One Kadena Airman Dead, Two Missing

One airman assigned to Kadena Air Base on the Japanese island of Okinawa is confirmed dead while two others are still missing, according to a base release. The three airmen were washed out to sea from the island’s northwest coast...

Nuclear Airmen Get Special Duty Pay

Airmen in select nuclear career fields are now eligible for assignment incentive pay and special-duty assignment pay. Effective Oct. 1, select officers and enlisted airmen in eleven nuclear career fields and assignment areas will receive between $75 and $300 per...

Agencies Realigned Under Air Force Materiel Command

In a step towards the formal standup of the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center in 2015, the Air Force realigned four operating agencies and two other organizations under Air Force Materiel Command, according to a release. As of...

Opening Remaining Combat Roles to Women

The Air Force is on track to recommend and evaluate by July 2015 best practices for integrating women in the remaining combat roles presently excluded to them, said Lt. Col. Veronica Senia, chief of the Air Force Assignments and Women...

DOD Seeks to Purge Toxic and Unethical Leaders

The Navy officer leading the Defense Department-wide effort to improve military professionalism after a rash of ethical failures said she is “working with the services to bring toxic leadership to the fore” earlier in officers’ careers so bad apples can...

WMD Threats Less Severe Than Thought, but Taken Seriously

Laura Holgate, the White House’s coordinator for weapons of mass destruction policies, tried to counter some of the public views on the threats from bio-terrorism, dirty bombs, and loose nukes, while stressing how seriously the government takes those threats. Speaking...

Martinsburg Gets First C-17

The West Virginia Air National Guard’s 167th Airlift Wing in Martinsburg received its first C-17 transport as part of its transition from operating C-5As to the newer airlifter. The C-17 touched down at Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport on Sept....

Last Time Flying the Hercules

Members of the New York Air National Guard’s 107th Airlift Wing at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station flew the unit’s final mission at the controls of a C-130 transport before converting to their new mission: operating MQ-9 remotely piloted aircraft....