The Air Force has completed inspections of more than a quarter of its fleet of C-130 Hercules transports, which were pulled from flying operations after the discovery of signs of cracking on the wing joints.

Air Force Master Sgt. Roger Halle was recognized along with three local lifeguards Monday by Chatan Mayor Masaharu Noguni for their efforts July 26 to revive a young boy who was visiting the island from Hong Kong.

Thirty years ago the first B-2 bomber took to the air from the Plant 42 runway in Palmdale, Calif. Aviation visionary Jack Northrop’s dream of a “flying wing” plane — one with no tail — was realized. Today, Northrop is ramping up development of a replacement stealth bomber, the B-21.

Vast sums of money are being spent to improve sprawling Al Udeid Air Base, making it not only more central to the U.S. military posture, but also more permanent.

Officials at the academy near Colorado Springs say a three-year $158 million restoration and preservation project is scheduled to begin Nov. 1.

Airmen who work on the flight line are required to wear two layers of hearing protection. They normally wear foam ear plugs and a headset over them — but that makes communication difficult.

The Hawaii National Guard said Oahu residents might notice an increase in military aircraft during a large-scale Sentry Aloha fighter exercise running Wednesday through Sept. 4.

The Pacific Daily News and The Guam Daily Post reported gleaning Ansell Degoma Poblete’s name from police blotter reports of a home invasion and high-speed chase Wednesday night that officials have linked to the base incident.

Tech Sgt. Joshua Kidd was one of five members of the Barksdale community to be murdered since June 2018, according to the Air Force.

Authorities say the airman was shot early Sunday by a resident who told them he saw the man remove the patio door off its hinge and start kicking the glass door.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that exposure to some types of radiation can cause cancer, however to date there has been no link established between the specific radiation emitted from radars on these advanced jets and the illnesses pilots are now seeing.

A total of 159 passengers and crew, including U.S. airmen, on an Air Force-chartered flight were evacuated via emergency slides at Ireland’s Shannon Airport after the jet’s landing gear caught fire, media reports said Friday.

The Air Force has begun limited flying operations at a remote outpost in the southern Sahara Desert in Niger, where U.S. airmen recently built a 6,200-foot runway to support intelligence gathering in West Africa.

Suicide is the leading cause of death among airmen over the past five years. As of Aug. 1, the Air Force reported 78 airman suicides in 2019.

The unnamed man was shot while being apprehended at approximately 6:35 a.m. Thursday after reportedly stabbing an unnamed civilian guard attached to base security forces who was attempting to apprehend him.

Air Force Maj. Matt Kowalski and San Antonio Postmaster Robert Carr unveiled the U.S. Postal Service’s newest forever stamp, which honors the contributions of military working dogs. The stamp features the four most common breeds associated with military work: the German shepherd, the Labrador retriever, the Belgian Malinois and the Dutch shepherd.

To move to the top of the waiting list for on-base housing, families must sign a contract agreeing to provide child care of up to 50 hours a week per child, for up to six children, for at least 18 months.

Information on the unnamed security forces member’s condition was not immediately available. Air Force officials said the intruder — who was also not named — was shot during the incident.

The Air Force has resumed flights of almost three-quarters of the transport planes that the service grounded last week after maintainers discovered unusual cracks in the wing joints of an Air National Guard C-130 Hercules aircraft, an Air Mobility Command spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Outside researchers were allowed physical access to the critical F-15 system to search for weaknesses for the first time in the fighter jet's history. And after two long days, the seven hackers found a mother lode of vulnerabilities.

The wings should last for approximately 10,000 flight hours without major inspection and were fitted with better wiring harnesses, an Air Force statement said Monday.

Air Force senior linebacker Kyle Johnson did some mapping and data collecting during his confidential summer internship at a think tank in the nation's capital. Sorry, that's really all he can reveal. His work was either sensitive or classified.

The city council in Vermont's largest city has voted to oppose the basing of the Vermont National Guard's F-35 fighter jets at the Burlington International Airport.

Charles Theodore Horn, an 86-year-old Korean War veteran, left high school and enlisted in the military just a half-credit short of receiving his diploma. Matt Allison, a friend, contacted Gahanna Lincoln High School to see what could be done.

