The Blue Angels took flight on a steamy Saturday on the first day of the Frontiers in Flight Air Show at McConnell Air Force Base. Severe weather and storm damage, however, forced the show to cancel the Sunday portion.
Social media was awash in complaints about the inability to leave the base and low morale in recent days. During restrictions to base cadets can still leave for certain activities, such as church services, but they are not allowed to eat at restaurants or go grocery shopping.
The top administrators for each school issued advisories Thursday evening to students, parents and staff. Tap water in the area is still safe for showering, toilets, handwashing and cleaning, the 31st Fighter Wing said.
A remotely piloted American military surveillance and reconnaissance airplane is making its first appearance in England on a temporary deployment.
Geilenkirchen Air Base — a NATO air base in western Germany with about 400 U.S. military personnel — lowered its alert level Friday, a day after intelligence indicating a potential threat led to heightened security.
Air Force F-22 stealth fighters arrived in Singapore on Wednesday for several days of combat and air-to-air refueling exercises over the South China Sea, according to U.S. and Singaporean officials.
Engineered as a wearable power source, the BCB is designed to integrate into body armor vests. It cuts equipment bulk and weight, the manufacturer said, adding that the device provides between 100 and 300 watt-hours of power.
The “Black Fly” is a single-seat electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) that weighs just 313 pounds. Josh Lane, a test director for MTSI, said his company is trying to understand what the craft might do, experimenting for the benefit of the military.
The new U.S. consul general on Okinawa said he takes “very seriously” the indictments this year of U.S. service members for alleged sexual assaults, according to a prefectural spokesman.
Squadrons from the U.S. and South Korean air forces are conducting weeklong, around-the-clock flight drills for the first time as part of a large-scale exercise throughout South Korea.