Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force-select Rodney McKinley says he has no plans to make immediate changes when he takes charge as the Air Force’s top enlisted man on July 1. McKinley noted during an Air Force interview that he will focus on the service’s top three priorities: winning the war on terror, taking care of the force’s airmen, and recapitalizing the Air Force.
Happy Birthday US Air Force: 78 Today
Sept. 18, 2025
Seventy-eight years ago today, on Sept. 18, 1947, Supreme Court Chief Justice Fred Vinson swore in Stuart Symington as the first ever Secretary of the Air Force, and the Air Force officially became the first new military service since the Revolutionary War.