U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Gregory Lee, 121st Force Support Squadron, is promoted to Captain during a ceremony at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 8, 2025.Senior Master Sgt. Ralph Branson
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Two Airmen who were supporting the U.S. conflict against Iran died this month in “non-hostile” incidents, according to official figures recently released by the Pentagon.
The Air Force unit tasked with training Tactical Air Control Party Airmen has halted all rope training events after one of its instructors was killed Oct. 17 in a rappelling demonstration in front of thousands of spectators at a college football game.
The top Air Force commander on the Japanese island of Okinawa has clamped down alcohol and issued a curfew for junior enlisted Airmen and Guardians at Kadena Air Base for the next month. The order came roughly two weeks after a U.S. Marine was arrested for allegedly robbing and murdering…
The Air Force Office of Special Investigations is looking for a few good Airmen to swap jobs and become special agents. No, they won’t get the 007 James Bond code—but they could learn to conduct counterintelligence and investigate procurement fraud and major crimes.
The Air Force is investigating after a Tactical Air Control Party instructor died Oct. 17 from injuries suffered during what appeared to be an uncontrolled descent during a rappelling demonstration at a college football game in San Antonio, Texas. Officials also identified the Airman as Tech. Sgt. Ian Patterson.
The U.S. Air Force Academy’s Board of Visitors wants the service academy to partially reopen its iconic chapel ahead of schedule next year when it sheds the “big white box” that has enclosed it through years of renovations.
The Air Force has begun evacuating stealth fighters, gunships, and special operations planes ahead of Hurricane Isaias expected landfall over the Gulf Coast this weekend.
The Space Force has finished transferring the last of the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard members covered by the Personnel Management Act that created a hybrid full-time/part-time force.
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