More than 1,000 homes near Truax Field could be “incompatible for residential use” because of heightened noise levels if a new fighter jet program is placed there, according to a draft report compiled by the U.S. Air Force and National Guard Bureau.

New Mexico’s Environment Department and attorney general are suing the Air Force over PFAS chemicals that leaked into water near Clovis and Alamogordo from Cannon and Holloman Air Force bases, respectively.

The University of Toledo’s long commitment to solar power has led to a $7.4 million grant over five years to have its physics and astronomy department try to develop lighter and more efficient solar cells for the Air Force.

The Air Force Air Mobility Command's decision to temporarily remove 123 of 450 C-130 Hercules aircraft this week has not affected Fort Bragg training operations, officials said.

Publicity surrounding recent approvals, including accommodations for Norse Heathen airmen, has not caused an uptick in waiver requests, the Air Force said.

An event welcoming the KC-46A tanker was held at the 157th Air Refueling Wing and was attended by airmen and their families, retirees and a host of federal officials on a sun-bathed Thursday afternoon.

Few events in 2018 garnered as much international attention as the Thai cave rescue, an ordeal that lasted 18 days in June and July. Tech. Sgt. Kenny O’Brien found himself in a front-row seat, spending nine days in the frigid cave waters.

Two U.S. F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets and two Canadian CF-18 Hornet fighters on Thursday morning intercepted the long-range, nuclear-capable Russian bombers north of Alaska over the Beaufort Sea.

During an exercise in Italy, 43 airmen loaded ammunition they built onto F-16s and worked with 250-pound, GBU-39 small diameter bombs, which some of them had handled in recent deployments to Afghanistan.

A software upgrade was responsible for a pay issue that affected some 6,800 active duty and reserve airmen, the Air Force Personnel Center said Thursday.

The cracks on the lower center wing joint were discovered on an Air National Guard C-130 H-model at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., during depot maintenance.

Xiara Mercado, a 27-year-old Air Force senior airman, was shocked she was rebuked for speaking Spanish in uniform in a Starbucks near Hickam Air Force Base and her subsequent stand against discrimination has gained some fervent support on social media.

The fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite is expected to launch Thursday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s launch complex 41. If it takes off successfully, the satellite will bring the Air Force one step closer to completing the $15 billion AEHF project, which calls for six satellites in geosynchronous orbit

To compensate, the exchange is expanding its assortment of online digital entertainment alternatives from leading companies, including a discounted offer for the streaming service Hulu.

The Air Force’s top enlisted leader, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright, wants the service to consider several changes in Air Force policy designed to help airmen — including the option to take a no-fail, trial-run fitness assessment.

A draft environmental impact statement from the Air Force says the possible stationing of F-35A fighter jets at Gowen Field would cause “significant” noise in the surrounding area, potentially making hundreds of homes unlivable.

Wright-Patterson has established a Helping Agency Support Center on the base for airmen, their families, and civilians to access post-tragedy assistance from chaplains, mental health and other counselors.

Some military personnel may not see an expected pay update or increase on their end of July leave and earning statement, according to a statement.

A detachment of RQ-4 Global Hawks from the 69th Reconnaissance Group, 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, will operate out of Yokota this summer and fall, the 374th Airlift Wing said in a statement Friday. The western Tokyo base is also home to U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force.

Minorities, children and lower-income communities on Madison’s east side would be affected disproportionately if the city’s Air National Guard base were to be chosen to house the newest class of fighter jets, according to a new draft report.

The new U.S. Space Command is being established at a temporary home at Peterson and Schriever Air Force bases in Colorado Springs. It is expected to kick off operations in a few weeks, Air Force sources have said.

Raytheon's High Energy Laser Weapons Systems are 10-kilowatt lasers designed to be mounted on small ground-based vehicles and aimed using an interface similar to a video game controller.

Members of the Air Force Academy’s Class of 1959 — its first graduating class — ushered the newest crop of cadets across the academy’s Challenge Bridge on Thursday in a symbolic passing from their civilian pasts to their military futures.

