Air Force to Study How Many Training Squadrons It Needs for Operational Plus-Up Projected growth comes amid an ongoing pilot shortage that has the Air Force spearheading a range of initiatives
Air Force Again Shoots Down Proposal to Make Warrant Officer Pilots Warrant officers are not going to become the quick-fix solution to ending the Air Force's pilot shortage crisis.
Air Force Squadron Buildup Would Require 40,000 Additional Personnel The U.S. Air Force could reach 725K airmen and civilians with its proposal to increase to 386 operational squadrons.
Air Force 4-Star: We Must Be Prepared to Fight in Space The general overseeing the Air Force's space operations says future operators must be prepared to fight there.
Air Force Wants to Surge Growth by More Than 70 New Squadrons Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said the service intends to grow by a total of more than 70 squadrons.
F-15X and GenZ: Former Air Combat Command Chief on the Future Air Force What if the next great military pilot has yet to step into an airplane?
Airman Who Staved Off Ambush in Afghanistan to Receive Air Force Cross A combat controller who acted heroically by helping stave off an ambush in Afghanistan will receive the Air Force Cross
Air Force to Launch New Deployment Model The Air Force will soon begin deploying airmen under a new rotation model to help the service manage mission and training...
NATO Air Chief 'Concerned' by Russia's Deployment of SAMs A NATO air chief says he's concerned by Russia's increasing deployment of surface-to-air missile systems in and around Europe...
AFA Opens Amid Swirling Syria and Budget Debates The Air Force's top generals will converge on Washington D.C. Monday for the Air Force Association's annual conference as the...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...