The Air Force and Space Force budgets call for nearly $2.3 billion in spending cuts in 2026, including funding for more than 5,700 full-time civilian jobs, linked to the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, an Air & Space Forces Magazine analysis has found.
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The Space Force revealed new details about its plan for part-time Guardians—and they aren't like anything the military has seen before. Part-time service will be episodic, lasting for a tour or two, Space Force officials say, a complete shift from the classic one-weekend-a-month, two-weeks-a-year Guard ...
An Airman has been arrested in connection with the July 20 death of an Air Force security forces Airman in Wyoming, a service spokesperson said Aug. 8.
Earlier this summer, the Air Force offered transgender Airmen and Guardians with 15 to 18 years of service the chance to retire before the 20-year mark. Then it turned all of them down.
An Air Force veteran is pushing for a law that would smooth the path to disability compensation for troops who worked at the Nevada Test and Training Range—and warning others about the illnesses that may come.
In late June, Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman’s official portrait got a slight update: his space operations badge, given to Guardians in the space ops career field, vanished. That wasn’t an oversight, Lt. Gen. DeAnna M. Burt, the Space Force’s chief operations officer, ...
The Air Force saw a massive surge in staff sergeant promotions in 2025, with the biggest year-over-year increase in rates since 2001.
At least three high-profile four-star Air Force commands could be downgraded to three-star roles, as the Pentagon presses to shrink the number of generals throughout the Department of Defense, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine.
The Air Force is performing a force-wide safety inspection on every one of its M18 9mm pistols as the service investigates the circumstances around the July 20 discharge of the service pistol that killed a 21-year-old security forces Airman.
