Almanac: Awards and Decorations

Andersen Air Force Base on Guam will make major renovations to some of its dilapidated dorms for the first time since 1999 after a government watchdog group and Navy officials criticized them for having “clearly unacceptable living conditions.”

Air Force Global Strike Command has cleared Airmen to carry the M18 pistol again after completing inspections of thousands of handguns following the July 20 death of Airman Brayden Lovan, a 21-year-old security forces specialist who was killed on duty when his M18 pistol discharged, the command said Aug. 24.

Units across the Air Force are mourning four Airmen who died in separate incidents this month, including one who collapsed during a physical fitness test and another who local police said died after being shot by a fellow Airman.

Twenty-five faculty members—about 5 percent—have left the U.S. Air Force Academy so far this year, including those who opted into the federal Deferred Resignation Program, retired, or were not renewed for another term. Nearly 10 percent of the academy’s 1,500 or so civilian jobs were identified for elimination in 2025,…

The Department of the Air Force has issued new guidance laying out the steps it will take to involuntarily separate transgender Airmen and Guardians from military service.

Five and a half years in, the Space Force officially has its own dress and appearance policy. But a big revamp is likely coming soon.

An independent federal study will assess whether military aviators are at higher risk of cancer than the general public under a new law enacted this week. President Donald Trump signed the bipartisan Aviator Cancer Examination Study Act into law Aug. 14.

The Air Force put some permanent change of station moves within the continental United States on hold due to a shortfall in its personnel budget.

The Air Force and Space Force budgets call for nearly $2.3 billion in spending cuts in 2026, including funding for more than 5,700 full-time civilian jobs, linked to the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, an Air & Space Forces Magazine analysis has found.