An Air Force airman who was fatally shot at his Okaloosa County, Florida, apartment Friday was killed by a deputy after law enforcement burst into the wrong home, civil rights attorney Ben Crump said Wednesday. A woman said that she was on a FaceTime video call with Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, when he was […]
Senior Airman Roger Fortson was home alone in his off-base apartment causing no trouble and FaceTiming with someone when a Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputy, responding to the wrong address for a disturbance, broke through his door and fatally shot him Friday, an attorney for the airman’s family said Wednesday. Ben Crump, a civil rights attorney […]
MIAMI (AP) — Deputies responding to a disturbance call at a Florida apartment complex burst into the wrong unit and fatally shot a Black U.S. Air Force airman who was home alone when they saw he was armed with a gun, an attorney for the man’s family said Wednesday. Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, who […]
The Air Force has identified a man shot and killed by a Florida sheriff’s deputy Friday as Senior Airman Roger Fortson. Fortson, 23, was assigned to the 4th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Florida, where he served as a gunner on the AC-130J Ghostrider. New Air Force policy aims to help aviators seek mental […]
HURLBURT FIELD — An active-duty airman stationed at Hurlburt Field has died after an incident occurred at his off-base residence. According to a release from the 1st Special Operations Wing, U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, died Friday, May 3. Fortson was assigned to the 4th Special Operations Squadron and entered active duty […]
Air Force Airman and Chickasaw citizen Kennedy D. St. Clair was recently named 2023 Tinker Air Force Base Airman of the Year. The former Ada, Oklahoma, resident is an Air Force outbound assignment technician at the Oklahoma City Air Force base. In this role, St. Clair’s duties include processing permanent change of station orders across […]
The US airman who died after setting himself on fire in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC was an anarchist who grew up in a religious sect, according to reports. Aaron Bushnell, 25, shouted “Free Palestine” as he burned after dousing himself in flammable liquid on Sunday as a protest against Israel’s war […]
A US military service member who had set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington over the weekend, in an apparent act of protest against the war in Gaza, has died, local media reported on Monday. NBC News, citing an unnamed US official, said that the US Air Force member had died, and […]
Feb. 23—CHEYENNE — In 2018, Carolyn Ritschard was asked how she could help airmen at F.E. Warren Air Force Base get more involved in the community. A year later, she launched the Adopt An Airman program and has been program director since. The program launched in February 2019, and has served nearly 500 airmen since, […]
The remains of a World War II U.S. Army Air Force gunner from Central Florida will be buried in Leesburg on Sunday afternoon. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS Staff Sgt. Franklin P. Hall remains lie in state at Beyers Funeral Home & Crematory in Lady Lake on Sunday. The public has been invited to […]
HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. (WKRG) — The United Service Organizations recently named a Hurlburt Field airman as the United States Air Force Service Member of the Year. USO recognizes a junior enlisted service member from each branch of service annually for going above and beyond, and exemplifying what it means to be in the U.S. military. […]