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Pilot safe after F-35 military jet suffers 'significant damage' in accident at Alaska base

Jan. 28, 2025 20:48 PM EST

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A U.S. Air Force pilot was reported to be safe after a single-seat F-35 fighter jet crashed Tuesday during a training exercise at a base in Alaska. The pilot experienced an “inflight malfunction” but was able to eject from the aircraft, Col. Paul...

More DEI fallout: Air Force scraps course that used videos of Tuskegee Airmen and female WWII pilots

Jan. 26, 2025 09:30 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force has removed training courses with videos of its storied Tuskegee Airmen and the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs — the female World War II pilots who were vital in ferrying warplanes for the military — to comply with the Trump administration's crackdown...