Author: Michael Swaney

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 […]

Then U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class David Schmitz, 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, prepares pallets for an air drop mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom aboard a C-17 Globemaster III over Afghanistan, Sept. 18, 2010. Photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Harris A 2020 crash of an F-16 “Viper” has revealed that some of the components […]

As the fiscal year 2023 approaches, some Airmen are going to find out their pay is soon to be reduced due to fiscal constraints. Airmen who work some of the more difficult jobs will see cuts to their Special Duty Assignment Pay (SDAP) starting October 1st. SDAP is intended “to compensate enlisted service members who […]

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 […]

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 […]

The US Air Force ran a contest to create a mascot for the 412th Test Wing- and somehow, the winner is “Sticky McStickface.” This isn’t satire, we’re afraid: of all the potential mascots that could have been chosen for SparkED (the 412 TW’s innovation cell), it was a stickman with “they/them” pronouns. “Sticky is the […]

The COVID vaccine obsession within government institutions is once again rearing its ugly head, this time at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado. Graduates of the academy -who commission into the USAF- may be forced to repay up to $200k in tuition costs if they refused the COVID vaccine. While cadets will receive their […]

David Wichner The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson The Air Force has for now dropped plans to retire most of the A-10 ground-attack jets that form a major mission at Tucson’s Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, after the plan was rebuffed by Congress last year. But the Air Force is again moving to retire some A-10s, and recently revealed documents show more than […]