Author: Michael Swaney

Then U.S. Air Force Capt. Katie Lunning, center, 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, critical care air transport team registered nurse, checks equipment on a C-17 Globemaster III in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2021. Lunning participated in one of the largest human airlifts in United States history by providing medical care to evacuees’ or service members […]

Noah Feit The State (TNS) The man who was shot at Shaw Air Force Base last week is a retired veteran, according to an affidavit shared by the FBI. Angelo Jerome Brown was in possession of weapons and a substance believed to be crack cocaine and has been charged with multiple crimes, FBI Special Agent Kevin Conroy said in the affidavit. The Air Force originally said […]

Maayan Schechter The State (TNS) The FBI says it’s investigating a Friday shooting after an airman at Shaw Air Force Base shot a man who “illegally gained access” to the base. The airman, who is assigned to the 20th Security Forces Squadron, shot the man at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Shaw Air Force Base said in a statement Friday. “Our security forces personnel are trained […]

A B-2 stealth bomber has sustained damage after an emergency landing in Missouri, causing damage to one of the twenty or so in service. The incident took place at Whiteman AFB on December 10, when the aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing, resulting in the left-side landing gear giving out. A small fire […]

The US Air Force is losing so much credibility over buggy administrative software, that even the top enlisted Airman is throwing shade at it. Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass took to Facebook to address the USAF’s near-universal hatred of a program known as myEval. “We get it, folks,” Bass wrote […]

Over one hundred C-130 Hercules transport aircraft are potentially deadlined, thanks to scratched propellers- and the problems likely go back for decades. The damage to the propellers was likely caused by engraving serial numbers on the blades. “The process used to engrave serial numbers on the propellers likely contributed to cracks that are being found […]

Amy Lavalley Post-Tribune, Merrillville, Ind. Oct. 28—An official with the U.S. Air Force confirmed to the Post-Tribune Thursday that information from First Congressional District candidate Jennifer-Ruth Green’s military record, including details about a sexual assault while she was serving in Iraq, were released to a third party by an individual who did not follow proper procedure. The details, first released earlier this month by […]

Hannah Jones The Macon Telegraph Oct. 20—WARNER ROBINS — The U.S. Air Force grounded 116 planes last month because of the sharp eye of a crew at Robins Air Force Base in Middle Georgia. The airmen were the first to spot an issue with a propeller system commonly used on C-130H aircraft. A maintenance crew at the Warner Robins Air Logistics […]

USAF Major Andre McDonald and his wife Andreen McDonald. Elizabeth Zavala San Antonio Express-News Oct. 19—SAN ANTONIO — A January trial date has been set for Maj. Andre Sean McDonald, 43, an Air Force Reserve officer charged with murder and tampering with evidence in the February 2019 disappearance of his wife. By the time the trial begins Jan. 17, […]

Stephanie Earls The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) Sep. 27—The Department of the Air Force hasn’t yet issued its final word on the location of U.S. Space Command headquarters — a decision that will determine whether the base remains at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs or moves to Huntsville, Ala. — but a decision is coming. ETA, fall 2022. Two recently completed […]