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Hiring, Overtime, and AI: VA Is Processing Veterans’ Disability Claims Faster Than Ever
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Air Force transit hub stored weapons shipments in unguarded building, IG finds
A recent Defense Department Inspector General’s report found that military shipments of rifles and other weapons were stored for as long as a week in a warehouse with no overnight guards and no...
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The hilarious rules of the Air Force’s formal Dining-In
The Dining-In is a military custom that predates the Air Force, the military, even the United States. There are many versions of the same even, whether that branch calls it Mess Night, Regimental...
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The Chief of Staff’s Bible is one of the least-known Air Force traditions
The Chief of Staff’s Bible is a tradition literally as old as the Air Force itself, but one very few have ever even heard of.
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I Love My Air Force Husband. My Feelings About the Government He Serves Are More Complicated
It was covered in the American flag and read “God Bless America.” The image forced my car back into park. I sat in the lot trying to understand the power those three words held over me.
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Retired fighter pilot taught Chinese airmen secret US tactics, feds say
A retired Air Force fighter pilot accused of teaching American tactics to Chinese airmen allegedly drove erratically to avoid an FBI tail, kept a fake passport, and deleted messages from foreign...
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Air Force removes security airmen from full duty after entering wrong home with a child inside
Air Force officials have launched a command-directed investigation into why at least two armed Security Forces airmen mistakenly entered a residence on Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, while a child was.
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President Trump’s former royal Qatari 747 is now ready to be Air Force One
If the aircraft used to cart around the President of the United States were a car, it would be the equivalent of a Geo Storm.
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Two Air Force A-10s rescued lost boater on Florida lake
Weeks after A-10s helped save two downed aviators behind Iranian lines, the Warthog community capped off the month with a third rescue: a 73-year-old Florida man who fell off his boat.
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Growing veteran careers and businesses with DAV employment services
Air Force veteran Jasmine Paul, founder of youth financial literacy company The Wealth Playground, found support through DAV Patriot Boot Camp for entrepreneurs.
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To rent or Sell? The 2026 PCS-ing homeowner’s biggest question
Brent Wachter bought his Albuquerque home in 2023 for $679,000. He wasn’t speculating or flipping properties. He was an Air Force service member who expected to stay where he was.
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A first look at the new Personal Property Activity replacing the old PCS model
Somewhere inside Scott Air Force Base , Illinois, a 120-person organization is quietly running the most consequential experiment in military relocation since the 1960s.
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4 Ghosts that still haunt the National Museum of the US Air Force
The National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, is probably one of the coolest military museums in the world, and might be the number one military museum in America.
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Pentagon considers doubling monthly combat pay for troops
According to budget documents released by the Air Force, troops deployed to war zones could see their special pay doubled next year if a new Pentagon proposal is approved by Congress.
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The Anduril Fury is the Air Force’s new autonomous wingman
Inside a sprawling facility known as Arsenal-1 , traditional rules of the defense industry are being dismantled one airframe at a time.
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Northrop Grumman teases first look at next-gen Navy fighter
The future of U.S. military aviation is unfolding. In the Air Force, the F-47 Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter is in the works, and the B-21 Raider stealth bomber is already flying.
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Air Force wants to use lasers to help protect rescue helicopters after Iran mission
Four days after a daring daylight rescue mission whisked a downed American fighter pilot out of Iran under heavy fire , a notice appeared on a federal contracting website.
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The Spanish Flu — a deadly postscript to WWI — started at a US military base
In the spring of 1918, as American soldiers prepared to go “over the top” for the first time during World War I, a handful of army physicians began noticing a strange sickness that began to grip...
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How this Air Force spy plane traveled from coast to coast in record time
President Lyndon B. Johnson introduced Ed Yeilding to the SR-71 Blackbird. Thus began a wonderful, long-lasting relationship.
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Air Force can’t quit the A-10 Warthog, extends service into 2030
The Air Force’s long-beloved, flying tank of a plane, the A-10C Thunderbolt II, got yet another stay of execution Monday, when Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink announced that the “Hog” will keep.
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Telehealth connects Veteran to more than just care
Air Force Veteran learns that a video screen is not a barrier to building relationships Ronald Miller lives more than 30 miles away from his nearest VA medical center, so it’s not surprising that...
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The Air Force met its annual recruiting goal 5 months early
The Air Force has met its annual goal for signing up new recruits five months ahead of schedule, service officials said. As of this week, officials said, recruiters had already landed commitments...
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An Air Force plane crashed in Death Valley during the Cold War (and is still there)
It was supposed to be a routine flight, nothing out of the ordinary. The SA-16 Albatross was scheduled to leave Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho on January 24, 1952, and fly approximately 700...
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Navy can fire warning shots to enforce blockade of Iran, top general says
Should a vessel attempt to run the U.S. military’s current blockade of Iranian ports , Navy sailors are authorized to fire warning shots if necessary, said Air Force Gen.
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The Iran war took a toll on the Air Force’s Reaper fleet
The MQ-9 Reaper, a staple for the U.S. since the turn of the 21st century , has remained a go-to asset for the military, even as recently as the war with Iran. But over the last few years, the U.S.
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Man arrested after climbing up on and damaging an Air Force C-130 in Ireland
A man was arrested on Saturday after climbing onto and attacking the hull of an Air Force C-130 at an airport in Ireland. The attacker was able to strike the military transport aircraft several times.
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A 2023 special ops exercise in Wyoming was a preview of the Iran rescue mission
In the spring of 2023, a barren stretch of Wyoming highway briefly became the tactical hub of a three-day Army and Air Force exercise in which special operators unloaded nimble attack helicopters...
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That time the Air Force proposed making a ‘gay bomb’
In 1994, U.S. Air Force’s Wright Laboratory in Ohio were pressing the bounds to the question: Fellas, is it gay to fight for your country?
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Air Force names 2 bases that could host nuclear ‘microreactors’
The Department of the Air Force has selected Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado, and Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, as potential sites to host small nuclear reactors on base known as...
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Air Force offers up to $50,000 annual bonuses to keep aviators in the service
The Air Force is offering active duty pilots and other aviators up to $50,000 per year to stay in the service as part of this fiscal year’s Aviation Bonus program.
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