A team of maintainers at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. demonstrated they could rapidly deploy and repair ALQ-184 electronic countermeasure pods overseas, even in austere environments.
An Air Traffic Control (ATC) Airman at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. recently saved the life of a civilian Cessna pilot and his passenger when the pilot experienced an in-flight emergency.
Air Force F-16 pilot Capt. Charles Boynton received the callsign ‘Atlas’ after overcoming cancer and a two-year battle with bureaucracy to return to the cockpit.
Housing allowances are finally catching up, as the Pentagon announced new Basic Allowance for Housing rates Dec. 14. On average, monthly payments will rise 12.1 percent starting Jan. 1. Increases vary by location. BAH is determined based on paygrade, location, and whether or not members have ...
The Space Force activated its Middle East component on Dec. 2 as the service moves to secure more responsibility with U.S. worldwide combatant commands. In the latest stand-up, U.S. Space Forces-Central (SPACECENT) was activated in a ceremony at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., with Space ...
The Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2021 will be formally recognized at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference from Sept. 20 to 22 in National Harbor, Md. Air Force Magazine is highlighting one each workday from now until the conference begins. ...
Six F-16s along with Airmen from the 79th Fighter Squadron at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., deployed to Colombia to train alongside aircraft from that nation in Exercise Relampago VI. The annual exercise focuses on joint air-to-air training with the two nations. The F-16s and ...
The Air Force is promising new missions for Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, the longtime home of the E-8C Joint STARS, as the service looks to retire the old aircraft in favor of its Advanced Battle Management System program. The Air Force's budget proposal, released ...
More than three dozen Air Force officials are headed to new postings at the Pentagon and around the world, the Defense Department announced Feb. 12. At the highest level, Maj. Gen. Charles S. Corcoran will leave his job as head of the Air Force Warfare ...
The Defense Department has administered more than 800,000 coronavirus vaccines to its personnel so far, as Active-duty troops begin heading out to help the general public get vaccinated as well. The Pentagon had ordered 1,040,825 vaccine doses as of Feb. 11, with 966,280 delivered to ...
An F-16 from the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing crashed at about 8 p.m. on Dec. 8, and the pilot’s status was not known as of early Dec. 9. The incident is the latest F-16 crash this year, including a June fatal mishap ...
Pilot error and a series of ejection seat malfunctions led to a fatal F-16CM crash at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., in June, accident investigators said in a new report released Nov. 9. “This accident is a tragic reminder of the inherent risks of fighter ...