Author: Michael Swaney

Sig Christenson San Antonio Express-News Apr. 14—The Air Force has issued a reminder to service members that it has resources that can protect them from anti-LGBTQ state initiatives, such as the one in Texas that raised the possibility of child welfare investigations against parents with transgender children. The guidance, issued by Air Force Undersecretary Gina Ortiz Jones, said […]

In light of tough recruiting prospects, the USAF has begun offering new incentives, from financial bonuses to “quick ship” rollouts of recruits. Six skills have been identified as being added to the FY2022 Initial Enlistment Bonus Program. The skills have been tied to four and six-year contracts in hard-to-fill job specialties. According to the USAF, […]

Air Force Maj. Brandon Bailey, 332nd Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron medical crew director, awaits the arrival of patients from a forward operating base in Mosul, Iraq, on Sept. 23, 2008. (Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon/Air Force) Hayley Fowler, The Charlotte Observer Brandon Bailey was kicked out of the U.S. Air Force in 2010 after he was convicted by court […]

Lt. Col. Dominic Calderon, 301st Airlift Squadron chief of training; 1st Lt. Kyle Anderson, 301st AS assistant operations officer; Master Sgt. Silva Foster, 301st AS loadmaster; Senior Airman Michael Geller, 517th Airlift Squadron loadmaster; and Staff Sgt. Dennis Gonzalez-Furman, 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flying crew chief, listen before being recognized during a Distinguished Flying Cross award ceremony […]

OASD Audio Visual and Broadcast Engineer Andres Arredondo sets up studio and assists Lt. Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, Military Deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics during a virtual Air Force Association event at the Pentagon, Aug. 17, 2020. (DoD photo by Marvin Lynchard) Thomas Gnau, Dayton […]

A WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., takes off for a mission into Tropical Depression Nine Aug. 26, 2021. The 53rd WRS Hurricane Hunters support the National Hurricane Center by collecting atmospheric data in tropical systems allowing for more accurate forecasting. (U.S. Air Force […]

Thomas Gnau Dayton Daily News, Ohio Mar. 29—In most of the 16 sites where Wright-Patterson Air Force Base environmental engineers are investigating the presence of PFAS and PFOA chemicals, those substances were found in amounts above EPA-recommended lifetime health advisory levels, base staff members said in a virtual public meeting Monday. But those levels have been found […]

Joseph Morton The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON — The Pentagon would cut its annual order for new Fort Worth-made F-35 joint strike fighters by more than one-fourth under President Joe Biden’s budget proposal released Monday, a move sure to set off alarm bells in many Capitol Hill offices. The sophisticated, radar-evading fighter jets represent the most expensive weapons program […]

Mitchell Willetts McClatchy Washington Bureau A husband, father and Air Force captain in Oklahoma is reportedly facing discharge for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Cpt. Daniel Knick told TV station KOKH that he and his family stand to lose a lot if that happens, but he isn’t changing his mind. “It’s heartbreaking to end an awesome career that way,” Knick […]

Army Staff Sgt. Charles Massey, left, and his cousin poses for a photo at the 2022 Super Bowl, Feb. 13, 2022. Photo By: Army Staff Sgt. Charles Massey BY KATIE LANGE, DOD NEWS Video games aren’t just for kids anymore — they haven’t been for a long time — and the more gamers there are in the […]