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DVIDS RSS 2.0 Feed (Free subscription) | yesterday
Following the deactivation of the 887th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, Airmen from the 820th Security Forces Group, Moody Air Force Base, Ga., finally said goodbye to their home away from home for the past three years.
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The Dayton Business Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Middletown firm has landed more work at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
PURCHASE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (AAWW) (Nasdaq: AAWW), a leading provider of global air cargo assets and outsourced aircraft operating services, announced today that its Atlas Air, Inc. operating unit has successfully completed 11 nonstop missions from Charleston Air Force Base in Charleston, South Carolina to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan,...
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Rantburg (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
I don't know what the big deal about tattoos is. When somebody walks in with a tattoo and an attitude connected to that tattoo, then that may be one thing, but usually it's not the case. Until someone does some pure science on this, I wouldn't worry about it. One week after the Air Force adopted a strict prohibition of tattoos on the "saluting arm," the new policy has been scrapped....
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Political Wrinkles (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Air Force Changing Tattoo Policy Quote: One week after the Air Force adopted a strict prohibition of tattoos on the "saluting arm," the new policy has been scrapped. A spokeswoman for the Air Force Recruiting Service in San Antonio, Christa D'Andrea, said the regulation that took effect Nov. 25 has been dropped and the entire tattoo policy will be reviewed. "It's an effort to standardize...
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Moonbattery (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Dear Leader Barack Obama, never one to turn down a chance to use his despised military for a photo op, may have offended our armed services more than usual: When President Obama spoke to troops at Alaska's Elmendorf Air Force...
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SAILORS, MARINERS & WARRIORS LEAGUE (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
One week after the Air Force adopted a strict prohibition of tattoos on the "saluting arm," the new policy has been scrapped. A spokeswoman for the Air Force Recruiting Service in San Antonio, Christa D'Andrea, said the regulation that took effect Nov. 25 has been dropped and the entire tattoo policy will be reviewed. "It's an effort to standardize the policy for all members...
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The Westerner (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
The U.S. Air Force is looking to quadruple the airspace in which it can it can conduct training exercises with its B-1 and B-52 bombers stationed in the Dakotas. The proposal would allow more military pilots to train locally, but some civilian pilots are concerned about the additional air traffic, and some ranchers worry flyovers by low-flying, 146-foot-long aircraft will spook their cattle....
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AvStop.com (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Two Air Force officers were killed July 18 in the crash of an F-15E Strike Eagle. The aircraft, assigned to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., was flying in support of coalition operations in eastern Afghanistan. The crash occurred at approximately 3:15 A.M. Kabul time. A team of U.S. and coalition forces where immediately responded to the crash site, secured it and...
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AvStop.com (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Two Air Force officers were killed July 18 in the crash of an F-15E Strike Eagle. The aircraft, assigned to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., was flying in support of coalition operations in eastern Afghanistan. The crash occurred at approximately 3:15 A.M. Kabul time. A team of U.S. and coalition forces where immediately responded to the crash site, secured it and...
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War News Updates (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Launch of a Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. The Future of US ICBM Force -- Defense Professionals On 1 December 2009, the new US Air Force Global Strike Command formally assumed nuclear deterrence missions with land-based Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. The Command assumed command and responsibility for 20th Air Force and its three missile wings located at F.E....
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Saber Point (Free subscription) | yesterday
From the Seattle Blog : Hundreds of vehicles are still in the procession from McChord Air Force Base to the Tacoma Dome, where officers from across the nation have gathered. To download a PDF of the memorial program, click here . Police say gunman Maurice Clemmons approached the counter at the coffee shop where the officers were gathered the morning of Nov. 29, and a barista fled out...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
The procession: Begins at 10 a.m. today at the north gate of McChord Air Force Base and proceeds through Lakewood to the Tacoma Dome.