An F-16 assigned to the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group at Tyndall AFB, Fla., is missing and is believed to have crashed into the Gulf of Mexico, according to a base release. The aircraft was conducting a “routine training mission” when...

TSgt. Sean Barton, a pararescueman assigned to the 320th Special Tactics Squadron, died Oct. 30 from injuries sustained while rappelling during training near Kathmandu, Nepal, according to a Nov. 1 AFSOC release. “Sean was a selfless leader on our team,”...

Re-running Operation Desert Storm with today’s Air Force would gut homeland air defense and an entire theatre’s worth of combat air assets, yet still come up short, said USAF Vice Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Stephen Hoog. “At the beginning...

The Air Force is having a hard time reaching its goal of placing young Active Duty pilots in every Air National Guard and Reserve fighter unit to gain experience due to a shortage of maintainers and funds to support it,...

Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James awarded the first 25 Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medals to airmen across Air Force Global Strike Command on Nov. 5. The award, which James approved in May, is intended to “recognize airmen for their...

CMSAF James Cody and Command Sgt. Maj. Patrick Alston, command senior enlisted leader of US Strategic Command, discussed the “generation gap” and its impact on relationships between leadership and airmen during the Global Strike Challenge 2014 symposium on Nov. 5....

Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh released a video Thursday clarifying changes to the requirements for officer promotion that will take effect in December. There has been confusion about what is required of those seeking promotion, especially when it comes...

The Republic of Korea requested termination of a $140 million contract to develop upgrades for its KF-16 Falcon fighter fleet under a foreign military sales deal, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced Wednesday. BAE Systems was supplying development and long-lead...