The two airmen killed in a Nov. 21 T-38 mishap at Vance AFB, Okla., have been identified as Lt. Col. John “Matt” Kincade, 47, and 2nd Lt. Travis B. Wilkie. Kincade was an instructor pilot assigned to the 5th Flying Training Squadron at Vance, and ...
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Two airmen at Vance AFB, Okla., were killed in a “mishap” during a routine training flight at the base. Two T-38 training aircraft, each with two airmen, were performing a mission when the incident occurred during the “landing phase” of the flight around 9:10 a.m., ...
A coming $30 billion shift in the Air Force budget from legacy programs to those that better align with the National Defense Strategy won’t drive a reorganization of Air Force Materiel Command, but its leader, Gen. Arnold Bunch, said he wants the flexibility to reassign ...
The Air Force’s annual retention bonus program is shrinking to about 70 career fields in fiscal 2020, while aiming to keep more types of aircraft maintainers and cybersecurity specialists in the service, according to a Nov. 20 release. The Selective Retention Bonus effort offers a ...
Two Texas congressmen from opposite sides of the aisle have joined forces to introduce a bipartisan bill to construct a National Medal of Honor Monument in or around the nation’s capital. Reps. Marc Veasey (D-Texas) and Ron Wright (R-Texas) co-introduced the National Medal of Honor ...
Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett and Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein visited 455th Air Expeditionary Wing airmen at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, this week as part of their first joint journey to Air Forces Central Command, according to a Nov. 19 USAF release. Prior to ...
An Air Force combat controller will receive the Silver Star on Nov. 22 for his actions in Afghanistan last year, in which he fended off enemy ambushes with danger close airstrikes. TSgt. Cody Smith, who is assigned to the 26th Special Tactics Squadron at Cannon ...
The Air Force on Nov. 15 awarded an Air Force combat controller the Silver Star for his actions in Afghanistan in November 2007, following a USAF review of Air Force Special Operations Command valor awards. CMSgt. Chris Grove, the superintendent of the 720th Special Tactics ...
Four B-52s and about 300 airmen returned to Barksdale AFB, La., after a four-week task force deployment to Europe that included training exercises throughout Europe and the Middle East. The bombers from the 2nd Bomb Wing flew 32 sorties at its deployed home base of ...
