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Family of Black U.S. airman seeks answers after fatal shooting by Florida deputy

2:27pm May 17, 2024

Roger Fortson, a 23-year-old senior airman, was shot and killed at his apartment by a deputy this month. Lawyers for the family dispute the sheriff's office claim of self-defense.

Undated photo posted by Jack Teixeira's mother on Veterans Day Nov. 11, 2021 on her Facebook page.

The Air National Guard disciplines 15 members in wake of Discord intel leak

5:42pm December 11, 2023

by Tom Bowman

The Air Force says it's disciplining 15 members following it's investigation of Jack Teixeira, an Air National Guardsman accused of classified leaks online.

A U.S. military CV-22 Osprey takes off from Iwakuni base, Yamaguchi prefecture, western Japan, on July 4, 2018.

National

U.S. military grounds entire fleet of Osprey aircraft following deadly crash off Japan

1:34pm December 07, 2023

by The Associated Press

The crash raised new questions about the safety of the Osprey, which has been involved in multiple fatal accidents over its relatively short time in service.

Members of the Japanese Coast Guard carry debris believed to be from the crashed U.S. military Osprey aircraft at a port in Yakushima, southern Japan, on Monday.

Divers find wreckage and remains from Osprey aircraft that crashed off Japan

8:05am December 04, 2023

by The Associated Press

The CV-22 Osprey carrying eight American personnel crashed last Wednesday off Yakushima island during a training mission.

Watchdog warned months before U.S. pullout Afghanistan's air force would collapse

2:15am January 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

American authorities had been alerted that Afghanistan's air force did not have the capabilities to survive after a U.S. withdrawal.

Air Force discharges 27 for refusing to get COVID vaccine

4:49am December 14, 2021

by The Associated Press

The Pentagon earlier this year required the vaccine for all members of the military, including active duty, National Guard and the Reserves.

Afghan evacuees wait for the next flight to the U.S. in a fenced-in enclosure in a hangar at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. More than 25,000 Afghans have traveled through Ramstein to get to the United States.

The U.S. Air Base At The Heart Of America's Biggest Airlift

8:08pm September 02, 2021

by Rob Schmitz

Here's what it's like at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, where many of the tens of thousands of Afghans evacuated from Kabul over the past few weeks are awaiting travel to the United States.

Health & Safety

Greensboro Community Vaccination Center Opens Its Doors

4:05pm March 09, 2021

by David Ford

Eligible members of the public can now make appointments online for a vaccine at the federally supported COVID-19

An investigation by the inspector general for the U.S. Air Force showed Black service members are far more likely to be investigated or face disciplinary actions, among other disparities.

National

Air Force Investigation Finds Black Members Face Racial Disparity In Service

11:50am December 22, 2020

by Jaclyn Diaz

Two out of five Black Air Force members don't trust their chain of command to address racism, bias and unequal opportunities.

Retired Gen. Chuck Boyd at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Ala., in 2016.

Politics & Government

Retired General Backs Biden, Says A 2nd Trump Term Would Put Democracy 'At Risk'

5:33am October 09, 2020

by Rachel Martin

Gen. Chuck Boyd, a former POW, says he supports Joe Biden in part because of a report that President Trump called members of the military who died in war "suckers."

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