The relocation is intended to benefit military families. But the move is also associated with an attempt to cut more than 40 jobs held by local Italians and has sparked union outrage.

The Accident Investigation Board found that an F-16’s loss of flight and navigation instruments before a 2023 crash was prompted by the failure of an embedded GPS inertial navigation system.

A new Air Force gender-specific uniform for physical training features five pieces each for women and men.

After several very difficult years and a swath of new programs and enticements, the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Space Force will all meet their recruiting goals by the end of this month and the Navy will come very close, the military services say.

The third indictment of a U.S. service member on sexual assault charges this year prompted fresh protests from an Okinawa city this week.

The Air Force evacuated aircraft from several Florida and Georgia bases on Wednesday, and some 3,300 Florida National Guard troops prepared to respond as Hurricane Helene bared down on the state’s Gulf Coast.

“I knew I was capable of carrying her down,” said Troy May, 20, a U.S. airman from Joint Base Lewis-McChord who came across Ursula Bannister, 79, who had fallen on the trail near High Rock Lookout.

In May, the Biden administration ordered the crypto-mining operation to divest due to its proximity to F.E. Warren Air Force Base and national security concerns associated with speculations about the business’s ties to the Chinese government.

Master Sgt. Matthew Parker has finally received recognition for helping to save the lives of three children after one of the deadliest days for U.S. forces in Afghanistan more than three years ago.

An F-16 assigned to Spangdahlem Air Base landed safely following an engine malfunction, officials said.

An F-22 Raptor made a ‘precautionary landing’ at the home of the 18th Wing on Friday afternoon, according to an Air Force spokesman.

Recently renovated homes at 18th Wing headquarters are being inspected for mold after civil engineers discovered moisture buildup caused by faulty air conditioning systems.

Kaleth O. Wright has an aura of celebrity that has persisted since he retired in 2020. “I certainly never thought I would be important enough to have an entire school named after me,” he said.

The U.S. military community is celebrating the day the U.S. Air Force became an independent branch of the military. The USAF has been the world’s most powerful air force for its entire history — and it has plans to stay that way.

During an address to the Air & Space Forces Association, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall said the Chinese Communist Party continues to heavily invest in “capabilities, operational concepts and organizations that are specifically designed to defeat the United States” and its Western Pacific allies.

The Air Force’s second and third base locations for its newest bomber, the B-21 Raider, will be Whiteman AFB, Mo., and Dyess AFB, Texas.

While the A-10s have proven popular for their lifesaving ability to fend off enemy ground attacks when U.S. troops face little-to-no airborne threat, Air Force officials have long worried the aging Warthogs would prove easy targets against China or Russia.

The U.S. Air Force in Europe is not up to the split-second coordination of air and missile defense with allies, leaving Europeans in mortal danger in the event of an attack, a new report said.

While the branch’s official birthday is next week, celebrations are already underway — and not just with the concert in the U.S. capitol region.