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Chapman to Receive Medal of Honor Posthumously President Trump will posthumously award the Medal of Honor Aug. 22 to the family of Air Force TSgt. John Chapman, the Air Force announced Friday. Chapman, a special tactics combat controller killed in...

DOD Awaiting Guidance, Holding Steady in Syria Following Trump, Putin Summit The Pentagon hasn’t received any further guidance and is maintaining its current posture on operations in Syria following President Trump’s recent summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, where the...

AMC Opens Applications for Flying-Only Career Track Air Mobility Command on Friday officially opened the application window for pilots who want to only fly throughout the rest of their career and avoid staff work in future positions. AMC opened the...

USAFE Wraps Up Live Munitions Exercise at Lakenheath US Air Forces in Europe wrapped up its inaugural Combat Ammunition Production Exercise at RAF Lakenheath, England, on Thursday. The exercise, which was funded primarily through the European Deterrence Initiative, gave airmen...

USAF Looking at F-22 Alert Mission, Organization Changes Following Critical GAO Report The Air Force will explore alternatives to using F-22s to stand alert for homeland defense and possibly change Raptor squadron organization structures following a Government Accountability Office report...

USAF Leaders to Squadron Commanders Consider Lessons Learned After Safety Review Top Air Force leaders are reviewing lessons learned from the service-wide safety stand down earlier this year in order to push out changes needed from the top down, while...

Software, Networking Key Focus of Farnborough Discussions One of USAF’s top acquisition executives said most of his conversations at the Farnborough International Air Show here in England have centered around networking, saying the Defense Department has a lot to learn...

USAF Awards Distinguished Flying Crosses to B-1B Crew for May Emergency Landing Air Force Global Strike Com??mand on Friday awarded Distinguished Flying Crosses to the B-1B Lancer crew that landed their bomber after experiencing an in-flight emergency, saving the aircraft...

KC-46 Program Finishes Tests Required for First Delivery The KC-46 program in early July finished the flight testing required for the first delivery of the aircraft in October, the service and Boeing announced Friday. On July 6, Boeing and the...

Air Force Awards First Remote Devices The Air Force on Wednesday awarded the first “R” devices at Creech AFB, Nev., to 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing aircrews. The device was authorized in 2016 as an award for hands-on employment of...

Air Force Cross Recipient: Chapman’s Possible Medal of Honor a “Huge Deal” for the Community The Air Force’s special tactics community is “fortunate” to have a famed member—TSgt. John Chapman, who was killed in the famous March 2002 Battle of...

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B-21 Will Reach Critical Design Review by End of Year, RCO Chief Says The secret B-21 stealth bomber will have its critical design review—a major milestone—by the end of calendar 2018, Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office director Randall Walden told...

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Warrior Games Kick Off at Air Force Academy The 2018 Warrior Games kicked off Friday at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. The games, which continue through June 9, “showcase the resilient spirit of today’s wounded, ill...

F-22s Replace F-35s at Kadena F-22s deployed to Kadena AB, Japan, this week to replace a group of F-35As that had deployed to the base last year. The F-22s and airmen from the 525th Fighter Squadron at JB Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska,...