Following the deaths of two special tactics airmen within about one month, Air Force Special Operations Command has suspended all parachute, diving, and mountaineering training to review safety equipment and procedures. AFSOC stood down the training on Dec. 3, in coordination with US Special Operations ...
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Two pararescuemen on Dec. 13 were awarded Silver Stars for their actions during separate battles in Afghanistan in 2018 and earlier this fall. TSgt. Gavin Fisher, a PJ with the 350th Special Warfare Training Squadron at JBSA-Lackland, Texas, received the medal for a two-day fight ...
Matthew Donovan will assume a new role as acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness following the resignation of Jimmy Stewart on Dec. 13, Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced. Donovan has served as under secretary of the Air Force since August 2017, though ...
CMSgt. Ramon Colon-Lopez on Dec. 13 took over as the newest senior enlisted adviser to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Colon-Lopez, who previously served as the top enlisted leader in US Africa Command, is the first airman in the job. The position ...
The Air Force will eliminate below-the-zone promotions in 2020 en route to introducing a new five-year window for promotions without up-or-out limitations beginning in 2021 or 2022.
The 55th Security Forces Squadron at Offutt AFB, Neb., is taking up residence in a base dormitory as its new office until a more permanent facility is ready, following a historic flood earlier this year.
The person who shot and killed three people and injured a number of others at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., on Dec. 6 was a Saudi national who was attending flight training at the base, according to a statement from House Homeland Security Committee Ranking ...
Six airmen last month became the first graduates of the new US Air Force Weapons School class aimed at training space warfighters. The new 1C6 Space Warfighter Advanced Instructor Course is aimed at providing advanced academic training to plan and “integrate space capabilities into joint ...
The unidentified F-16 pilot who was forced to eject during a routine landing on Dec. 2 at Kunsan AB, South Korea, “was released in good condition” after being sent to a medical center with “minor injuries,” according to the 8th Fighter Wing. “While the aircraft ...