Author: Staff Writer

MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa was placed on lockdown early Friday after reports of shots fired, U.S. Air Force officials confirmed, but it is not an active shooter situation, according to news reports. The Air Force installation is four miles south of downtown Tampa. Sources did not confirm a reason for the lockdown, but […]

The US Air Force conducted an incredible show of force in response to Iranian sabre-rattling, launching fifty-two F-35As from Hill Air Force Base in Utah. The number of aircraft -which are from active-duty and reserve components- was symbolic of the number of American hostages held in 1979 and the number of Iranian targets President Donald […]

An Army colonel has filed a federal lawsuit against Gen. John Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Hyten, who formerly led U.S. Strategic Command. Col. Kathryn A. Spletstoser is seeking more than $5 million in damages in a federal civil jury trial, Air Force Times reported. The suit was filed in late November in […]

In the aftermath of a shooting at a tightly-controlled Naval base in Florida, the US Air Force base in Nebraska is banning Airmen from carrying personal firearms on the base- doubling down on a policy that failed to stop the NAS Pensacola shooting from taking place. 55th Wing commander Colonel Gavin Marks announced the restriction, […]

The US Supreme Court will be looking into an appeal surrounding an Air Force Major, who just so happened to be convicted of sexually harassing his subordinates. While Maj. Paul Voorhees was initially convicted of sexually assaulting an enlisted Airman in 2015, his ruling was overturned on appeal. He did not, however, get away scot-free: […]

By order of Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett, effective Dec. 20, Fourteenth Air Force was officially redesignated as Space Operations Command. Air Force military and civilian personnel previously assigned to the Fourteenth Air Force are now assigned to SPOC by virtue of the redesignation action. The SPOC directly supports the U.S. Space […]

The claim read like countless Veterans Affairs claims and Purple Heart awards. In 2014, Air Force Veteran Bryan Paul Winquist, now 39, submitted paperwork to the VA seeking compensation related to what he said was post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of a 2003 improvised explosive device attack in Balad, Iraq. The claim detailed that […]