Air Force Could Recall as Many as 1,000 Retirees to Active Duty The Air Force has expanded plans to welcome back retired pilots into active-duty staff positions.
F-35 Makes Combat Debut in Israeli Mission The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has made its combat debut in the Middle East.
Air Force Creates Office to Help It Shake Up Acquisition Process The service may also overhaul maintenance contracts, opening program upgrades to additional bidders.
Pentagon Awaits HHS Decision on Housing Migrant Children on Bases The DoD is ready to work with the Department of Health and Human Services on the issue, a Pentagon spokesperson said.
Air Force Wants to Predict Aviation Accidents Before They Happen The idea is to accumulate data and check for something in the aircraft's maintenance overhaul that may predict a root cause.
Air Force Debates Replacing Depleted Uranium Rounds for A-10 If the Air Force is going to keep its A-10 fleet flying through 2030, it'll need more than new wings. It's going to need ammo...
SpecOps, CSAR Alignment Right if it Makes Force More Lethal: General If the Air Force were to realign the CSAR mission under Air Force Special Operations Command, the reason would go beyond...
Amid Mishap Spike, Air Force Orders One-Day Pause for Safety Review The U.S. Air Force on Monday directed its active-duty wing commanders to hold a one-day pause to conduct a safety review.
Gunship Crews Practice Extra Vigilance Amid Jamming in Syria The electronic jamming signals affecting AC-130 gunships over Syria may have crews checking and cross-checking their data.
Some US Troops in Iraq May Come Home Early, General Says An evolving U.S. mission in Iraq may send some 10th Mountain Division soldiers home early.
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...