The Air Force has come under fire from lawmakers over its latest controversy related to sexual misconduct. The backlash stems from a late-February decision by 3rd Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. Craig Franklin to overturn the conviction of Lt. Col....

Air Mobility Command this week cancelled this year's mobility air forces readiness competition—Rodeo 2013—that was slated to take place in July at JB Lewis-McChord, Wash., due to budget shortfalls. "Given the fiscal uncertainty and current budget cuts, this was the right thing to do," said Gen. Paul Selva, AMC commander, in a March 13 release. "This is an important and uniquely useful event for mobility air forces and our international partners. We'll get back to holding Rodeo as soon as we can," he added. This marks the first time since 2003 that AMC has cancelled the rodeo, states the release. AMC sponsors the rodeo to train and improve the skills of US and partner air forces' mobility airmen and build relationships. More than 20 US teams and a dozen allied nations were set to participate in this year's competition in events testing the abilities of airlift and aerial refueling aircrews, maintainers, aerial porters, and aeromedical evacuation personnel, states the release.

An Iranian F-4 fighter unsuccessfully tried this week to intercept an unarmed American MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft over international waters in the Arabian Gulf, said Pentagon Press Secretary George Little on Thursday. The incident occurred on March 12 when...

Budget sequestration will have “an immediate and long-lasting impact” on Air Force recruiting, Lt. Gen. Darrell Jones, deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel, and services, told lawmakers on Capitol Hill this week. Testifying before the House Armed Services Committee’s...

The US military’s computer networks are vulnerable to attack and the Defense Department’s reliance on “inherently insecure” information technology architectures to support them acts as “a magnet to US opponents,” reported the Pentagon’s Defense Science Board. A DSB task force’s...

Representatives from Buckley AFB, Colo., and the local Aurora community earlier this month unveiled the master plan detailing how they intend to grow and develop the installation over the next 20 years in concert with the local area. The plan...

Air Force Global Strike Command has added a new value to the command’s core values: “persistent innovation at all levels,” announced officials with the organization. This value ties to the idea that every airman is an innovator that Chief of...

China’s Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi issued a call for international “rules and cooperation” on Internet espionage issues, reported the New York Times. He also insisted that accusations of Chinese government involvement in recent hacking attacks on networks in the United...