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November 30, 2015

Air Force EPR Chief: 'This is the KC-46 of Promotions'

A room filled with anxious airmen questioned the chief of the Air Force's Enlisted Force Policy Branch at the Air Force Association's Air & Space Conference.

November 30, 2015

F-35 Fleet Grounded

The Navy and Air Force have grounded the entire fleet of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters.,The Navy and Air Force have grounded the entire fleet of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters because they don't know the cause of an engine fire that occurred on June 23. "The root cause of the incident remains under investigation," Rear Admiral John Kirby, the Pentagon's chief spokesman, said in a statement.

November 30, 2015

Court Upholds 6-figure Bail for Air Force Officer

An appeals court has said a Jacksonville judge was within his rights to set bail at $750,009 for an Air Force tech sergeant charged with soliciting sex online with an undercover officer posing as a...

November 30, 2015

Secretary: Air Force Will Lead US War on Islamic State

The secretary of the Air Force said that airpower will make up the bulk of U.S. military’s role in the fight against ISIL,As the war against Islamic extremists escalates, the secretary of the Air Force said that airpower will make up the bulk of U.S. military’s role in the conflict.

November 30, 2015

AP Exclusive: Air Force security failed test response to simulated capture of nuclear weapon

Armed security forces at a nuclear missile base failed a drill last summer that simulated the hostile takeover of a missile launch silo because they were unable to speedily regain control of the captured nuclear weapon, according to an internal Air Force review obtained by The Associated Press.

November 29, 2015

F-16 Training Begins at Holloman Air Force Base

Holloman Air Force Base -- The 54th Fighter Group conducted its first basic F-16 flight training with Holloman Air Force Base Thursday.

November 29, 2015

Famed test pilot Chuck Yeager sued by homeowners group

Famed test pilot Gen. Chuck Yeager was in court this week, facing a lawsuit over alleged non-payment homeowner fees.

November 29, 2015

US nuclear trouble comes full circle, to North Dakota missile and bomber base where it began

The trouble began here, trouble that has torn at the core of the nuclear Air Force and compelled two of the last three secretaries of defense — first Robert Gates and now Chuck Hagel — to ask: Who is minding the store? Minot Air Force Base has had its share, and then some, of bad publicity about nuclear weapons foul-ups, followed by hard questions from Washington about why it and other nuclear bases are caught in a recurring cycle of trouble and recovery.

November 29, 2015

Air Force Special Operations Establish Role in ISIL Fight

Air Force Special Operations Command is already engaged in the war against ISIL, but it’s commander is not talking mission specifics.

November 29, 2015

Where others in the Air Force saw nuke business as usual, James saw deep ills _ and said so

When Deborah Lee James became top boss of the Air Force seven months ago she had no inkling a nuclear crisis was brewing.