Author: Michael Swaney

Airmen at North Dakota’s Minot Air Force Base are being given a strict order by their superiors: stop killing prairie dogs with blowguns. The issue appears to surround two things common with the remote location, namely boredom and prairie dogs. Minot officials are paying special focus to on-base housing, as the use of said blow […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Tech. Sgt. Erica Bermansolo of the 124th Medical Group, Idaho Air National Guard, portrays a simulated pregnant tsunami survivor during the Pathfinder-Minuteman Exercise, Aug. 5, 2015 at Camp Rilea in Warrenton, Ore. Photo by Tech. Sgt. John Winn The undersecretary of the US Air Force has announced that the force will be looking to shoot down […]

A leaked Air Force PowerPoint slide featuring coveralls that aircraft maintainers will be able to wear to and from the base. (Facebook/Air Force amn/nco/snco). US Air Force maintainers are being issued new grey coveralls for the “dirty jobs” they carry out on a daily basis. The new coveralls -which give them the flexibilities offered with […]

The US Air Force has alluded to the existence of the RQ-180, a white drone that has been spotted around the globe. A video, titled “Heritage Today- ISR and Innovation,” showed the evolution of the USAF’s information, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities. “The days of balloons and biplanes have been replaced by white bats,” the […]

A US Air Force colonel has been relieved of command at Oklahoma’s Tinker Air force Base after he berated his airmen for not flying a training mission in dangerous conditions.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Juan Parra Peralta, 60th Aerial Port Squadron cargo processing specialist, poses for a portrait Nov. 25, 2020, at Travis Air Force Base, California. The 60th APS held a pumpkin carving contest to boost morale. It was through the contest the squadron learned that it is comprised of 32 Airmen […]

A Pennsylvanian who serves with the US Air Force is currently in intensive care after his private plane crashed in South Carolina last week.