F-16 Crashes Near Bagram, Pilot Safe

An F-16 assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing crashed during takeoff Tuesday evening near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, but the pilot was able to safely eject, according to an Air Force press release. The pilot was recovered and is being...

DOD Orders Dependents Out of Turkey

Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Tuesday ordered the families of military personnel assigned to southern Turkey to leave because of security fears. The State Department has also ordered families of diplomats at the Adana consulate to leave the country. The...

Final Nuclear Summit Opens Thursday

The fourth and final Nuclear Security Summit planned by President Barack Obama to enhance international cooperation on the issue opens Thursday in Washington, D.C. Leaders from 56 countries and international organizations are expected to attend the two-day talks. Representatives last...

Training Centers Key to Post-Summit Security

Training centers developed in response to the Nuclear Security Summits are a key tool for sustaining international security and cooperation after the fourth and final meeting ends this week, a US nonproliferation expert said Tuesday during a Center for Strategic...

Another Reaper First at Sea

MQ-9 Reapers, flown by US Air Force Weapons School pilots, conducted the first “ripple attack” against multiple maritime threats during a Weapon System Evaluation Program in Florida from March 14-17. During the exercises, which took place at Duke Field and...

Keeping Phone Lines Open

Military to military discussions with potential adversaries, especially Russia, is extremely important, said Gen. Joseph Dunford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Tuesday. Speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., Dunford said he...

Building the FOB of the Future

The Forward Operating Base of the Future project at the Basic Expeditionary Airmen Skills Training facility at JBSA-Lackland, Texas, is “open for business,” Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James announced this month. The FOB of the Future project...

A First for the 133rd AW

The 133rd Airlift Wing in St. Paul, Minn., has its first-ever female instructor pilot. Maj. Dana Novinskie earned her private pilot’s license while studying engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, then went into specialized undergraduate pilot training in 2004, according to...

First Air Force One Flies Again

The first presidential plane to be designated Air Force One was saved from the boneyard and is airworthy again, reported Warbirds News. Dynamic Aviation bought former President Dwight Eisenhower’s presidential aircraft, the Lockheed VC-121A Constellation Columbine II, and spent a...

AFA Renames Premier Annual Conference

The Air Force Association is renaming its keystone conference, now the “Air, Space & Cyber Conference.” The event, previously known as the “Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition,” is held annually in September, drawing thousands of airmen, as well...