Author: Michael Swaney

All F-35s in US Air Force Inventory are airworthy once again, following a series of ejection seat inspections. The fleet is back to normal operations following an inspection of 706 seat initiator cartridges from 349 F-35s. USAF Air Combat Command spokeswoman Alexi Worley stated that a small number of F-35As that were already in depot […]

Noah Feit The State A South Carolina man and former member of the U.S. Air Force is going to prison for a sex crime involving a minor, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. , a 25-year-old Moncks Corner resident, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for production of child pornography, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release. There is no parole in […]

Sig Christenson San Antonio Express-News Jul. 28—The Air Force has grounded 279 planes, a significant portion of its training aircraft, the T-38 Talon and T-6A Texan II. It blamed a problem with “quality defects” in the manufacture of explosive cartridges in the escape systems on both planes, which are used to train novice and instructor […]

New York Army National Guard leaders stretch before the Army Combat Test on April 27, 2019 at the Division of Military and Naval Affairs in Latham, N.Y. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Capt. Jean Marie Kratzer) Lauren Stanforth Times Union, Albany, N.Y. Jul. 26—COLONIE — State Police have charged a 20-year-old man who allegedly made a […]

Siandhara Bonnet Rapid City Journal, S.D. Jul. 20—The B-21 Raiders will be revealed later this year and the project is on time and on budget, U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, R- S.D., announced Tuesday. Rounds was the sole elected official in a visit to the B-21 Raider production facility in Palmdale, California. The two companies working on the project are Lockheed Martin and Northrop […]

Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs The Air Force is expecting lower promotion rates for the next few years due to enlisted grade restructuring, a leveling-off of end-strength growth, and high retention levels.  Based on structure revisions and end-strength requirements, grades E-5 through E-7 will be impacted. Through this realignment, the Air Force intends to […]

Col. Ray Smith, 932nd Operations Group commander, rear row, center, and 932nd Airlift Wing Command Chief, Chief Master Sgt. Chad Welch, rear row, right, pose for a photo following their wing overview briefing to newcomers Sept. 9, 2017 Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Parr) Kelsey Landis Belleville […]

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 12:40 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time Thursday May 9, 2019, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Hanah Abercrombie) Kaytlyn Leslie The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) Jul. 7—A planned test of a missile rocket from […]

Sally Krutzig Idaho Statesman An Air Force training event in Mountain Home left one cadet dead and sent two others to the hospital over the weekend. Nineteen Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets participated in a Friday training event at Saylor Creek Range, part of the Mountain Home Range Complex, according to a news […]

A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from the 107th Fighter Squadron taxi out for a training mission at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., Nov. 5, 2019. The 107th Fighter Squadron is a component of the 127th Wing, Michigan Air National Guard. (U.S. Air National Guard photos by Tech. Sgt. Dan Heaton) Charles E. Ramirez The Detroit […]