When Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James told a virtual town hall audience Dec. 16 “enough is enough” on involuntary force management, the civilian force was not included. According to Air Force officials, USAF will continue to work the drawdown...

Lockheed Martin delivered the 36th and final F-35 strike fighter of the year on Dec. 22 to the Defense Department, according to a company release. The F-35C, known as CF-19, is the Marine Corps’ first carrier variant. It will be...

NATO announced the details of its upcoming Baltic Air Policing rotation, with two new NATO allies contributing fighter forces to the mission. Italian Eurofighters will take on the lead policing element from Portuguese F-16s in the new year, said NATO’s...

Air National Guard Command CMSgt. James Hotaling recently spent nearly a month visiting airmen in Alaska, Hawaii, and Antarctica. The trip, which lasted from Oct. 31 to Nov. 22, took the chief to the 176th Wing in Anchorage, Alaska; the...

The altitude chamber at Little Rock AFB, Ark., will be decommissioned this month after 50 years in service, according to a Dec. 20 release. The roughly 20 airmen from the 19th Aerospace Medical Squadron at Little Rock, who operate and...

US military personnel deployed to Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, recently participated in an exercise to rehearse evacuation orders for noncombatant personnel and family members, according to an Air Forces Central Command release. The drill is held annually so families and...

Air Education and Training Command and Air Combat Command joined forces for the first combined F-16 Fighting Falcon hot refueling course at Holloman AFB, N.M., last month, according to a Dec. 22 release. The course, taught by members of the...