Furloughs Severely Dropped AF Depot Production Sequester-mandated furloughs put a dent in what had been a significant increase in depot production this past year, but the...
SOCOM Wants to Deploy MQ-9 Drones to Remote Areas Air Force Special Operations Command wants to pack up an MQ-9 Reaper in less than eight hours, fly it anywhere in the world...
New Air Force Tanker May Avoid Budget Ax The U.S. Air Force's new refueling tanker made by Boeing Co. may dodge automatic budget cuts known as sequestration next year...
Welsh: F-22 Flew to Drone's Rescue off Iran Coast Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh on Tuesday sketched out a dramatic tale of a lone F-22 Raptor chasing off Iranian fighter jets...
New Enlisted Promotion System Detailed at AFA The chief of the Air Force's enlisted force policy branch will explain the new enlisted promotion system at the Air Force...
Amid Layoffs, Uncertainty Pervades Air Force Officer Corps The service is shrinking after more than a decade of war, as the administration moves to comply with automatic budget cuts.
Secretary: Air Force Will Lead US War on Islamic State The secretary of the Air Force said that airpower will make up the bulk of U.S. military’s role in the fight against ISIL
Estonian Commander Says Russia Wants a Europe Without America Estonia may be one of NATO's smallest members, but its air force commander had the strongest words for Russian aggression in...
Breedlove: NATO Needs Better Response Force for Russian Threat Russia has been engaging in "hybrid war" by using its forces covertly to bolster Russian-speaking proxies, Breedlove said.
ANG Director: Fleet Recapitalization Not Fast Enough for Air Guard The director of the Air National Guard says recapitalization of the fleet is not happening fast enough to sustain Guard...
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...
