Air Force: New Tanker’s First Flight Delayed by Months Wiring problems with the Air Force's KC-46A Pegasus tanker have delayed the first flights of the developmental refueling...
Dempsey: US Ground Combat Troops Possible in Islamic State Fight U.S. ground troops might be deployed in Iraq if the current strategy fails, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey said.
Air Force Special Operations Establish Role in ISIL Fight Air Force Special Operations Command is already engaged in the war against ISIL, but it’s commander is not talking mission...
Global Strike Airmen to See New Jobs, Cash and Responsibilities The Air Force is putting the Global Strike Command cheating scandal behind it by reinvigorating the command with new...
Air Force's Top NCO Lauds Force Amid Drawdown, Promotion Changes The Air Force’s top enlisted man offers assurances that ongoing personnel cuts and other changes will not hurt the force.
Pentagon Building Case for Air Force Fleet Upgrades The Air Force now has the oldest fleet of bombers, fighters and tankers in its 67-year history.
Air Force EPR Chief: 'This is the KC-46 of Promotions' A room filled with anxious airmen questioned the chief of the Air Force's Enlisted Force Policy Branch at the Air Force...
Airman Who Helped Stop Attack on Paris-Bound Train to Get Purple Heart Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone will be awarded the Purple Heart for injuries suffered while subduing a gunman on a French...
US Air Force to Deploy More A-10s to Europe This Month, General Says The U.S. Air Force this month plans to deploy another squadron of A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft to Europe in support of...
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...
![](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/media/news/people/2014/09/091714-gen.-mark-a.-welsh-i.jpg?itok=CBlOaNE9 "Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh II congratulates Tech. Sgt. Byan Williams for winning the "American Airman" video contest at the Air Force Association's Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott Ash)")
