Author: Staff Writer

SEOUL, South Korea — Thomas Nielson joined the Air Force when he was 17 and was promptly deployed to South Korea where the war against the communist-backed North was just getting underway. He served on the peninsula from 1950-54. However, Nielson’s real fight began after he returned home and filed for military medical benefits for […]

A federal judge in Gulfport has dismissed one of the lawsuits filed by military families who say they have been sickened by toxic mold in Keesler Air Force base housing, one of many widespread complaints about the U.S. military’s privatized housing. Republican Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi said during a recent Armed Services Committee hearing […]

An Airman based in Louisiana has given her account as to why she’s leaving the Air Force- and the Air Force was more than happy to publish it on their official channels. Senior Airman Tessa B. Corrick of the Barksdale Air Force Base 2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs wrote the piece, titled, “Why I am […]

Data collected to determine the satisfaction of residents living in privatized military housing and the health of the homes available to them was deemed unreliable and potentially misleading by a Government Accountability Office report released Tuesday. The Defense Department used the data in reports to Congress and to determine whether the 14 private companies managing […]

SEOUL, South Korea — An F-16 pilot suffered minor injuries after ejecting from his aircraft during a routine landing, prompting officials at Kunsan Air Base to close the runway for nearly 24 hours, according to the Air Force. The Fighting Falcon pilot, who was not otherwise identified, was the only person aboard the aircraft when […]

Vance Air Force Base has announced two on-base memorial services, scheduled for Thursday for two airmen killed in a Nov. 21 T-38 Talon crash at the base. Lt. Col. John “Matt” Kincade, 47, an instructor pilot assigned to the 5th Flying Training Squadron, and 2nd Lt. Travis B. Wilkie, 23, a student pilot assigned to […]

Jason Genrich’s 17-year Army career is under threat because of his health. It’s not because of injuries sustained on one of his four deployments — it’s because of mold growing in his military housing at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.

An Airman in Texas is dead after he shot himself during an armed confrontation with police.

A former lieutenant general became the subject of an internal investigation while he was on terminal leave- and it cost him one of his three stars.

An Air Force instructor pilot who had previously served in the Navy and his young flight student were killed Thursday when their jet crashed while landing at Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma, base officials announced Friday.