The Air Force has confirmed that 1st Lt. Nonnie Dotson, a clinical nurse at Wilford Hall Medical Center in Texas, has been reported missing by her relative in Colorado. Dotson had applied for leave from Nov. 13-20, and the Rocky Mountain News reports she was last seen on Nov. 19 when she left her brother’s home in Colorado. Law enforcement officials in Colorado are investigating.
Happy Birthday US Air Force: 78 Today
Sept. 18, 2025
Seventy-eight years ago today, on Sept. 18, 1947, Supreme Court Chief Justice Fred Vinson swore in Stuart Symington as the first ever Secretary of the Air Force, and the Air Force officially became the first new military service since the Revolutionary War.