Flight with the machine gun visible is a standard configuration for the Osprey, a 353rd Special Operations Group spokesman said.

U.S. forces have temporarily deployed Guam-based Global Hawks to Japan since 2014.

Marc Chavez, 53, of Trabuco Canyon and Sarfraz Yousuf, 43, of Miramar, Florida, have both been charged with a federal count of theft of government property, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Vandenberg Air Force Base will formally rename the installation to Vandenberg Space Force Base during a command ceremony on Friday.

The “thin blue line” flag is used to show support for law enforcement, but it’s also been used by white supremacist groups and flown at far-right rallies.

The proposed project, also known as the Route 539 Interconnector would build an overpass along Route 539 to allow for military convoys to easily travel back and forth between both sections of the base, expanding the space where National Guard and Reserve forces can train.

The steel boat, named Big Dawg, was donated by the Air Force and is the first large artificial reef wreck the county has deployed in more than 10 years, according to Okaloosa County Resources Manager Alex Fogg with Visit Destin-Fort Walton Beach.

The JBLM Marketplace launched April 20 and will continue every other Tuesday through Sept. 14. Leaders are hoping the marketplace will become a year-round event.

Adm. Charles Richard, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, says the Minuteman missile is so old that Air Force technicians have had to perform magic to keep it fully functional while coping with severely limited spares for components such as missile launch switches.

Lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence Committee are urging President Joe Biden to review a decision to move U.S. Space Command from Colorado to Alabama, amid a new line of concern that intelligence missions could take a hit.

The test, a simulated launch of the Air Force's new AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, did not include an actual missile firing.

The VR technology powering the Reaper training is provided by Moth + Flame, a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based company that has worked with the Air Force since 2019.

The Air Force reversed its decision to dismiss hundreds of reserve officer training cadets and restored nearly 130 scholarships, officials said, after a lobbying effort assailed the decision as a punishment for many qualified cadets that would create catastrophic financial problems.

The Air Force has dedicated nose art on a KC-135 Stratotanker in memory of a World War II crew chief who helped the allied effort in Europe by keeping the B-17s of the 100th Bombardment Group mission-ready.

Historically, some pilots have left the military to enjoy benefits that the commercial airline industry offers, such as more stable work hours, better pay and more flight time.

The work, part of a spring readiness exercise, simulated the way engineers would rapidly repair the runway if there was a missile attack on Yokota Air Base.

The bombers will return the air as inspections and maintenance arising from the stand-down are completed, the Air Force said in a news release Thursday.

In its Arctic strategy released last summer, the Air Force called the development of cold-weather materials “foundational to future operations.”

The emergency room at the Langley Air Force Base Hospital will be closed Saturday and Sunday for work on its electrical system.

Army Gen. Mark Milley told a Howard University ROTC commissioning ceremony that diversity is an important strength of the military but is still inadequate. "We must get better," he said.

Where the debris will land will remain unknown until shortly before it crashes, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

The city of Dayton has sued the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the U.S. Department of Defense for failing to stop water contaminants from entering a source of the city's drinking water.

A military tradition that goes back hundreds of years, involves at least two people and an exchange of money will play out thousands of times this month as newly commissioned officers hand a coin to the service member who salutes them for the first time.

Decision Day has grown into an opportunity to celebrate life choices, be they college, technical school, the world of work or joining the military.

Lt. Gen. James Slife said that programs like Evil Genius "enable our Airmen to bring their most innovative ideas forward to provide solutions to the joint forces' most complex problems."

The event, hosted Thursday by the 604th Air Support Operations Squadron out of Camp Humphreys, honored the 12 members of the Air Force’s Tactical Air Control Party who have died in combat or during training since 1989.

The massive Northern Edge joint exercise kicked off Monday in Alaska, bringing together about 15,000 U.S. airmen, sailors, Marines and soldiers and 240 ships and aircraft, including the Air Force’s newly upgraded fighter, the F-15EX Eagle ll.

The Huey, from the 459th Airlift Squadron out of nearby Yokota Air Base, touched down on a giant white “H” beside a driving range. The emergency landing zone test marked the first time an aircraft had landed there in four decades, according to the Air Force.

A recent market assessment by the county's B3K economic development collaboration suggested more can and should be done to promote "technology transfer" of government-sponsored innovations at China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station and Edwards Air Force Base.

Teenagers are zooming around a newly renovated skate park at the home of U.S. Forces Japan in western Tokyo after convincing the base commander to approve the work.

The U.S. currently sends F-22 Raptor fighter jets to greet Russian aircraft in the Arctic, which includes spy planes and strategic bombers.

Peace activists who allege that Ramstein Air Base unlawfully supports drone operations in the Middle East and elsewhere will protest by riding bicycles around the base Friday and Saturday.

Former Navy SEAL and podcaster John Gretton “Jocko” Willink made the impromptu visit to an air base in Pennsylvania after some soldiers ran into him making a promotional video.

