The Air Force has deployed F-15 fighter jets for a force protection mission on Diego Garcia, Pacific Air Forces confirmed this week. The strategically important island in the Indian Ocean has served as a base for U.S. bombers during the Pentagon’s airstrikes on Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen that began earlier this year.

Tomoko Hyatt has no formal art training, but her road tax sticker designs are in high demand across Japan, displayed by tens of thousands of people and growing in popularity.

The training center is being designed so simulations can be adapted to include weapons and aircraft from other U.S. military branches, as well as NATO allies. Its location underlines the importance of Alaska and the Arctic to the U.S. 

Joe St. Clair, an Air Force veteran who had traveled outside the U.S. seeking alternative treatment for PTSD, has been released from a Venezuelan prison after being wrongfully detained by the government of President Nicolas Maduro.

The Air Force plans to privatize on-base lodging at 58 installations across the U.S. and its territories, marking a shift in how the service maintains and manages its hotel facilities.

Tech Sgt. Clemente Velasco, a 30-year-old from Austin, Texas, who died April 25, was remembered Monday by airmen from the 31st Fighter Wing at Aviano Air Base. “Clemente was a shining example of resilience,” Tech. Sgt. William Garcia said at the memorial. 

Gen. Chance Saltzman, chief of space operations, said last week that planning to incorporate space-focused Air National Guard missions into the active duty was underway.

Yokota Air Base’s annual Friendship Festival drew tens of thousands of visitors to check out Air Force aircraft and other attractions.

With less than two weeks until graduation, nine Air Force Academy soccer players are unsure if they will march with their classmates after an alleged hazing incident, prompting complaints from some family members, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette. The academy says its decisions are still pending.

Eligible airmen have just days left to apply for this year’s selective retention bonus program, which the Air Force is closing more than four months earlier than expected.