Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett, right, inspects the underside of a T-38 trainer aircraft with flight test engineer 1st Lt. Hannah Myers during a tour of 704th Test Group at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., May 20, 2020....
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The Pentagon announced May 26 it will start rolling back restrictions on movement, even though a third U.S. service member and two people affiliated with the Air Force recently died from COVID-19. A Wisconsin Army Reservist died of the disease caused by the new coronavirus ...
The Air Force will host Basic Military Training at two locations—Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, and Keesler Air Force Base, Miss.—starting June 2 and lasting until COVID-19 surge operations wrap up, Air Education and Training Command announced May 26. However, the service doesn't intend to ...
Remote commissioning ceremonies, physical fitness training, and leadership labs have become part of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps’ new—or, at least temporary—normal amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The format of college life may be changing in response to the pandemic, but the expectation for ...
The Air Force announced May 22 that all physical fitness tests are suspended until Oct. 1, an update from the original goal to resume testing by June 1. Lt. Gen. Brian Kelly, deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel, and services, announced the changes in ...
The Air Force removed the minimum height requirement for applicants who want to fly as it looks to increase the diversity of those entering USAF cockpits. Under previous standards, pilots must reach a standing height of 64 inches to 77 inches—5 feet, 4 inches to ...
While the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing the nation and military to learn how to operate in a strange new world, it hasn’t diminished the force’s readiness, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. John Hyten said on May 21. According to ...
Military medical facilities across the globe can resume elective procedures as long as their communities meet criteria outlined in new guidance released May 20. The Pentagon in March directed a restriction on elective procedures as the COVID-19 outbreak spread and threatened to overwhelm the military ...
The Air Force wants to add more Airmen for space, sensing, command and control, and logistics, if upcoming military budgets let the service grow, Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen “Seve” Wilson said May 20. Wilson also said plans for a larger bomber force will ...