When Brig. Gen. Heather Pringle took command of Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base last year, she outlined her top goals. Chief among those: Orienting AFRL to support not just the Air Force, but the new Space Force.

The center announced this week that it has hired retired Brig. Gen. Trent Edwards, who served 30 years in the Air Force and is a former commander of the 42nd Air Base Wing at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery.

Biden will nominate longtime Defense Department official Frank Kendall as the top civilian in charge of the Air Force and Space Force, the White House said in a statement announcing the president’s “intent to nominate” 11 individuals for top national security positions.

Drequan Lamont Robinson, 19, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the shooting death of Shawn McKeough Jr., 23, who tackled Robinson during the attempted robbery, the Arkansas Democrat Gazette newspaper reported.

The University of Dayton Research Institute, or UDRI, with Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $96 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for research enabling procurement for aerospace systems, an announcement from the Department of Defense said late Monday.

An airman admitted to being drunk behind the wheel on April 20, 2019, when he veered into the opposite lane and collided with a car carrying two local German men.

A Boeing subcontractor working on the new Air Force One aircraft until getting the boot announced Friday that it was cutting 223 jobs.

While backing the planned move, Space Command's Gen. James Dickinson, under furious questioning from U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., also admitted the command enjoys an advantage being near the wide array of military space units in Colorado.

The Thunderbirds are coming to New Hampshire in September, when Pease Air National Guard Base hosts its first air show in more than a decade.

Just five weeks after the first F-15EX Eagle II fighter jet touched down at Eglin Air Force Base — and less than two weeks after that F-15EX was officially unveiled to the public — the second of the new fighter aircraft arrived at the base.

On April 3, Lt. Gen. Harry Goldsworthy, the man considered to be the oldest living retired air force general in the world, celebrated his 107th birthday.

The Special Operations airmen are among 225 U.S. service members who have been training with 736 Philippine troops during the annual Balikatan exercise, which kicked off April 12.

Former Air Force Research Laboratory commander Maj. Gen. William Cooley is accused of making unwanted sexual advances by kissing and touching a civilian woman during an off-duty incident in Albuquerque, N.M.

Marcel Gadsden, pastor of the Japan Kingdom Builders Church in Fussa, said the local homeless population is often overlooked by programs founded by churches and community members at Yokota to assist service members and their families. He said he wants to change that.

Coronavirus restrictions, including quarantine and testing requirements, were eased on bases in two German states where tens of thousands of American service members, DOD civilians and their families live.

According to a news release, United Launch Alliance will launch its Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a National Reconnaissance Office payload on Monday.

F-15Es from the 492nd Fighter Squadron at RAF Lakenheath, F-16s from the 480th Fighter Squadron at Spangdahlem, and C-130s from the 37th Airlift Squadron out of Ramstein Air Base, Germany, arrived Monday for the exercise.

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A firefighter at Misawa Air Base is the 2020 Military Firefighter of Year for the Air Force and will compete for the overall Department of Defense title, according to the 35th Fighter Wing at Misawa.

The drones will be deployed to Misawa Air Base, in the country’s northeast, sometime this year or later, a spokesman for Japan’s Defense Ministry said Monday.

Four planes from the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., will operate in the Indo-Pacific and support Pacific Air Forces’ training efforts with joint forces and partners.

A colonel with 33 years of experience in the Air Force and Air Reserve, including flying combat missions during Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom, will become the new commander of the Reserve’s 439th Airlift Wing.

The Wisconsin Air National Guard's 115th Fighter Wing has awarded the first of many building contracts to a local construction company in anticipation of basing a squadron of F-35 fighter jets at Truax Field in Madison.

The Medgar Evers College vaccination site opened on Feb. 24 and is operated by New York State and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, with the help from military personnel from across the country.

Capt. Rob Reilly flies the KC-135R Stratotanker and plays for the Indianapolis Philharmonic.

Residents of this Air Force installation in Tokyo need not surrender their favorite American toilet paper brands, after all.

Residents of at least one American military installation in Japan may have to purchase Japanese toilet paper to keep their plumbing working properly.

Col. Erin Staine-Pyne said about 40% of the population of Joint Base Lewis-McChord has taken the COVID-19 vaccine.

Staff Sgt. Ronald J. Ouellette died Sept. 14 when the single all-terrain vehicle in which he was a passenger rolled and pinned him to the ground in a cargo yard near the flight line at Ali Al Salem Air Base.

More than 75 years ago, "That's All, Brother" led the main airborne invasion of Normandy. Piloted by Lt. Col. John Donalson, the plane led more than 800 C-47s that dropped over 13,000 paratroopers into battle.

Steven Carrillo’s path to the Boogaloo Bois shows the hate group is far more organized and dangerous than previously known.

Decades after two fires in Oscoda, the groundwater in the areas where Wurtsmith Air Force Base fire crews provided mutual aid in Oscoda Township remains contaminated with high levels of nonstick perfluoroalkyl substances: PFAS. But Air Force officials say that's the community's responsibility, not theirs.

