 Osprey operations won’t be affected by the diversion of nearly $87 million from projects supporting tiltrotor aircraft in western Tokyo, according to U.S. military officials.

The study will examine what effect exposure to 12 different chemicals on the base known to be carcinogens along with drinking contaminated water had on guardsmen who worked there.

The Air Force has launched a review of its selection of lodging accommodations amid heightened scrutiny of a decision to place a crew at the Trump Turnberry resort in Scotland, which it acknowledged Sunday "might be allowable but not advisable."

Hurricane Dorian bypassed Northwest Florida's military bases, but Hurricane Michael, the Category 5 storm that leveled Tyndall Air Force Base in October, has remained front and center as those bases, and the rest of the Air Force, have taken a new look at preparing for hurricanes and other severe weather.

The Nebraska Air Guard, which is the second-oldest Air National Guard unit in the nation, invited family, friends and National Guard members to thank the more than 350 troops who had been deployed in the past year to Iraq, Afghanistan and other locations around the world.

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein recently ordered a daylong halt in operations after the service's 78th suicide this year.

“We have to be able to disperse. We can’t all be sitting on big bases and being big targets,” Pacific Air Forces commander Gen. Charles Q. Brown said. “The ability to move around...is important.”

The 494th Fighter Squadron received the 66-year-old trophy, a servicewide award sponsored by defense contractor Raytheon, for its overall performance and in recognition of its six-month deployment to the Middle East last year.