The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force has announced that it will open a new exhibit titled "Flying the President," featuring memorabilia flown aboard Air Force One from administrations ranging from Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Donald Trump.

Members of the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex, a wing of the U.S. Air Force Sustainment Center, successfully tested a gasket that goes on the TF33-P103 engine, which is used for the E-3 Airborne Warning aircraft, the E-8 surveillance aircraft and the six-decade-old B-52 Stratofortress.

Gen. Charles Brown noted his promotion to lead the Air Force would never have come had his father — a career Army officer — not talked him out of quitting the ROTC program at Texas Tech University after just one semester.

Two residents of Offutt Air Force Base south of Omaha were killed in a crash in Iowa, just across the Missouri River from the base, officials sad.

Then-defense secretary Jim Mattis had recommended Air Force Gen. David Goldfein to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. But President Donald Trump, feuding with Mattis, went in another direction in December 2018, months earlier than expected.

A two-year-old girl owes her life to the quick reactions of two U.S. airmen who saved her from drowning last weekend in a popular recreational lake in southwest Germany.

Belgium and Spain are back as approved travel destinations for Air Force personnel in Germany.

A part fell from an F-15 at approximately 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, a spokesman from the Okinawa Defense Bureau said.

The new dress option for women is the latest in a series of regulatory changes adopted by the Air Force in recent months.

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Col. Benjamin Jonsson, 43, assumed command of the 6th Air Refueling Wing in a ceremony at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa on Tuesday. He arrived from the Al Udeid Airbase in Qatar, where for the past two years he served as vice commander of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing.

President Donald Trump hosted the swearing-in of the first Black Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Gen. Charles Q. Brown, in an Oval Office ceremony Tuesday.

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from California early Tuesday on a test flight to a target in the Pacific Ocean, the Air Force Global Strike Command said.

Unexploded ordnance that forced more than 20 buildings on RAF Mildenhall to be evacuated and off-base personnel to shelter indoors has been disposed of in a controlled detonation, base officials said.

Three mariners who apparently sailed off course and ran out of fuel were rescued from an uninhabited island with the help of the U.S. Air Force.

To prevent the coronavirus’ spread, U.S. service members and civilians arriving in Japan are placed in “restriction of movement.” But authorities say some under quarantine aren’t following the rules.

Maj. Michael “Cal” Gentry, commander of the 354th Contracting Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base was on a 155-mile cycling trip and was roughly 30 miles from his destination when he was killed.

Airman 1st Class Daniel Sanchez came up with the Space Force motto, “Semper Supra,” which translates to “always above.”

The total number of coronavirus cases affiliated with U.S. Forces Korea has risen to 133, the military said.

An Air Force special operations unit received more than 90 awards after helping battle six extremist groups on recent deployments to the Middle East and Africa, the service said.

Pregnant and postpartum service members can now attend professional military education courses without an exception to policy or a current passing fitness assessment, the Air Force said Wednesday.

Just more than a thousand troops from multiple branches of the armed forces descended upon Camp Grayling for Northern Strike, the annual training exercise conducted by the Michigan National Guard at Camp Grayling that is open to the public.

The Air Force on Okinawa announced one new coronavirus case Tuesday night, bringing the total number affiliated with the U.S. military at Kadena Air Base in July to five, according to a post on the base Facebook page.

The accident, which is under investigation, happened at approximately 12:34 a.m. Sunday in Tachikawa, Yokota’s 374th Airlift Wing said in a statement. All four airmen are assigned to the base, which is also home to U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force.

With calls for Vance to produce 350 pilots a year, and for AETC to put out about 1,400 pilots each year, Col. Timothy Danielson said the pressure to produce, while also maintaining quality and safety, "is always going to be there."

An Okinawa health official called on U.S. military personnel to stay on their installations and for tourists to stay away from the island to stem the further spread of the virus.

The move aims to shore up staff as the hospitals battle the coronavirus pandemic. California authorities requested the support through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The shooter, Elliot Alexeichik, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene of the incident at the air force base, according to a statement by 1st Special Operations Wing, a unit at Hurlburt Field.

During Monday’s opening ceremony, 374th Airlift Wing commander Col. Andrew Campbell said the facility that houses the simulator would provide realistic training for 200 personnel.

Michigan environmental regulators have settled a three-year dispute with the U.S. Air Force over the pace and adequacy of cleanup of toxic chemicals at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base, a move that comes as military engineers ready new contracts to perform stopgap measures that state and local officials feel are long overdue.

Following initial reports of a domestic disturbance on the installation, Hurlburt Field was placed on a lockdown, which was lifted early in the evening after an "all clear" was issued to base personnel.

While Hawaii residents and commercial carriers were trying to keep their distance from Hurricane Douglas, an elite group of Air Force reservists were flying into the eye of the storm.

The Air Force announced five sites being considered as a location for an F-35 Foreign Military Sales Training Center, according to military officials.