Charged with keeping the B-52 bomber flying into the 2050s, the U.S. Air Force has selected Collins Aerospace to design and develop a new wheel and carbon brake for the platform, retrofitting a fleet of 77 aircraft.

A drone crashed at the end of a New York runway last year because the operators mixed up the levers on the control panel, an Air Force investigation report said.

During an assumption of command ceremony on Saturday, Col. Thomas Pemberton officially took the reigns of the 434th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) to become the 38th commander of the unit.

The coronavirus vaccine is becoming more widely available to U.S. service members and their families in Japan but turnout Friday at a Kadena shot clinic left a health care professional disappointed.

The F-35 Joint Program Office, a combined group of civilian and Air Force and Navy uniformed personnel overseeing the ongoing development of the F-35 stealth fighter jet, has come under criticism from the Department of Defense for apparent deficiencies at an F-35 software laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base.

The Los Angeles Air Force Base's Space and Missile Systems Center will become the headquarters of a planned division named Space Systems Command.

Like many countries in Europe, Italy has experienced a wave of infections since March, when it averaged about 25,000 new cases per day at peak levels.

The letter is a follow-up to one sent to then-Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett in December seeking clarification about why Vandenberg AFB was excluded from the list of finalists for U.S. Space Command headquarters.

Eagle II, the name for the new Boeing-produced jet, the first of which arrived last month at Eglin Air Force Base and the second of which is on its way, was announced as that first jet was officially unveiled Wednesday morning inside a base hangar.

A Tuesday test mission over the military's Point Mugu Sea Range near Los Angeles was supposed to demonstrate the U.S. Air Force's unrivaled technological prowess.

Michael Reimers offered to sell several firearms in July through September 2019 — including an AK-47, a .25 caliber handgun and a 12-gauge shotgun — the Justice Department said.

Two Alabama companies have won three multi-year contracts totaling $888 million for advisory and assistance services at Air Force bases in Florida and Tennessee.

The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force is gearing up to turn its spotlight to a different plane each month in a new way.

A 24-year-old U.S. service member suffered serious injuries when her car crashed into a highway guardrail in northeastern Italy, local media reports said.

Kadena Air Base had the majority of newly reported coronavirus infections in the US military community in Japan.

Senior Airman Jason Khai Phan, who was seated behind the driver, was killed instantly in the Sept. 12, 2020, wreck near the end of a 12-hour security patrol just outside Ali Al Salem Air Base.

The city of Dayton intends to file a lawsuit against Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the U.S. Department of Defense in what it says is an effort to reduce contamination coming from the base into the city's drinking water supply.

A bomb squad and the United States Air Force shut down the portion of the beach until they were able to determine that the mine was “safe” and were able to remove it.

Kadena Air Base reported another 25 individuals tested positive for the virus as of 6 p.m. Friday.

Col. Jaron Roux was found to have “engaged in unprofessional relationships and fraternization,” according to a statement by the 18th Air Force.

These dogs don't growl or bite, but they do provide protection for the military. The Air Force is testing robot dogs to add security to military installations with the first set now deployed at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida.

Tech. Sgt. Michael W. Morris, 36, died alone in his off-base home Jan. 12. He had tested positive for the coronavirus a week earlier, and his family immediately suspected it caused his death.

As has been expected, the first set of F-35s is planned to arrive in September 2023. Each squadron will have 24 Joint Strike Fighters, totaling 72 aircraft assigned to Tyndall's 325th Fighter Wing once full mission capability is achieved.

The man, whom military officials have not identified, proclaimed he was a member of the far-right Proud Boys group and threatened to join in civil war against the federal government in the wake of the Jan. 6 events at the U.S. Capitol.

Military leaders are seeking billions to keep 50-year-old land based nuclear missiles running while a debate begins on whether they should be replaced.

The 88th Operations Support Squadron and 88 Logistics Readiness Squadron at Wright-Patterson will provide transient support for the U.S. Army as helicopters from Fort Drum travel to a Joint-Readiness Training Center exercise at Fort Polk.

Thang “Tu” Phung, a civilian who worked with the 18th Medical Support Squadron at Kadena Air Base, died Saturday.

The Space Force, established as a military service branch in December 2019, stood up a squadron at Kamp Kinser, Okinawa, in September — but it isn’t planning on stationing a dedicated unit in Tokyo, according to the Air Force.

The unusual message from the U.S. Strategic Command Twitter account received more than 12,000 likes, 9,000 retweets and hundreds of comments less than an hour after it was posted.

The Air Force is developing a program to exempt civilian pilots from some military training to become officers and fly aircraft for the service more quickly, said Maj. Gen. Craig Wills, the 19th Air Force commander.

The Ramstein airman who avoided dismissal and jail time after his conviction in the death of a German teenager in a 2019 car crash was administratively discharged from the service last month, Air Force officials said.