The youngest airman in her class of 9,100 to graduate from USAF’s Community College of the Air Force is 19-year-old SrA. Sharon Hawley, according to an Air Force news release. Currently assigned to Edwards AFB, Calif. Hawley, who finished the prerequisites for an aviation technology degree in nine months, works in an F-16 avionics test station at Edwards. Her age makes her one of the youngest airmen ever to graduate from CCAF; by contrast, the oldest airman ever to graduate was 59.
New B-52 Radar Makes First Flight
Dec. 12, 2025
The Air Force’s radar modernization effort for the B-52 Stratofortress entered flight testing recently, a “milestone” for the once over-budget system that senior leaders call the start of a new era for the Cold War bomber.
