Category: News

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 […]

A top Air Force general defended the service’s plan to cut dozens of its vaunted A-10 Thunderbolt II attack jets next year, telling lawmakers this week the Air Force must move resources and airmen from the A-10 fleet to shore up its growing F-35 formations.

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 […]

Hawaii Air National Guard F-22s are deploying to an exercise in the Western Pacific that includes a large number—about 25—of the stealth fighters from Hawaii and Alaska that are a key part of the “kick down the door ” force for any possible conflict with China.

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 […]

A C-130 Hercules landed on an icy Antarctic runway late Sunday to rescue an American suffering from a serious medical condition at McMurdo Station, a risky medevac mission the New Zealand military said was its first using night vision technology.

The Air Force released a new B-21 Raider artist rendering graphic with an accompanying fact sheet today. As with past renderings, this rendering is an artist’s interpretation of the B-21 design.

Unlike commercial aircraft, the back of military cargo planes aren’t built for comfort.