An Air Force surveillance plane from a secretive unit flew missions from an airport serving Portland, Ore., this week amid unrest there, but officials said they began planning the operations months ago and did not collect information about protests.

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Former Vance Air Force Base commander and advocate retired Col. Donald "Crusher" Craigie, remembered as a "bigger than life personality," died Wednesday.

Four companies have been chosen to develop combat drones that will use artificial intelligence to either fully execute or support manned aircraft on “strenuous or dangerous” missions, the Air Force said.

The Air Force and Space Force are changing the look of nametapes on their camouflage uniforms to make them easier to read, the Air Force announced Thursday.

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, newly arrived airmen and their families must spend their first two weeks in Japan under quarantine. That’s prompted the Air Force to change the way it receives them.

The U.S. Air Force Academy will return its entire 4,000-cadet student body to its Colorado Springs, Colo., campus by July 31 in preparation to begin fall classes in mid-August amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, academy officials announced Thursday.

U.S. Air Forces in Europe led a large-scale show of force in the Black Sea that brought F-16s together with a Navy warship, drones and special operations aircraft to simulate the destruction of “well-defended targets.”

Yokota’s 374th Airlift Wing announced a fourth active coronavirus Thursday at its base in western Tokyo, which also serves as the home of U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force.

The first eight of a planned Air Force purchase of 76 F-15EX fighter jets will be coming to Eglin Air Force Base for testing, with the first two of those aircraft slated to arrive sometime early next year.

Yokota’s 374th Airlift Wing announced a third active coronavirus Wednesday at its base in western Tokyo, which also serves as headquarters for U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force.

Tech Sgt. Joshua Arndt, 35, was found unresponsive in his dorm room just before 9 a.m. Monday and pronounced dead 20 minutes later.

Air Force and Space Force leaders said Tuesday that the United States must invest in upgrading its aging but critical Arctic-based homeland defense infrastructure and increase training in the world’s northernmost region as other global powers challenge for military influence within the Arctic Circle.

Brig. Gen. Scott Cain, 96th Test Wing commander and also the base commander, talked in some additional depth Monday about the conversations he's had with local elected officials and business leaders in connection with the pandemic.

Lockheed Martin is in talks with the Pentagon over whether it will reimburse the Defense Department for parts it provided for the F-35 jet that were not ready to install.

The day was a first step in what will be on ongoing effort to eradicate discrimination in the Air Force and at Aviano, said Brig. Gen. Jason Bailey, the wing’s newly arrived commander.

Turkey was booted from the program in July last year after Ankara went ahead with a plan to purchase Russia’s S-400 long-range anti-aircraft system.

Army Pvt. Demetrius Moton Jr., 21, and Hassan Smith, 34, a cook for Kadena’s Child Development Center, appeared in Naha District Court for victim impact statements, recommendations from the prosecution and defense and apologies from the two men.

An unidentified airman was found unresponsive in their dormitory room at approximately 8:50 a.m. Monday and pronounced dead 20 minutes later.

Two cases at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma were reported to Okinawa prefecture over the weekend, raising the total associated with a cluster outbreak on two Marine bases there to 136. One case was reported at Yokota Air Base.

A congressional committee voted Friday to block the Air Force's plans for greater control of a national wildlife refuge north of Las Vegas.

The pair of Lancer bombers — from the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, 28th Wing at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. — will conduct bilateral bomber task force operations out of Andersen Air Force Base.

"We have mission impacts this week that are worse than we've had before, and we can't continue to have those impacts," said Brig. Gen. Scott Cain, commander of the 96th Test Wing.

The fighter jet demonstration team canceled a Cheyenne demo because “a few of our team members” tested positive for the virus, Nellis Air Force Base said.

The Air Force, at California's request, assigned 160 people to increase capacity in intensive care units.

The Yokota Air Base post office will remain closed until further notice for "thorough sanitization and subsequent inspection.”

The U.S. Space Force on Thursday announced it had approved more than 2,400 Air Force troops already serving in space specialties to move into the new branch of the military later this year.

In a ceremony Wednesday at the Missouri National Guard's Joint Force Headquarters in Jefferson City, Col. Ken Eaves was promoted to the rank of brigadier general.

The M18 was chosen as the Air Force’s new service pistol as part of the Reconstitute Defender Initiative, a program that aims to modernize and improve weapons systems.

It’s been more than a month since Airman 1st Class Natasha Aposhian was killed at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., and her parents said they are still struggling to understand why the service hasn’t provided them answers.

TAC Industries, which provides training and jobs to residents with disabilities, has been chosen to continue to make cargo nets for the U.S. Air Force with the renewal of a multimillion-dollar contract.

The Air Force launched a search for Staff Sgt. Tristin Blake Jarvis on July 9. He returned to base a week later.

