Stephen Losey

Stephen Losey is a reporter for Military.com, focusing on Air warfare, the Pentagon, and investigations. He was previously the senior reporter for Air Force Times covering leadership and personnel issues, and regularly interviewed top officials including Air Force secretaries and chiefs of staff. In 2017, he traveled to the Middle East to cover Air Force operations against the Islamic State.

In 2020, his feature on the harrowing rescue of the future Air Force chief of staff after he was shot down over Serbia, "Start Finding Me, Boys," received an award from the Military Reporters and Editors association. His investigative journalism at his preceding paper, Federal Times, was also recognized several times by the Society of Professional Journalists and the American Society of Business Publication Editors.

He attended East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, where he received bachelor's and master's degrees in English and creative nonfiction writing.

Email: Stephen.Losey@Military.com

Latest Articles

A wing is cut off a condemned F-35A Lightning II.

What Does the Air Force Do with a Trashed F-35? Turn It into a Training Tool

With a trashed F-35, maintainers can take as long as they want to poke around and hone their skills without an squadron...

Attendees mingle on the floor of the exhibit hall at AUSA 2018

1,700 Former Acquisition Officials Moved on to Defense Contractors, Report Finds

The GAO suggested the Pentagon consider adding recent prohibitions on lobbying activities by former officials to its official...

Slowing Housing, Food Allowance Raises Could Save the Pentagon Billions, Congressional Report Says

The idea proposed in the report involves tying housing and food allowances to the same benchmark used for basic military pay...

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. give inclusion address

Air Force Watchdog Finds Career Disparities for Hispanic, Asian, Female Service Members

Women and minorities aren't seeing their careers advance as quickly as their white male counterparts, an IG report found.

An F-35A Lightning II takes off for an evening sortie

Air Force Says Costly New F-35 Engine Research Is Needed Even If It's a Dead End

The Air Force will eventually face a "fork in the road" and must decide whether to move forward on a new replacement engine.

5K run and 3K walk for suicide prevention awareness.

Veteran Suicide Rate Shows Biggest Drop Since 2001, But Remains High

The Veterans Affairs Department said that 6,261 veterans died by suicide in 2019, a decline of 399 from 2018.

Operation Max Vax sticker for the effort to vaccinate service members

Airmen Have Less than Two Months to Get Fully Vaccinated

Airmen and Space Force guardians must be fully vaccinated – including a two-week period after a final shot – by Nov. 2.

Soldiers from the Texas Army National Guard at the Rio Grande River

House Moves to Bar Private Funding of National Guard Missions

The issue of private funding of Guard missions became a controversy after Gov. Kristi Noem announced that 50 Guardsmen were...

A U.S. Army paratrooper conducts security at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul

House Committee Pushes for a Review of the Afghan War and Withdrawal, Approves a Commission

Republican members hammered the Biden administration for the August withdrawal and evacuation of Americans and Afghans from...

F-35A Lightning II aircraft receive fuel from a KC-10 Extender

Congress Wants to Know How the Air Force Will Get a Better F-35A Engine

The legislation calls on the Pentagon to tell lawmakers how it would integrate the propulsion system being developed under...

Taliban special force fighters arrive at Airport in Kabul

US, Taliban Cooperation 'Possible' After War's End, Joint Chiefs Chairman Says

The delicate phrasing from the Pentagon's leaders underscored the awkwardness of the United States' uneasy cooperation with...

Major General Chris Donahue boards a C-17 at Kabul Airport

The Last US Soldier Out of Afghanistan

Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue, wearing his helmet and body armor and carrying a rifle, was the last U.S. soldier out of Afghanistan...

Puppies under the care of Kabul Small Animal Rescue

Pentagon Denies It Left Military Dogs Behind in Afghanistan

Photos showing 150 dogs in cages lined up at the airport are of animals belonging to a group called Kabul Small Animal Rescue...

there are now no U.S. service members in Afghanistan.

Final Troops Withdraw from Afghanistan, Ending Evacuation -- and the War

Reports of celebratory gunfire from the Taliban surfaced online after the final C-17 took off from Kabul.

Evacuees processed during evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport

Rocket Attacks Hit Kabul Airport as Massive Evacuation Nears End

As many as five rockets were fired at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul late Sunday night.

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