The Air Force’s first class of solely operational combat F-35A pilots flew for the first time on Feb. 8. The basic flight course, or B-course, pilots, training in the 61st Fighter Squadron at Luke AFB, Ariz., began the live flying...
The federal hiring freeze ordered by President Donald Trump on Jan. 23 is beginning to affect civilian hiring in the Air Force. The hiring freeze “applies to all executive departments and agencies regardless of their operation and program funding,” according...
Pacific Air Forces is sending 12 F-22 Raptors and 190 airmen to train with their Australian counterparts at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal in February, marking the heaviest commitment of fifth generation US fighters in Australia to date. The...
About 130 airmen and F-16s from Misawa AB, Japan, deployed to Andersen AFB, Guam, this week to participate in one of the largest Pacific exercises hosted by the US Air Force. Exercise Cope North 2017 focuses on air combat tactics...
A team from the 91st Missile Wing at Minot AFB, N.D., launched an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., on Feb. 8. The missile flew 4,200 miles and landed on the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. It...
A GAO report released on Feb. 9 found that the Department of Defense budgetary schedules are so disorganized that they cannot be audited. “DOD remains one of the few entities that cannot demonstrate its ability to accurately account for and...