May 3, 2016 Afghan men training at Georgia Air Force base reported missing Two men from Afghanistan who are undergoing training at an Air Force base in Georgia have been reported missing, officials said Tuesday.
May 3, 2016 Pentagon chief to lay out retirement, other changes aimed at building force of the future Defense Secretary Ash Carter is pushing major changes to the Pentagon's personnel systems that are intended to attract the next generation of service members and drag the often-antiquated bureaucracy into the 21st century.
May 3, 2016 New commander of US Air Force's troubled ICBM force says he will continue push for change The Air Force has put problems with misbehavior among nuclear launch officers behind it but won't lower its vigilance and will keep implementing cultural change within the ranks, the new commander of the nation's land-based nuclear missiles said Monday.
May 3, 2016 How the Russians captured an American jet in the Korean War In the skies over Korea in the 1950s, both the Soviet Union and the U.S. debuted similar jet fighters, but the Soviets managed to capture a F-86 Sabre.
May 3, 2016 US diverts mini-spy planes to Jordan to patrol ISIS border threat The U.S. Air Force announced last week that four spy planes initially planned for Yemen will instead be sent to Jordan, which faces a "myriad" of threats from terrorist activity in the region.
May 3, 2016 Air Force reactivates World War II-era bomb group The Air Force Reserve reactivated a World War II-era bomb group and its associated elements during a Saturday ceremony at Dyess Air Force Base in Texas, according to KTXS.
May 3, 2016 Air Force: Pilot killed in crash in Gulf of Mexico didn't have proper certification for F-16 An F-16 pilot killed when he crashed into the Gulf of Mexico during training did not go through the proper training to begin flying the jets again after a nearly 20-year hiatus, the Air Force says.
May 3, 2016 Iraq mounts first operation using new F-16 aircraft against Islamic State The Pentagon says Iraq's air force has gone after the Islamic State group for the first time using F-16 fighter planes bought from the U.S.
May 3, 2016 Air Force sergeant to be reunited with #FindKatrinakid he rescued in 2005 When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005, Air Force Reserve Master Sgt. Mike Maroney and his team rescued a 3-year-old girl and her family.
May 3, 2016 2 Americans killed in apparent Afghan insider attack were Air Force special operations troops The Pentagon says the two Americans killed in Afghanistan in an apparent insider attack by Afghan soldiers were Air Force special operations troops.