CMSgt. James Cody accepted the responsibility of leading the Air Force’s enlisted force, donning a blue jacket with the eagle, stars, and stripes of the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force during a ceremony at JB Andrews, Md., on...

CMSAF James Roy relinquished his charge to CMSgt. James Cody amid accolades from senior Air Force leaders during the ceremony at JB Andrews, Md., on Thursday at which Roy retired and Cody formally took on his new role. Roy had...

The Pentagon leadership on Thursday announced plans to open more combat roles to women, an effort they said would remove any “unnecessary gender barriers” to service members who have fought valiantly in Iraq and Afghanistan for more than a decade....

Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh said 99 percent of Air Force positions are already open to women and the service will now pursue opening the final 1 percent to them following the Pentagon leadership’s action on Thursday to expand...

President Obama has tapped Lt. Gen. John Hesterman to become the next leader of Air Forces Central, announced the Pentagon on Jan. 24. AFCENT oversees the Air Force’s air and space operations in places including Afghanistan, Central Asia, and the...

AF-1 recently became the second F-35A test aircraft to reach 500 flight hours, announced F-35 prime contractor Lockheed Martin. The airplane reached the milestone on a test sortie from Edwards AFB, Calif., according to the company’s Jan. 23 release. This...

Air Force researchers are exploring how to get overhead navigation signals in areas where the GPS constellation is limited due to terrain or an adversary’s denial efforts. To that end, the Air Force Research Lab awarded aerospace contractor ITT Excelis...

US Northern Command is working on boosting military-to-military engagements with Mexico, said Army Maj. Gen. Francis Mahon, NORTHCOM’s director for strategy, plans, and policy. The southern neighbor is becoming increasingly receptive to a closer bilateral relationship, said Mahon in a...

Boeing this week delivered the first of 10 C-17s slated for the Indian Air Force to Edwards AFB, Calif., for flight testing, announced the company. Members of Edwards’ 418th Flight Test Squadron will now conduct several months of routine flight...

Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.), House Armed Services Committee chairman, named Rep. Martha Roby (R-Ala.) to head the committee’s oversight and investigations panel during the 113th Congress, according to a committee release. “I am honored that Congressman Roby has agreed to...