The Air Force has launched an investigation into whether the pistol carried by its security forces is safe, after 21-year-old Airman Brayden Lovan died July 20 at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, in an incident involving a discharged firearm, the service said July 24.
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The U.S. Air Force's Inter-American Air Forces Academy builds security cooperation with partners across the Western Hemisphere, especially as the United States’ main rival, China, looks to influence the region.
Members of the Minnesota Air National Guard’s 133rd Security Forces Squadron learned to fly and operate the Skydio X2D, a quadcopter equipped with 4K cameras, night vision, a thermal sensor, and artificial intelligence that keeps the drone aloft so that operators can focus on gathering ...
A new paper from a career security forces Airman calls for giving base leaders more authority to shape their own security procedures. The result could be more efficient systems that would make Air Force bases safer and give defenders more time with their friends and ...
The new Sentinel and a flurry of new construction projects coming to F.E. Warren Air Force Base will ensure security forces Airmen have the training required to keep pace with future changes in threats and technology.
New vehicles and communications networks will give missile field security forces Airmen added capabilities as the Sentinel missile comes online in the 2030s.
The Grey Wolf helicopter and other technologies will help missile field security forces Airmen respond faster and hit harder as the new Sentinel missile comes online in the 2030s.
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Three Security Forces Airmen were not wearing seatbelts and were inexperienced in driving the Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected All Terrain Vehicle when it crashed Sept. 12, 2020, at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, killing one. An Air Force Ground Investigation Board report, released April 5, ...
A complacent defender failed to prevent an intruder from accessing Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Feb. 4, the Air Force Inspector General found. In a report released March 11, the IG said the intruder came upon a malfunctioning gate and, because of other Airmen’s mistakes, ...
As of the morning of Feb. 19, the Air National Guard had recorded 13 breaches—including attempted and successful intrusions—at its installations since the start of 2021, ANG Director Lt. Gen. Michael A. Loh told Air Force Magazine in an interview that day. However, ANG declined ...
The 19th Airlift Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., launched an investigation after a 19th Security Forces Squadron Airman discharged their weapon into a classroom wall during a Feb. 14 “dry-fire training,” wing spokesperson 1st Lt. Jessica M. Cicchetto wrote in a Feb. ...
