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Wyatt Olson Stars and Stripes FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — A 26-year-old airman was hit and killed Friday afternoon while riding his motorcycle just outside of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, where he was stationed. Senior Airman Britton Lee Halbert, a Texas native assigned to the 735th Air Mobility Squadron, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a statement Monday from the 515th […]

By Master Sgt. Chance Babin, Air Force Recruiting Service Public Affairs  Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. delivers a powerful message about air power and diversity in a new Air Force commercial titled “Helmet.” The dynamic 30-second spot aired for the first time on national TV during the NBA Finals pregame. “I […]

John Vandiver Stars and Stripes The F-35 Lightning II will remain central to the Air Force’s fighter fleet for years to come, the service’s top officer said Friday, despite the mechanical troubles and cost overruns that have made the aircraft the most expensive in history. “The F-35 is going to be the cornerstone of our fighter fleet […]

Thomas Gnau Dayton Daily News, Ohio Jul. 15—A Wright-Patterson Air Force Base public address system accidentally sent out a lockdown announcement message this morning, but there is no lockdown or cause for concern, a base spokeswoman said. A communications squadron was performing maintenance on the system when the message was inadvertently broadcast on what is sometimes called […]

A research paper published in a military medicine journal has concluded that the US Air Force’s ban on beards is racist, potentially setting a policy change into motion. The research paper in question was published last week in Military Medicine, which falls under Oxford Academic. “Regulations of the United States Air Force (USAF) prohibit male […]

John Vandiver Stars and Stripes The failure to control F-35 aircraft cost overruns should force the Pentagon to scale back its fleet of advanced warplanes unless it can find new savings, a government watchdog agency report said. The development of the advanced F-35 fighter, the most costly weapon system in Defense Department history, has faced steadily rising […]

A federal judge on Tuesday has ruled that the failure of the US Air Force to log the criminal history into a database is the primary factor for the 2017 mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez for the Western District of Texas determined that the USAF’s failure to enter the gunman’s […]

Karsten Haake, Lendlease project director for the Campbell Crossing community, gives Brenda Lee McCullough, director, U.S. Army Installation Management Command Directorate-Readiness, a tour of the New Hammond Heights community May 5. Photo by Maria McClure Wyatt Olson Stars and Stripes One of the major companies participating in the Defense Department’s beleaguered privatized military housing program announced Tuesday […]

Afghans who maintain the country’s military aircraft have been learning to fix damaged aircraft over the past two months via videoconferences with U.S.-funded contractors just a few rooms away.

Dave Ress Daily Press The Air Force is going ahead with a proposal to permanently move its F-22 fighter jet training operation from Florida to Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced Friday. The Air Force’s F-22 Formal Training Unit has been operating out of Eglin Air Force Base since a hurricane in 2018 damaged its longstanding home at Tyndall Air Force Base. […]