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The Air Force announced on Wednesday it’s temporarily halted the movement of most airmen to Egypt, including permanent-change-of-station moves and most temporary duty assignments, following the State Department’s ordered departure of all US dependents and non-mission-essential personnel from the country....

An allegedly scathing report resulting from an internal review of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command has prompted the Defense Department leadership to direct a look into the command’s operations, said Pentagon Press Secretary George Little. “We’re going to review the...

Nearly 100 airmen and six F-16s from the 35th Fighter Wing at Misawa AB, Japan, arrived at the Japan Air Self Defense Force’s base at Chitose on the northern island of Hokkaido, according to a release. The Misawa contingent, which...

The Air Force Culture and Language Center at Maxwell AFB, Ala., released the results from its first enlisted-specific selection board for the Language-Enabled Airman Program, according to a center release. The board accepted 199 of the more than 300 enlisted...

Air Force Materiel Command is using the Comprehensive Airman Fitness program—an Air Force-wide initiative focused on improving airmen’s resilience—to build on its already established airmen wellness programs, accoridng to a command release. The command is embracing CAF, which highlights the...

The Northrop Grumman-built X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator aircraft on Wednesday completed its first carrier-based arrested landing on the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) off the coast of Virginia, announced the Navy. This marked “the first time a...

The Air Force should systematically evaluate a pilot program that funds its civilian space acquisition workforce from research and development accounts to determine if there’s merit in applying this approach to more of its civilian employees, recommended Government Accountability Office...

This September’s Air Force Marathon in Dayton, Ohio, has sold out of all available slots for its full marathon, half marathon, 10k, and 5k races, announced race director Rob Aguiar. The only way now to secure a spot in any...

Thousands of spectators attended a ceremony on a small French island to commemorate an American bomber crew that crash landed there during World War II, reported Breaking Defense. On July 4, 1943, the B-17 went down in shallow water near...