September 18, 2017 Defense chief says US must keep all 3 parts of nuclear force As North Korea flaunts its new nuclear muscle, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is spotlighting the overwhelming numerical superiority of America's doomsday arsenal.
September 18, 2017 US nuke commander 'assumes' North Koreans tested H-bomb The top commander of U.S. nuclear forces says he assumes the Sept. 3 nuclear test by North Korea was a hydrogen bomb.
September 18, 2017 Mattis' message: US is not intimidated by North Korea He inspected a mock-up nuclear warhead, but there was no Kim Jong Un-like posing for photographs.
August 31, 2017 Groups seek to halt Trump transgender military policy change Two LGBT-rights organizations are trying to stop President Donald Trump from changing the government's policy on military service by transgender people.
August 31, 2017 Harvey survivors rescued by Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing Members of the 103rd Rescue Squadron, part of the 106th Rescue Wing assigned to the New York Air National Guard, have being sent down in support of the Hurricane Harvey rescue and relief efforts in Texas.
August 11, 2017 Guam guarded by lethal air power Two U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers, under the command of U.S. Pacific Air Forces, joined their counterparts from the Republic of Korea and Japanese air forces in sequenced bilateral missions, August 7.
July 30, 2017 U.S., South Korea and Japan conduct bomber-jet drills over the Korean Peninsula The training mission was a response to North Korea’s recent ballistic missile launches and nuclear program
July 6, 2017 Air Force facing dire personnel shortage Earlier this year, top Air Force officials sounded the alarm about their thinning ranks -- saying they were 700 pilots and 4,000 mechanics short.
July 5, 2017 Air Force vet convicted of terrorism gets 35 years in prison A U.S. Air Force veteran convicted of terrorism charges for trying to join the Islamic State group and die a martyr was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years in prison by a judge who called it a "very sad thing" that a onetime soldier would want to join a group seeking to destroy America.
July 5, 2017 Air Force faces pilot shortage, but training is a challenge The US Air Force is facing a shortage of pilots -- but as Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ learned firsthand, the training program can be both grueling and rewarding.