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Ex-staff sgt. says police told AF she was gay

Air Force Times: 15 hours ago
OMAHA, Neb. , Jene Newsome said she played by the rules as an Air Force staff sergeant: She never told anyone in the military she was a lesbian. The 28-year-old's honorable discharge under the U.S. military's “don't ask, don't tell” ... ...read article

Astronauts, famed pilots salute troops

Air Force Times: 15 hours ago
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany , The men who were the first and the last to walk on the moon, the astronaut who immortalized the words “Houston, we've had a problem,” the only Air Force flying “ace” in the Vietnam War and the test ... ...read article

Troubled colonel busted to O-2 when booted

Air Force Times: 1 day ago
Twenty-six years ago, Col. Michael D. Murphy joined the Air Force as a first lieutenant. On April 1, Murphy will leave the Air Force as a first lieutenant. The demotion is Murphy's punishment for spending much of his career practicing law without a ... ...read article

Cheaper, closer airdrops in Afghanistan

Air Force Times: 1 day ago
C-130 aircrews in Afghanistan have begun executing “low-cost, low-altitude” airdrops to smaller, more mobile units on the ground. The new bundles weigh between 80 and 500 pounds and are released lower to the ground, attached to disposable ... ...read article

Air Force warns of increased launch costs

Air Force Times: 2 days ago
The Air Force and National Reconnaissance Office could face major increases in the cost of launching satellites as a result of the Obama administration's decision to cancel NASA's shuttle replacement program, a top Air Force official said. Gary ... ...read article

DoD: F-35 costs rise at least 50 percent

Air Force Times: 3 days ago
The F-35 Lightning II strike fighter program will breach the Nunn-McCurdy limits with a cost growth of more than 50 percent from the original 2001 program baseline, said a top Pentagon program evaluator. Christine Fox, director of the Defense ... ...read article

Senators seek funds for concurrent receipt

Air Force Times: 4 days ago
The Senate Armed Services Committee has given a sliver of hope to some disabled military retirees still waiting for the right to receive their full military retirement pay and veterans disability compensation. The committee is asking the Senate ... ...read article

Schwartz: We’re sticking with tanker RfP

Air Force Times: 4 days ago
The U.S. Air Force does not plan to modify its request for proposals in the KC-X aerial refueling plane program despite the withdrawal of one of two expected bidders, said Gen. Norton Schwartz, the service's chief of staff, at a March 10 ... ...read article

Airman faces trial in alleged abuse case

Air Force Times: 4 days ago
MINOT, N.D. , An airman stationed at Minot Air Force Base faces court-martial in the alleged sexual abuse of his 14-month-old son. Base spokesmen say Senior Airman Clifton Huebner is charged with aggravated sexual contact. Court-martial proceedings ... ...read article

Tanker makes emergency landing at Guard base

Air Force Times: 4 days ago
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. , A New Hampshire Air National Guard tanker and its four-member crew are safe on the ground after making an emergency landing because of a crack in the cockpit window. Public Affairs Officer Lt. Sherri Pierce says the KC-135 aircraft ... ...read article

Air Force crushes Wyoming, ends 9-game skid

Air Force Times: 4 days ago
LAS VEGAS , The Air Force Falcons are getting good at play-in games. Now they'd love to parlay that into an upset of top-seeded New Mexico. For the second straight season, the ninth-seeded Falcons won in the opening round of the Mountain West ... ...read article

House rejects call for Afghanistan withdrawal

Air Force Times: 4 days ago
WASHINGTON , The House on Wednesday soundly rejected an effort by anti-war lawmakers to force a withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year. The outcome of the vote, 356-65 against the resolution, was never in doubt. But the ... ...read article

Air Force warrant officers: What do you think?

Air Force Times: 4 days ago
The Marine Corps, Navy and Army all have warrant officer positions for technical specialists or experts in a career field. The Air Force, however, stopped appointing warrant officers in 1959 when it introduced the ranks of master sergeant and chief ... ...read article

Boeing to convert old F-16s to targets

Air Force Times: 4 days ago
The Air Force has begun replacing its dwindling supply of QF-4 target drones with QF-16s, according to a Boeing announcement made Tuesday. With the supply of venerable F-4 airframes running low after years of use as target drones, the air service has ... ...read article

Rethink alcohol ban in war zones, Webb says

Air Force Times: 4 days ago
Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., a Vietnam veteran and former war correspondent who now chairs the Senate panel that oversees military personnel policy, seemed to endorse the idea of letting troops in war zones drink alcohol as a way to relieve combat stress. ... ...read article

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