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2 weeks ago | 
airandspaceforces.com | Chris Gordon |John Tirpak
By Chris Gordon and John A.
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1 month ago | 
airandspaceforces.com | Greg Hadley |Chris Gordon
The U.S. struck a wide range of Houthi targets in Yemen over the past two days and is hitting more today, the Pentagon said March 17. Air Force Lt. Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich, director of operations for the Joint Staff, said U.S. forces struck more than 30 targets in the first wave March 15, resulting in “dozens” of military casualties. More strikes followed March 16, Grynkewich said at a Pentagon briefing, but he did not say how many.
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2 months ago | 
airandspaceforces.com | Chris Gordon |Greg Hadley
President Donald Trump fired Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, announcing his intent to nominate retired Air Force Lt. Gen. John “Dan” Caine to replace him in a social media post Feb. 21. Caine is a highly unusual choice.
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2 months ago | 
airandspaceforces.com | Chris Gordon |David Roza
Air Force leaders say new grooming and appearance policies now in effect are easier to understand and enforce and will foster a sense of discipline and accountability. Senior Airman Jacob Derry Photo Caption & Credits By Chris Gordon and David RozaAirmen were subject to new uniform, grooming, and appearance standards starting Feb. 1, senior Air Force leaders announced Jan. 29.
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2 months ago | 
airandspaceforces.com | Chris Gordon
The Air Force has not found a higher death rate from cancer among missileers and other members who served decades ago near America’s nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles, service officials said Jan. 30. “Basically, for all mortality calculations, cancer rates were lower or similar [in] the missile community versus their comparison group,” said Col. Richard O. Speakman, a medical doctor who commands the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine.
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2 months ago | 
airandspaceforces.com | Chris Gordon
U.S. Air Force F-35s and Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18s conducted combat air patrols in response to Russian military aircraft operating in the Arctic earlier this week, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said in a news release Jan. 30.
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2 months ago | 
airandspaceforces.com | Chris Gordon
The U.S. Air Force carried out deportation flights to Ecuador and Guatemala earlier this week, U.S. officials told Air & Space Forces Magazine, as the Pentagon continues to fly migrants out of the country at the direction of President Donald Trump. On Jan. 28, a U.S. Air Force C-17 carrying detained migrants took off from Biggs Army Airfield in El Paso, Texas. It landed in Ecuador later that evening. A C-17 transporting a deportation flight also took off from El Paso on Jan.
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2 months ago | 
airandspaceforces.com | Chris Gordon |David Roza
Airmen will be subject to new uniform, grooming, and appearance standards starting Feb. 1, senior Air Force leaders announced Jan. 29.
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2 months ago | 
airandspaceforces.com | Chris Gordon
President Donald Trump has directed the Pentagon to prepare a sweeping plan within 60 days on how to defend the American homeland against attacks from Russian and Chinese missiles and other aerial threats. Dubbed “Iron Dome for America,” the initiative is outlined in an Executive Order issued on Jan. 27. The directive calls for a comprehensive air and missile defense strategy, with a heavy emphasis on space-based interceptors that could knock out attacking intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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2 months ago | 
airandspaceforces.com | Chris Gordon
New Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed to reshape the Pentagon and implement President Donald Trump’s agenda as he began his first official day on the job Jan. 27. He also indicated he will not fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., whom he has previously criticized. “Talking to the Chairman, and so many other folks here, we’re in capable hands.
