A new commander took charge of the 52nd Fighter Wing on Monday, a unit with airmen and fighter jets currently deployed to the Middle East.

Staff Sgt. Christian Diaz, 24, of the 35th Fighter Generation Squadron at Kunsan Air Base in South Korea, was deployed to Eielson Air Force Base for training.

Air Force basic and technical trainees no longer have any alternative exercises available in the service’s fitness test, as only the three traditional events are now being used in the assessment for them.

Patriot air defense crews had seconds to fire as a barrage of Iranian missiles headed toward their positions earlier this week at Al Udeid Air Base, the U.S. military installation in Qatar that serves as a command hub for all Middle East operations.

A fighter pilot with more than 400 combat flight hours has assumed command of the U.S. fighter wing closest to North Korea.

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has identified the remains of three airmen killed in action in Laos in 1968 when their secret mountaintop radar site was overrun by North Vietnamese commandos.

A new strategic stealth bomber, modernized ICBM missiles, and a sixth-generation fighter are President Donald Trump’s top priorities in the Air Force budget proposal for fiscal 2026 released by the Pentagon on Thursday.

A U.S. Air Force training exercise off Okinawa took an unexpected turn when a supply bundle carrying a rescue boat detached from its parachute and fell into the sea, the 18th Wing said.

Armed with fake plastic rifles, about 30 airmen practiced clearing rooms in combat during recent newcomer training on Osan Air Base, less than 50 miles from North Korea.

More than 1,000 cadets flowed up the stairs at the Holaday Athletic Center at the Air Force Academy Wednesday to start chasing their dreams of flying planes, working in space, and serving their country.