Air Force Times

Air Force Times is a weekly publication dedicated to the members of the United States Air Force, including active duty, reserve, and retired personnel, as well as their families. It offers a mix of news, insights, and analyses, along with community stories, lifestyle articles, educational content, and helpful resource guides. The publication is produced by Sightline Media Group, which is part of TEGNA Digital, owned by TEGNA, Inc. Before adopting the name Sightline Media Group, it was known as Gannett Government Media from 1997 to 2015, after which it became one of TEGNA's digital assets. Before its ownership by Gannett in 1997, it operated under the name Army Times Publishing Company, originally published by Times Journal Company.

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House appropriators OK rebukes to recent DOD scandals in budget bill

2 weeks ago | airforcetimes.com | Leo Shane III

House Republican appropriators agreed Thursday to several checks on recent controversial Pentagon moves in their $832 billion defense budget plan for fiscal 2026, including a ban on using any money for military personnel to conduct law enforcement duties on U.S. soil.
Air Force spends millions on relaxation cubes that may prove worth it

2 weeks ago | airforcetimes.com | Hope Seck

At dozens of bases across the Air Force, troops are undertaking tried-and-true relaxation techniques — biofeedback, meditation — in shiny mirrored cubes that can project light patterns and even galaxies. The experience, as one researcher put it, is more like a “Disney ride” than a studio or clinical office. This is Lumena Mindgym, a flashy new curriculum-based therapeutic tool that’s taking the Air Force by storm.
Air Force gives airmen just days to reenlist for retention bonus

1 month ago | airforcetimes.com | Stephen Losey

The Air Force is shutting down this year’s selective retention bonus program, and airmen who want to reenlist and get a bonus have less than five days to do so. The service launched the fiscal 2025 bonus program last December. In a statement Thursday, the service said retention rates have been high, and the service is already projected to fully run through the budgeted amount of bonuses.
Air Force One greeted by fighter escorts during Trump’s Mideast visit

1 month ago | airforcetimes.com

Like Saudi Arabia did a day earlier, Qatar gave Trump's Air Force One a ceremonial escort from its F-15 fighter jets — an exceptionally rare sight.
KC-46 vision system upgrade slips to 2027, 3 years behind schedule

1 month ago | airforcetimes.com | Stephen Losey

The KC-46 Pegasus refueling tanker’s troubled remote vision system is now unlikely to see a replacement upgrade until summer 2027, the Air Force said, putting the Boeing program more than three years behind schedule. An Air Force spokesperson confirmed in an email Wednesday that the current projection for fielding the system, known as RVS 2.0, is roughly two years away, but did not say what is causing the latest schedule slip. Boeing referred questions to the Air Force.
AFSOC command chief relieved amid investigation

2 months ago | airforcetimes.com | Stephen Losey

Air Force Special Operations Command’s top enlisted airman was removed from his post Monday amid an investigation. Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green, AFSOC’S command chief, was relieved by AFSOC commander Lt. Gen. Mike Conley, the command said in a statement. Conley told personnel in an email Tuesday that he relieved Green of his duties “due to a loss of confidence in his ability to fulfill his duties.” The email was posted to the unofficial “Air Force amn/nco/snco” Facebook page.
Fired wing commander admits fraternization, to be confined 3 weeks

2 months ago | airforcetimes.com | Stephen Losey

The former installation commander of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio will serve 21 days in confinement after agreeing to a court-martial plea deal admitting fraternization. Col. Christopher Meeker, who also commanded the 88th Air Base Wing at Wright-Patt, will also receive a reprimand and forfeit a total of $14,000 in pay.
It’s time to fully fund the Air Force’s collaborative combat aircraft

2 months ago | airforcetimes.com | Douglas A. Birkley |Heather Penney

As Defense Department leaders build their fiscal 2026 budget request, they must prioritize Air Force modernization. Three decades’ worth of chronic underfunding, paired with high combat demand, have worn the service’s aircraft so hard that the capacity and capability of the Air Force have declined to dangerous levels. It is well past time for a reset. Top leaders will only be able to successfully deter and, if necessary, defeat adversaries if they have sufficient and capable forces to do both.
Air Force revokes four-day weekends for troops

2 months ago | airforcetimes.com | Stephen Losey

The Air Force on Monday revoked a policy providing troops extra time off around holidays, saying the widespread leave known as “Family Days” hurt the department’s ability to carry out its missions. The Air Force has in the past granted airmen and guardians those extra days off, usually in conjunction with a holiday that falls on a Thursday, Friday or Monday. This gives troops a regular series of four-day weekends — roughly one a month — to spend as they wish. In a Feb.
3 soldiers confirmed dead after vehicle pulled from Lithuanian swamp

2 months ago | airforcetimes.com | Nikki Wentling

Three of the four U.S. soldiers who were reported missing at a Lithuanian training site last week were found deceased, Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll said Monday. The Army did not immediately release the names of the three soldiers, who were all part of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division. The fourth soldier remains missing. “We will not rest until the fourth and final soldier is found and brought home,” Driscoll said in a statement.