The Air Force authorized telework for most Pentagon-based personnel, canceled all outreach activities and events through May 15, put a hold on most official travel, and sent cadets home from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. ...
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Nine people affiliated with U.S. Forces Korea have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, including one service member and two dependents of Active-duty personnel, the organization’s commander said March 13. The two latest cases include a Burger King worker and a contractor working on new ...
Two attacks on U.S. and coalition forces at Camp Taji, about 20 miles north of Baghdad in Iraq, show tensions in the region continue to rise. A member of the Oklahoma Air National Guard and a U.S. soldier were killed in the March 11 rocket ...
The Air Force remains committed to curbing suicides and plans to hold more resiliency stand downs so commanders can continue to connect with Airmen and encourage them to seek help if necessary. USAF also is expanding its True North program and embedding mental health providers ...
The Air Force is integrating lessons learned from its Pilot Training Next initiative “into the regular pilot-training syllabus” to create an experimental curriculum that will start this summer, 19th AF Commander Maj. Gen. Craig Wills told Air Force Magazine. The ultimate vision for the effort ...
Two U.S. service members died during a March 8 fight with Islamic State group militants in northern Iraq. The Americans were killed while advising and accompanying Iraqi security forces during a mission targeting an IS stronghold in a mountainous area, according to a March 9 ...
Things are starting to look up at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. It’s been 17 months since Category 5 Hurricane Michael flattened the Florida Panhandle installation that is home to F-22s and about 4,000 people. Restoring the base to a new-and-improved condition over the next ...
The National Guard Bureau is preparing to roll out SPRINGboard, a digital tool that'll give leaders insight into the health risk factors impacting the communities their troops call home so they can tailor prevention efforts accordingly. During a March 5 media roundtable at the Pentagon, ...
Long before Air Force Special Operations Command combat controller John Chapman exhibited the heroism that cost him his life, but earned him a posthumous Medal of Honor, he spent time at the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Training Annex in Texas, learning how to become a ...