If airman suicides continue at their current pace, this year’s deaths by suicide in the service would far eclipse last year’s. In 2018, 60 active duty airmen, 17 Air National Guard and three Air Force reservists died by suicide for a total of 80 airmen.

Mold has been an ongoing issue in the 77 dormitories spread across Joint Base San Antonio. Now a nearly complete review of all dorms shows about one out of every six rooms has mold.

Sophomore cadet Andrew Hong is charged with accosting the woman, who wasn’t identified in court papers, on April 28, 2018, while both were visiting Denver, according to charging papers.

Col. Scott Campbell was pulled over July 13 by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office and cited for drunken driving. The incident led to Campbell's removal from his position as vice commandant of cadets at the Air Force Academy.

Air Force Gen. John Hyten’s nomination to be the next vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was approved in a 20-7 vote by the committee, despite sexual misconduct allegations made against him by a former aide.

When the new $427 million Pensacola Bay Bridge opens in 2021, it's all but certain that it will carry the name of Air Force Gen. Daniel "Chappie" James, who grew up in Pensacola before embarking on his noteworthy military career, which included becoming the Air Force's first African-American four-star general in 1975.

Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright spent the day at Vance visiting with officers and airmen, gauging morale and readiness, determining what's running smoothly, and where improvements may be needed.

After the active shooter scare last August, a review board’s recommendations have been implemented in the hopes of avoiding a similar scare, said Col. Tom Sherman, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander.

After mold in dorms forced about 200 airmen into new housing over the weekend at Joint Base San Antonio in Texas, officials anticipate the number of displaced airmen to grow.

All women in the Air Force will receive an email about the survey, but only those who have worn the new maternity uniform or are currently wearing it will be invited to complete the full questionnaire.

The Air Force has begun to look at whether there’s increased risk for cancer among its fighter pilots. At the heart of the study was a question of whether extended exposure in the cockpit to radiation may be linked to increased risk of prostate cancer.

It will be an early wake-up call for cadets — and some of the Air Force Academy’s neighbors — as the school lengthens hours for its flight training with a 6 a.m. start Monday through Friday.

Air Force personnel appealed directly to a standing-room-only crowd of local businesspeople and innovators this week to come up with creative solutions to an array of technical problems at Kirtland Air Force Base.

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Basic training is a 40-day period intended to turn more than 1,000 incoming Air Force Academy basics from civilians into full-fledged airmen.

Training on the M4 is part of an emphasis on preparing new airmen for deployment into areas of potential combat, and the first recruits to qualify pulled triggers July 8 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

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Caregivers, families and more than 40 warriors — active duty and medically retired airmen facing serious wounds, injuries or illnesses — participated in the Air Force Wounded Warrior Program’s Warrior Care event, the first ever in Europe.

The New Mexico attorney general and the Environment Department have filed a motion asking that the U.S. Air Force be required to quickly clean up contamination from toxic firefighting foam that leaked into the ground on and near Holloman and Cannon Air Force bases.

Air Force officials were joined by local activists and environmental professionals to cut the ribbon for a groundwater filtration plant they say will remove contaminants which may result in adverse health effects at Pease International Tradeport.

Frontier Technology Inc. of Beavercreek, Ohio, has won a $47 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for supporting enterprise ground system and defensive cyber operations, the Department of Defense said Monday.

The Air Force has paused incentive fee payments to a company that runs its on-base housing at 21 installations amid allegations Balfour Beatty Communities, LLC employees falsified maintenance work logs delivered to the service.

The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center (AFRCC) coordinates with other agencies that have appropriate equipment and capabilities to make sure stranded people are helped and steps in when state agencies or anyone else has exhausted all other search-and-rescue capabilities.

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The roar of jet engines was the soundtrack as more than two dozen nations and aeronautical companies showcased next-generation aircraft designs and debuted new product lines at Britain’s Royal International Air Tattoo.

Usually, a U.S. KC-10 refuels only American aircraft, but allied forces practice working together during a monthlong air, land and sea exercise led by the U.S. and Australia.

Austin Cutting’s agent said Sunday the Vikings rookie long snapper from Air Force will serve his required two-year military commitment concurrently with being allowed to play in the NFL, and will be used for recruiting.