“Red-badged” employees of U.S.-based Fluor Corp., which the military contracts with for services, have been confined to temporary lodging quarters at Bagram Airfield, several contractors said. One contractor took his own life after waiting two months to return home, colleagues said.

The 29-year-old Air Force Special Tactics jumpmaster who was pulled out of a C-130 combat aircraft over the Gulf of Mexico late last year was likely dead before he hit the water, according to the president of the accident investigation board that probed the incident.

Col. Jason Camilletti took command of the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, where he will help oversee the arrival of the first U.S. F-35 fighter jets to be based in Europe.

Staff Sgt. Tristin Blake Jarvis “safely reported to Osan Air Base” at about 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, the 51st Fighter Wing said in a news release.

The pilot of an F-16 Flying Falcon ejected safely before the fighter jet crashed during landing at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., the 49th Wing said in a statement late Monday.

The deal marks the first major purchase in a long-term, $23 billion program to update the Air Force's aging fleet of fighter jets and provides a competitive option for Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

The infection, announced on Kadena Air Base’s official Facebook page, is the first reported by the installation since three individuals tested positive in late March.

Col. Carl J. Magnusson took command of the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station and the 914th Air Refueling Wing during a ceremony Sunday.

An Air Force Academy graduate who helped enforce a no-fly zone in Libya and supported combat squadrons in Afghanistan is the new commander of Misawa Air Base in Japan.

Staff Sgt. Tristin Blake Jarvis, 26, of the 51st Force Support Squadron, was last seen in the vicinity of the Osan Fitness Center on July 8.

The 40,000-pound plane will be reassembled, restored and put on public display in the fall. The aircraft, when assembled, is about 86-feet long, has a 110-foot wingspan and is 27-feet tall at the tail.

Lisa McCrea arrived at Victorville's George Air Force Base in 1987 a healthy and pregnant 19-year-old military wife. But within the first month, McCrea said her body "just didn't feel right... Something was off."

“As we listened to Airmen and Space Professionals, we reviewed our policies and identified language in our dress and appearance instruction that was problematic for certain groups,” said Lisa Truesdale, Air Force deputy director of military force management policy.

“The deaths of these two women cannot go unnoticed and they cannot go without necessary reform within the military system,” said Arizona state Rep. César Chávez, a Democrat from Phoenix.

The pilot was on a training flight in an A-29 Super Tucano on Thursday when the crash occurred, a spokesman for U.S. Forces-Afghanistan said.

Japan has asked to buy 63 F-35As and 42 F-35Bs — the short-takeoff and vertical-landing versions of the aircraft.

U.S. Forces Japan extended a public health emergency through Aug. 13 that had been slated to expire after the weekend.

Staff Sgt. Tristin Blake Jarvis was last seen in the vicinity of the Osan Air Base Fitness Center on Wednesday afternoon and was reported absent from his unit as of Thursday.

Installation commander Col. David Miller said during a town hall meeting that numbers following the Fourth of July weekend would be evaluated to determine the next step for the base, which paused its five-phase reopening because of a spike in cases.

The defense spending bill for 2021 includes $130.5 million to renovate Campia Turzii Air Base in what would be the biggest overseas military construction project under the Pentagon’s European Deterrence Initiative.

Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach was most recently commander of 7th Air Force and deputy commander of U.S. Forces Korea. He replaces Gen. Charles Brown Jr., who will next month become the 22nd Air Force chief of staff.

Brig. Gen. Jeremy Sloane will oversee U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s Bomber Task Force, theater security packages, contingency response, and humanitarian and disaster-relief operations.

The new expanded AFWERX team — a community of Air Force innovators — will host the event with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), based at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, from July 15 to 16.

The center will be closed until Monday, July 13, or "until cleared by public health," according to a social media post on the 23rd Wing Commander's page.

Tech. Sgt. Nathaniel Juarez received an Air Force Commendation Medal on June 24 for saving the woman in 2017 while he was on leave.

An airman assigned to Kadena Air Base ended his Independence Day under arrest on accusations that he drove while drunk and left the scene of an accident, according to Okinawa police.

Lt. Col. Jonathan Kassebaum is set to return to the skies for the first time Monday since an accidental electrocution in his backyard pool just over eight months ago caused his heart to stop for 12 minutes.

A B-52 flew with strike fighters and electronic warfare jets from aircraft carriers USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan in the South China Sea.

President Donald Trump nominated Lt. Gen. Richard Clark to be the school's next superintendent.

The U.S. Air Force Academy has confirmed members of its freshman cadet class have tested positive for COVID-19, but pushed back against reports indicating a massive outbreak.

The planners for the Operation Porcupine exercise didn’t make it easy on the participants, but that’s because they’re writing the script based on decades of lessons learned, and for some, real-world rescue experiences.

The Air Force on Okinawa said a 25,000- to 50,000-gallon sewage spill on Kadena Air Base last month was contained to the installation and it anticipates no environmental impacts.