Latest U.S. Air Force News

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...

Ukrainian winemaker and US veterans team up to show the best of Ukraine, a glass at a time

Jan. 25, 2025 11:36 AM EST

MONTCLAIR, Va. (AP) — In a wine shop an hour outside of Washington, owner Arthur Lampros sampled a wine from a part of the world that was totally new to him, racking his brain to pin down the tastes on his tongue. Was there a body of water near the vineyards, he wondered, that...

US Air Force looks to upgrade Cyprus airbase as humanitarian staging post for the Middle East

Jan. 24, 2025 09:16 AM EST

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Experts from the U.S. Air Force are looking at ways to upgrade Cyprus’ premier air base for use as a humanitarian staging post in future operations in the Middle East, a Cypriot official told The Associated Press Thursday. Cyprus, which is only 184...

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who was the first Black woman in Army Nurse Corps, has died

Jan. 22, 2025 21:08 PM EST

The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who retired as a major and died earlier this month at a New York nursing home, was remembered by relatives and friends for quietly...

Federal officials identify the remains of a Wisconsin pilot lost over Vietnam in 1967

Jan. 22, 2025 13:01 PM EST

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal officials have identified the remains of a U.S. Air Force pilot from Wisconsin who went missing during the Vietnam War nearly 60 years ago. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Tuesday that its scientists in December positively identified the...