Tuskegee Airman Kirksey Dies

April 24, 2008

A pilot of the famed World War II Tuskegee Airmen, Lee Roy Kirksey of Charlotte, N.C., died April 4, according to an April 16 report in the Charlotte Observer. He was 86.

Air Force Tells Commanders to Hold Standards Reviews Every Quarter

Feb. 5, 2025

Air Force leaders are directing unit commanders to conduct four “standards and readiness reviews” of their troops per year starting March 31, part of a recent push for new standards and enforcement.

US Steps Up Intelligence Flights for Border Mission with RC-135 and P-8 Spy Planes

Feb. 4, 2025

The U.S. military is carrying out intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions along the southern border and off the coast of Mexico using U.S. Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint and U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon aircraft as part of the Pentagon’s effort to secure the southern border at the direction of President…

One of the Last Original Tuskegee Airmen Dies at 100

Feb. 4, 2025

Harry T. Stewart, Jr., one of the last of the original Tuskegee Airmen and a World War II fighter pilot who achieved three victories in one day, died Feb. 2 at the age of 100.

Air and Missile Defense for the US Is an Absolute Imperative

Feb. 4, 2025

If there is anything we’ve learned from the conflicts in Ukraine and Israel—and the growing threats from China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea—it is that massed air and missile attacks are now a fundamental component of modern warfare. This puts our U.S. homeland at risk.

Promotion Tests Still on Schedule as Air Force Handbook Changes

Feb. 4, 2025

The Air Force does not expect any changes to its promotion testing schedule as the service reevaluates one of the key study materials for those tests.

New Pentagon Report: F-35 Test Progress Slow, Readiness Below Par

Feb. 3, 2025

The F-35 fighter program continues to struggle with meeting test milestones and mission readiness goals, but progress is being made on both fronts, according to the latest report from the Pentagon’s test director and comments from the Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin.

Air Force Plans to End All Telework Within Days, but Hurdles Remain

Feb. 3, 2025

A new memo lays out the initial steps for how the Department of the Air Force plans to comply with President Donald Trump’s directive to send federal employees back to full-time in-person work.

Air Force Equal Opportunity Programs Not Included in DEI Purge

Feb. 3, 2025

The Air Force is not shutting down its equal opportunity programs, it said in a new memo, distinguishing them from the department’s sweeping review of diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Acting Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs Gwendolyn Defilippi wrote that she was issuing the Jan. 30 memo as…

Not 10 Feet Tall: Experts Say China’s Military Faces Major Issues

Jan. 31, 2025

While U.S. defense officials have spent much of the past decade warning that China is the nation’s pacing threat and its People’s Liberation Army represents an urgent threat in the Indo-Pacific, several defense researchers are skeptical that the PLA has the human capital, the structural ability, or the political appetite…

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