Keesler Command Chief Sacked After Investigation Ordered by Training Wing Colonel The command chief of the 81st Training Wing at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi was removed from his leadership role...
Air Force Top Enlisted Leader Says Trainees Carrying Real Rifles at Boot Camp Is 'Desired End State' Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force David Flosi said during a media roundtable at the annual Air and Space Forces...
During Basic Training, Airmen and Guardians Now Required to Carry Practice M4 Rifles at Most Times Airmen and Guardians will receive the nonfunctioning M4 rifle when they arrive at basic military training and will carry and...
Air Force Special Tactics Training The Air Force's Special Tactics teams consist of airmen who are combat controllers, pararescuemen and Special Operations...
6 Video Games (Sorry, ‘Simulators’) the US Military Used for Training So much money and development go into video games that the U.S. military sometimes scoops them out of the public sphere to...
Report: Air Force Leaders Want More High-Tech Flight Simulators to Train New Pilots for War The focus on investing in high-tech simulators comes as tensions grow with China and the Pentagon works to compete with the...
Air Force on Course to Again Miss Pilot Goal as Problems with Training Aircraft Persist With little more than a week until the fiscal year ends Sept. 30, the Air Force is set to finish with 1,350 new aviators...
Air Force Is Offering More Time for Training and Rest at Home In Deployment Cycle Change Air Force officials are changing the way the service deploys airmen, offering more time at home after a tour and more...
Air Force Scrambles to Address Officer Training School Instructor Shortage The Air Force is scrambling to overcome a significant shortage in the number of instructors at its only Officer Training...
Air Force's New $66M Special Warfare Training Center Will Have Mixed-Gender Facilities The 76,000 square-foot facility will have two swimming pools as well as private showers and bathrooms that will accommodate...
Airman Accused of Firing AK-47 Through Apartment Wall in Latest Gun Death Near Wyoming Base The weekend arrest and firearm death come just weeks after a Security Forces airman was killed by an M18 handgun on base...
Navy Is Retiring the Last of its Storied Cruisers. To Veterans, They Were ‘the Pinnacle of Naval Power’ As the Navy nears its 250th anniversary in October, there's a lot of reminiscing going on about the fleet. Much of it...
Cancer in Military Pilots and Aircrews Will Be Studied Under Newly Signed Law President Donald Trump signed a law last week ordering the review of the prevalence of cancer and deaths by cancer in fixed...
AI Is About to Radically Alter Military Command Structures that Haven’t Changed Much Since Napoleon’s Army AI agents -- autonomous, goal-oriented software powered by large language models -- can automate routine staff tasks...
40 Years of Nebraska Vietnam Veterans Reunions. Now, a Final 'Taps' In a pesky drizzle, a handful of people recently set out 400 small American flags on an empty lot in memory of the 400...
![Pennant evaluation at Maxwell Air Force Base.](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-05/mil-pennant-evaluation-maxwell-1800.jpg?itok=T5zQ8oR5 "An Officer Training School Military Training Instructor addresses a group of officer trainees a part of the school's "Godzilla Class," during the Pennant evaluation, Aug. 9, 2019, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Charles Welty)")