A Mississippi Air National Guard C-17 cargo aircraft flew from Hickam Field to Kalaeloa Airport on Thursday to pick up simulated wounded troops who had been transported from a notional battlefield by an Army Black Hawk helicopter.

A test run of a new Air Force medical program was so successful at reducing the number of airmen who were sidelined and unable to perform their jobs that it’s being rolled out at bases across the U.S., officials said.

Fifty years ago this week, Apollo 11 came to a triumphant conclusion after astronauts splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean. Though almost no one knew it at the time, the mission had nearly ended in disaster.

Warrior Sailing began in 2013 to provide maritime education and outreach for wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans. The program uses sailing to positively impact a participant’s physical and mental health, while reconnecting them with the teamwork they had in the military.

In April, the Fighter Wing at Eglin Air Force Base — a graduate flying and maintenance training wing — posted a 77.1% mission-capable rate for the 33 F-35s on its flight line, according to Lt. Savannah Stephens, the wing's public affairs officer. That's the highest mission-capable rate achieved by the wing since August of 2016.

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It’s been decades since Dave Fisher soared through the wild blue yonder in Air Force jets, and a century since his birth on July 17, 1919. The former Air Force major is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, American military veterans in Japan.

Air Force Technical Sgt. Michael Perolio's actions on Jan. 11, 2018, in eastern Afghanistan saved the lives of his comrades and showcased “a devotion to duty.”

In January 2018, Geraldine Lovely — who last served as a staff sergeant at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada — posted a video of herself delivering a profanity-laced rant about black female subordinates.

Andre McDonald served as a cyberwarfare officer with the 426th Network Warfare Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, according to a statement from the Air Force Personnel Center.

The U.S. Air Force sent a group of fighters and transport aircraft to Poland, Lithuania and Estonia Tuesday in a test of the service's ability to quickly deploy air power overseas, the military said.

The $205 million construction project includes a flight simulator facility, maintenance unit, hangars and storage units, and is set to open in time for the arrival of the F-35s in November 2021.

The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday honored the former Myrtle Beach Air Force Base as a shining example of how formerly federal land can be repurposed.

Speaking to airmen on Wednesday evening, Vice President Mike Pence said Vandenberg plays a key role in the nation’s space operations. He also praised the base personnel for their work supporting other government agencies and the commercial space industry.

The suspect, described as being in his 20s or 30s, allegedly punched the victim in the head before leaving the scene in a vehicle with a type of license plate issued to American military personnel in Japan.

The Army and Air Force Exchange Service said 5 Star Nutrition has blocked the sale of the products, “Alpha Shredded” and “Trenatestin,” on military installations.

New Kirtland Air Force Base installation commander Col. David S. Miller is pledging to be active in the lives of airmen and to be a good neighbor to the community of Albuquerque.

Robert Rice, who serves in the Air Force Reserves and is also an Air Force contractor, was initially charged with aggravated child abuse and manslaughter in the May death of his infant daughter.

Vance Air Force Base celebrated the 70th anniversary Tuesday of the base being named for Enid native and Medal of Honor recipient Lt. Col. Leon R. “Bob” Vance.

Vandenberg has received national attention recently, as it is one of only a handful of U.S. Air Force bases to make a short list for potential headquarters of the new Space Command.

Maj. Gen. Linda Singh served in enlisted and officer ranks for 36 years - the last four as adjutant general, responsible for the daily operations of the Maryland Military Department, which includes the Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Emergency Management Agency, and Defense Force.

Michigan’s verbal agreement with the U.S. Air Force to speed the pace of cleanup at the former Wurtsmith air base in Oscoda is mere “propaganda” that does little to actually bind the military to any action, local officials and activists say.

The shift south for a group of MQ-9 Reapers was prompted by construction at their main operating base in northwest Poland, U.S. Air Forces in Europe said.

The four species include loggerhead and green sea turtles, both considered threatened, and leatherback and Kemp's ridley sea turtles, both considered endangered.

Friday's 7.1 magnitude earthquake, which happened the day after a 6.4 quake shook the region, was the largest to hit California in over 20 years.