After six long years, Air Power Days are returning to the home of the 7th Air Force and its U.S. fighter and attack squadrons.

Inhabitants of this remote atoll rushed onto a beach Wednesday as a U.S. Air Force plane prepared to drop crates filled with much-needed supplies and some Christmas cheer.

After the Supreme Court rejected affirmative action in college admissions practices, Students for Fair Admissions has challenged the exception for military academies.

The International Council of Air Shows announced Tuesday that U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command’s F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team and the U.S. Marines F-35B Lightning II Demonstration Team are coming to the next National Cherry Festival.

Families who must move from 27 recently renovated homes due to potential mold buildup have two options for new housing on the installation, residents said after a forum Tuesday.

If passed, the bill will require the secretary of the Air Force to evaluate whether beards are compatible with an array of equipment worn by airmen, including masks that require airtight seals.

The draft defense policy bill released over the weekend includes the authorization needed to formally set up a new center to coordinate northern border security, with its future home at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Michigan.

The Air Force takes supplies to remote islands via military transport aircraft as part of Operation Christmas Drop. 

Residents of 27 recently renovated homes at Kadena Air Base must find new housing by the end of February due to “potential health risks” from leaky air conditioning systems, according to a base spokeswoman.

Hundreds of volunteers crowded into a hangar over the weekend to decorate about 220 boxes of food, supplies and toys to be airdropped to isolated communities across the South Pacific. 

Air Force families with children in youth programs throughout the service, including more than 60 within the 18th Wing, were shocked this month by mistaken bank charges for hundreds of dollars.

U.S. military bases across the country and around the world are hosting Christmas tree lighting ceremonies and festive activities for service members and their families this month to celebrate the beginning of the holiday season.

A ceremony was held to remember eight US airmen who perished a year ago when a CV-22 Osprey crashed off the coast of southern Japan.

A policy that would have required service members at Aviano Air Base to apply for a military-affiliated credit card to be eligible for fuel discounts was shelved just two days after taking effect, Air Force officials said.

During the 2024 active season, the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron flew 107 missions into 14 major storms — 12 of the Atlantic’s 18 named storms, and two of the Pacific’s 13 tropical cyclones.

Maryland’s leaders have proposed a swap that could greatly affect the Washington Commanders football team’s stadium search: If the district gives their state one of its Air National Guard squadrons, the lawmakers will not oppose a bill allowing the district to redevelop the RFK Stadium site.

Bomb technicians at Kunsan Air Base in South Korea began moving out of their 60-year-old quarters last month and into a new $11-million compound paid for by South Korea.

The U.S. Air Force will begin deploying F-35A Lightning II fighters to northeast Japan in spring 2026, according to an official.

A civilian employee from Kadena Air Base was arrested on suspicion of attempting to carry live ammunition through a security checkpoint at Naha Airport, according to Okinawa Prefectural Police.