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Tuskegee Airman James Harvey III was honorarily promoted to colonel during halftime of the Air Force vs. Army game on Nov. 4.
The Air Force is promoting 22.5 percent of eligible senior master sergeants to chief master sergeant in 2023, the service announced Nov. 28—the highest rate for E-9s in seven years. All told, 506 Airmen were selected from a pool of 2,249 eligible candidates. The full list ...
Minot Air Force Base, N.D., is investigating after three of its Airmen died in October. The base could not provide further details on the incidents, but officials said they worked with higher headquarters to make extra chaplains, counselors, and mental health professionals available for grieving ...
He may be just an E-2, but Airman Champa Boom has already made a splash at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., as the installation’s new mascot. Since being publicly announced Nov. 9, the aerial refueling boom operator has appeared at the base gate, a Tampa ...
The Air Force’s new Chief of Staff vowed to modernize the service’s capabilities quickly so the USAF can deter the growing challenge from China. In a speech in Hangar Three next to the flight line at Andrews during an unseasonably warm morning, Gen. David W. ...
A new paper from a career security forces Airman calls for giving base leaders more authority to shape their own security procedures. The result could be more efficient systems that would make Air Force bases safer and give defenders more time with their friends and ...
The Senate is set to consider a measure that would break the massive logjam of general and flag officer nominations in the chamber, after the Senate Rules Committee voted Nov. 14 to report favorably on the resolution from Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Majority Leader Sen. ...
