Author: Brian Lee

The U.S. Air Force Academy commencement ceremony was a bittersweet event for three senior cadets who had met academic requirements but refused to comply with a military mandate requiring the COVID-19 vaccine after their requests for religious waivers were denied.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Tuesday signed legislation that could help bring nuclear microreactors to Alaska in the coming years, in an effort to help villages lower high electricity prices.

Kicking off a two-day celebration honoring the life and legacy of Col. Gail Halvorsen, the “Candy Bomber,” the Air Mobility Command commander joined friends, family and guests in Provo, May 20, to dedicate a Joint Base Charleston-based C-17 Globemaster III as the “Spirit of the Candy Bomber.” 

“Together, we deliver” is U.S. Transportation Command’s motto, and it played out in real time in May 22. The first airplane importing 132 pallets, or 78,000 pounds, of specialty infant formula arrived at Indianapolis International Airport. The C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft was loaded the day before at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, kicking off Operation Fly Formula.

The 354th Fighter Wing celebrated the arrival of its final F-35A Lightning II aircraft and the subsequent completion of its fleet with a ceremony, May 13.

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress successfully released an AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW, off the Southern California coast, May 14.   

An investigation is underway following the death of Airman 1st Class Emerald Baskin-Young, a structural apprentice from the 27th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron.

A team of firefighters from Kirtland Air Force Base has deployed to combat the largest wildland fire in the United States. 

The oldest of three remaining Pearl Harbor survivors in the San Antonio area, he didn’t imagine he’d live to be 101. He’ll cross that threshold today, and he says he’s not done having birthdays.

Punishment has been handed down to members of the Mississippi Coast-based Hurricane Hunters after they made a detour to pick up a crew member’s personal motorcycle.