President Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Wilma Vaught at a White House ceremony. Vaught is only the eighth distinguished Airman to earn the honor. Over the course of a 28-year Air Force career, Vaught, 92, was "the ...
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Veterans who performed the secret, often dangerous work of testing nuclear weapons deserve new recognition and may now call themselves “Atomic Veterans,” according to the Defense Department. The department announced the Atomic Veterans Commemorative Service Medal on July 5 to recognize that “the service and sacrifice ...
Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael J. Schmidt took command of the F-35 Joint Program Office on July 5, succeeding Air Force Lt. Gen. Eric Fick, who is retiring. The succession of an Air Force PEO by another—breaking more than 25 years of back-and-forth joint leadership—may ...
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Rank Insignia of the Armed Forces, including Air Force, Space Force, Army, Navy & Coast Guard, and Marine Corps.
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The command structure of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force; numbered air forces; field commands; major commands; and centers.
Principal USAF and major command leaders through the years.