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The Pentagon stand-down on all travel — including for military moves — could be extended into July, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein said in a virtual town hall on the official Air Force Facebook page Monday. Service members and their families have been barred from domestic travel, including permanent change of station […]

An A-10C Thunderbolt II made a rough “wheels-up” landing in Georgia on Tuesday, creating a headache for maintainers of the 75th Fighter Squadron. The venerable “Warthog” traded some paint with the paved runway at Moody Air Force Base after the pilot declared an in-flight emergency prior to approach. According to WALB, the pilot was evaluated […]

During a visit to Vandenberg Air Force Base’s 30th Space Wing Public Affairs building in early March, two Air Force personnel were observed extending a single leg toward each other and tapping the tips of their boots together in a greeting now known as the “corona kick.” The practice already was in place before March 13, when […]

To the extent practical, without significantly impacting mission, all individuals on Department of the Air Force property, installations and facilities are required to wear cloth face coverings when they cannot maintain six feet of physical distance in public areas or work centers. This guidance applies to Total Force military personnel, DOD civilian employees and contractors, […]

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (AFNS) — Within 48 hours of notification, the Air Force Reserve mobilized more than 120 medical personnel across the nation to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, to help with the fight against COVID-19 in New York City. Air Force Reserve Command units mobilized more than 40 doctors, more than 70 nurses and approximately […]

Photo: Senior Airman Dong Han, 51st Aerospace Medicine Squadron Bioenvironmental technician, prepares to administer a qualitative mask fit test, March 10, 2020, at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. The 51st Medical Group is working closely with Department of Defense and local civilian hospitals to ensure plans are executed in unison if a COVID-19, the […]

The US military may have violated several federal laws and put Americans at risk while building an airbase in Niger, according to an investigation. The construction of the airfield was plagued with safety violations and mismanagement, ranging from issues with the fire-rescue station to defenses. “A few procedural missteps occurred in an effort to build […]

A US Air Force Security Forces Airman’s death is under investigation at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, and authorities at the Texas-based installation do not believe Coronavirus was a factor. Tech. Sgt. Nicholas A. Vogler, who was assigned to the New York-based 914th Security Forces Squadron, died while attending a month-long instructor’s course in Texas. Vogler […]

WASHINGTON — Investigators believe two Air Force Academy seniors found dead in their dorm rooms in recent days died by suicide, prompting top Air Force leaders to travel Monday to the Colorado institution amid the coronavirus outbreak, service officials said. The back-to-back deaths of the male cadets, who were set to graduate in May and […]

WASHINGTON — Twenty-three U.S.-based Air Force units focused on space operations will move into the Space Force in the coming months as officials build up the military’s newest branch, Pentagon officials announced Tuesday. The units include about 1,840 positions to transfer from the Air Force’s control into the Space Force, said Maj. William Russell, a […]