Congress wants to know if airmen and guardians will still be able to defend the skies with facial hair. An amendment included in the House Armed Services Committee’s draft of the annual defense authorization bill would mandate the creation of a new pilot program allowing some Air Force and Space Force members to grow beards. […]
The Air Force has started to fly some of its CV-22 Ospreys again to assess the troubled aircraft’s flight eligibility, a notable step as the service works to return the entire fleet to full operations after a deadly crash late last year. It is the last among the services to return its Ospreys to the […]
Black junior enlisted airmen are 86% more likely to receive non-judicial punishment or be referred to a court-martial over their white peers — but are less likely to be convicted, a new federally funded Rand Corp. study analyzing racial disparities within the service shows. Despite the alarming numbers, the Rand Corp. study released earlier this […]
Mar. 9—EDITOR’S NOTE — Service members and veterans who are in crisis or having thoughts of suicide, or those who know a service member or veteran in crisis, can call the Veterans/Military Crisis Line for confidential support available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Call 988 and Press 1, […]
Feb. 24—GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE — Ninety-six airmen from the 319th Reconnaissance Wing will deploy overseas in April in support of the unit’s surveillance and global communications responsibilities. The airmen will be stationed at 20 different air bases for four to six months in the Middle East, Europe and Africa, according to wing commander […]