Air Force Details Plans to Boost Number of Fighter, Drone Pilots The Air Force wants to increase the number of fighter pilots it trains each year to 1,375 officers, officials announced...
Last Surviving 'Doolittle Raider' Takes Stage at Air Force Conference The last surviving member of the "Doolittle Raiders" took center stage at this year's Air Force Association conference.
Air Force to Consolidate Battlefield Training Locations to '3 or 4' The Air Force will consolidate eight locations it uses to train its battlefield airmen into "three or four," an official said...
Air Force Pilot Killed, Another Injured in U-2 Crash on West Coast One U.S. Air Force pilot was killed and another was injured after a U-2 spy plane crashed Tuesday morning in northern...
Goldfein Names Three One-Stars to Drive Air Force Reform Effort Blurb: Three Air Force brigadier generals have been named to meet the ambitious plans for revitalizing the service.
Airman to Get Silver Star for Leading River Evacuation Under Fire An airman who braved enemy fire during a river evacuation in Afghanistan in 2009 will receive a Silver Star for his bravery.
Enlisted Drone Pilots to Get Same Bonus Pay as Officers: Cody Enlisted drone pilots will be eligible for the same bonuses offered its officers, the service's top enlisted leaders said.
Op-Ed: 'Family First' Approach Key to Addressing Pilot Shortage One thing is increasingly clear: if Airmen stay or elect to depart the service, it is usually a family decision.
AFA's 2017 Air, Space & Cyber Conference: What to Expect A look at what's to come at this year's show.
Why More Pilots Are Skipping the Flight Suit Pilots not wearing flight suits while flying? Don't worry. The Air Force knows some units may be doing just that.
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...
![Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein gives his first "Air Force Update," during the Air Force Association's Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Md., Sept. 20, 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott M. Ash)](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/media/news/people/2016/09/goldfein-afa-900.jpg?itok=MUDXPVNx "Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein gives his first "Air Force Update," during the Air Force Association's Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Md., Sept. 20, 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott M. Ash)")
![The Operation Enduring Freedom Camouflage Pattern, or OCP, uniform, also known as the "multi-cam," is the Air Force-designated uniform for Airmen performing "outside the wire" missions. (U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Sandra Welch)](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/media/news/equipment/2017/09/air-force-ocp-1800.jpg?itok=kpqgUUjx "The Operation Enduring Freedom Camouflage Pattern, or OCP, uniform, also known as the "multi-cam," is the Air Force-designated uniform for Airmen performing "outside the wire" missions. (U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Sandra Welch)")
