The 18th Civil Engineer group is conducting “deliberate inspections” of the quadplex units in Kadena’s Washington Heights neighborhood, an 18th Wing spokeswoman said.

A U.S. Air Force jet with migrants bound at their wrists and ankles departed Texas for Guatemala on Thursday, carrying 80 deportees in another deportation flight that reflects a growing role for the armed forces in helping enforce immigration laws.

A new Air Force course in jungle survival is preparing airmen to operate from remote airfields if a conflict forces their squadrons to disperse.

Environmental regulators and health officials in New Mexico are warning hunters that harmful chemicals known to cause cancer in people have been found at record levels in birds, small mammals and plants at a lake near Holloman Air Force Base.

Tech. Sgt. Richard Padilla, 37, was a longtime security forces airmen who had expertise in performing base security in austere and challenging locations and helping establish new “fully functional” bases in undeveloped locations.

The Air Force’s top civilian leader has directed the closure of a working group that since 2008 has sought to eliminate arbitrary barriers to women’s service, such as by providing equipment for female pilots who for decades relied on gear designed for men.

Career field identifier patches and 57 colors of nail polish are out, gig lines and short hair are in, according to an Air Force order that reverses dress and appearance regulations loosened just one year ago.

A pilot was reported safe after an F-35 fighter jet crashed during a training exercise Tuesday afternoon at Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks, Alaska. The pilot experienced an “inflight malfunction” but was able to eject from the aircraft before it crashed on the runway, according to the wing commander.

Marines began to hang temporary barriers along a wall in San Ysidro, Calif., marking the U.S. border with Mexico as an Air Force flight crew prepared to take off from Texas to Ecuador with the military’s fourth planeload of deported migrants.

Airmen from the 6th Air Refueling Wing at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., received the Distinguished Flying Cross Medal for heroic actions in the Middle East last year.

The Air Force is resetting the expiration dates on waivers for airmen and guardians with shaving exemptions, or profiles, according to a memo from service’s surgeon general.

The Air Force has again cut funding for the popular Recharge for Resiliency program that provides airmen and their families substantial discounts for recreational trips and other activities.

An elementary school and a middle school at the home of the 18th Wing canceled classes Monday due to a sewer line issue that was resolved that afternoon.

The Air Force is restoring videos of the Tuskegee Airmen and Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, to its basic training curriculum, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Sunday.

A new $23 million operations facility for the storied 37th Airlift Squadron took its first step toward becoming reality Friday, with a groundbreaking that heralded a long-anticipated move to a more suitable home.

President Donald Trump announced plans to nominate Matthew Lohmeier to be the the Department of the Air Force’s second-highest ranking official.

The Air and Space forces have been told to eliminate working groups aimed at improving equal employment for women, minorities, LGBTQ+ and disabled service members, according to a memo this week from the acting Air Force secretary.

Staff Sgt. Steve Skelton was awarded the Air and Space Commendation Medal for heroism after rescuing the lives of two elderly women who fell down an escalator at a local establishment in New York.

Six Air National Guard jets stuck at a Navy base in Sicily for months have returned to the U.S., a Guard official said.