Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin, the special tactics airman who was killed along with three other U.S. troops in Afghanistan late last month, reflected the place he was raised as much as a person could. He hailed from Beaver County, Pennsylvania, a region of tough, practical people about 10 miles down the Ohio […]
Hurricane Cost May Skyrocket As Billions in Stealth Fighter Jets Unaccounted for; Tyndall AFB “Complete Loss”…
After Hurricane Michael rendered Tyndall Air Force Base a “complete loss” from “widespread, catastrophic damage” – questions remain over nearly two-dozen F-22 Stealth Fighters which are unaccounted for. According to the New York Times, Tyndall is home to 55 stealth fighters, “which cost a dizzying $339 million each.” Before Michael hit, the Air Force evacuated […]
Air Force Remains Silent After Huge Meteor Hits Near U.S. Military Base…
A meteor hit the earth and exploded with 2.1 kilotons of force last month, but the US Air Force has made no mention of the event. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory confirmed an object of unspecified size travelling at 24.4 kilometres per second struck earth in Greenland, just 43 kilometres north of an early missile warning […]
Secretive X-37B Military Space Plane Wings Past 200 Days in Orbit…
The U.S. Air Force’s X-37B space plane has winged past 200 days in orbit on its latest clandestine mission. That mission, known as Orbital Test Vehicle-5 (OTV-5), began Sept. 7, 2017, when the robotic spacecraft launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. According to Air Force officials, […]
Obama-Era Sequester Decimated U.S. Military; Air Force Short 2,000 Pilots…
The House Armed Services Committee on Thursday publicized statistics it says show the sorry state of U.S. armed forces aviation units and “mold-ridden” barracks. The report is a Republican effort to underscore how critical the omnibus spending bill is to war-fighters in the wake of “sequester” budget cuts. The bill pumps $47.4 billion for “get […]
Chairman of House Armed Services Committee Addresses Shortfalls…
USAF Begins Massive GPS Blackouts in the Western US During Largest Ever Air War Drill…
The United States Air Force is launching its largest-ever three-week premier set of air war drills, called Red Flag 18-1, starting on Friday and will conclude February 16, said the 99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs. On January 26, the air war drill, known as Red Flag, officially kicked off at Nellis Air Force Base, […]
Not Just the Air Force: U.S. Army Fail to Report Up to 20% of Crimes to FBI…
After an Air Force veteran with a criminal history was able to buy guns and kill 29 people in a Texas church, a Pentagon-wide investigation found that the Army is failing to alert the FBI about soldiers’ criminal histories in a “significant amount” of cases. On Wednesday, Gen. Mark Milley, the Army chief of staff, […]
Senate Sends Budget-Busting Defense Bill to Trump…
The Senate gave final approval to the $700 billion compromise defense policy bill Thursday that would advocate a major military buildup called for by congressional defense hawks, but would bust through strict caps on defense spending to do it. The National Defense Authorization Act was quickly passed by voice vote, without any final debate or […]
Hate Crime Hoax: Air Force Cadet Admits to Faking Racial Crime…
A black Air Force cadet has admitted to writing racial slurs targeting blacks attempting to generate hate crime outrage. The Air Force Academy announced on Tuesday that the black cadet who was supposedly the victim of the racial slurs was, in fact, responsible for writing them. Officials said the cadet admitted to being behind the […]
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