A joint July 4 celebration that was scheduled to take place between U.S. and UK military personnel and their families at Britain’s largest U.S. air force base has been canceled, military officials announced Thursday, citing “the most current, local threat assessments.”
From the Boston Globe: America’s largest employer of trans citizens is also the institution that can blatantly, legally discriminate against them: the U.S. military. President Obama showed he didn’t share that same sentiment on Wednesday when he invited an out
Stress is burning out many American drone operators, forcing the Air Force to trim the number of daily flights amid an insatiable demand for the services of unmanned aircrafts in support of ongoing U.S. military operations, reports The New York Times.
According to a report featured in Saturday’s Northwest Florida Daily News (Ft. Walton Beach, FL), the U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command used the power of social media to wage a deadly strike on ISIS. Gen. Hawk Carlisle, commander of Air
Friday on CNN’s “Wolf,” chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force Gen. Mark A. Welsh said the current outdated, thinly manned state of the U.S. Air Force is on the “ragged edge” of being able to defend the homeland. Walsh
US Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh III stated that “if they stay on track” China and Russia “will be fielding capability in the next three to five years…that is better than what we currently have in many areas” in
Veterans told students they can feel conflicted when civilians thank them for their service. People mean well, Grimm said, but some veterans say kind words can ring hollow if the person doesn’t know how, when or why they served.
A helicopter from U.S. Marines Camp Pendleton was on a rescue mission following the massive and deadly Nepal earthquakes when it lost contact Tuesday. Search efforts continue in hopes the six U.S. Marines and two Nepalese soldiers aboard the UH-1Y Huey are simply unable to communicate in the mountainous region.
Arizona Senator Jeff Flake wonders why millions in Department of Defense tax dollars have ended up in the pockets of the National Football League, ostensibly spent on sponsorship deals meant to “honor” military service members.
Valdosta State University police detained a military veteran after she tried to stop protesters from stomping all over an American flag.
In a recent press conference reported by Politico, Air Force Chief of Staff Mark Welsh described the goal of next-generation military electronic operations as cyber weapons that could inflict “blunt force trauma” on the enemy.
Former Texas Governor Rick Perry, currently preparing for a second presidential campaign, had a hard-hitting op-ed in the New Hampshire Union Leader on Friday, with a sharp critique of America’s current foreign policy aimed not just at President Barack Obama, but at Congressional leaders from both parties.
A U.S. Air Force veteran who was recently fired from his job as an airplane mechanic plotted to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State group and was arrested on terrorism charges, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
Air Force security forces at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia are once again permitted to use the phrase, “Have a blessed day,” when greeting visitors, following a brief period of prohibition.
Director Michael Bay apologized Wednesday after a trailer from his new film, Project Almanac, aired footage from an actual 1994 B-52H Stratofortress airplane crash, which left loved ones of those on board feeling as if they had to continually relive the incident on television.
Thursday, Air Force Secretary Deborah James briefed reporters on the state of the Air Force, she gave a stark warning on the overburdened remotely piloted aircraft program (drones). James said, “The airmen who perform this essential mission do a phenomenal
