Richard Branson welcomes astronauts home from Virgin Galactic’s first spaceflight
History was made and a long-anticipated dream realized in Mojave, Calif., Dec. 13 as Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity, landed from her maiden spaceflight...
News Briefs – January 15, 2020
U.S. sends home nearly two dozen Saudi cadets after shooting
The U.S. sent home 21 Saudi military students following an investigation into a deadly shooting...
ACC highlights Air Force Outstanding Unit Award winners
The commander of Air Combat Command, Gen. James M. Holmes, commander, recently announced the ACC winners of the 2018 ACC Air Force Outstanding Unit...
News Briefs – June 19, 2019
Rockets land in an Iraqi military post home to U.S. personnel
The Iraqi military says three rockets have hit an installation north of Baghdad used...
News Briefs – May 24, 2019
F35-B fighters land in UK's Cyprus base for training, tests
Six F35-B Lightning warplanes, the U.K.'s newest fighter, arrived May 21 at a British air...
Housing option for low-income, homeless vets nearing completion
Applications are currently being accepted for the Courson Arts Colony West apartment complex in Palmdale.
Built by Meta Housing Corporation of Los Angeles beside the...
Iran Revolutionary Guard shoots down U.S. drone amid tensions
TEHRAN, Iran--Iran's Revolutionary Guard shot down a U.S. drone June 20 amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington over its collapsing nuclear deal with...
Thunderbirds, Blue Angels to salute N.Y., N.J., Penn., COVID-19 responders
The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, and the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, will honor frontline COVID-19 responders...
Technological innovations in the history of the U.S. Air Force
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1947-1960
Editors note: Information provided by the U.S. Air Force 70th anniversary website (http://static.dma.mil/usaf/70/index.html).
The early years of the newly-established independent Air Force brought...
Headlines – June 21, 2019
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Iran shoots down American drone in 'clear message' to U.S.-
The incidents come amid warnings that an accident or miscommunication in the Persian Gulf could...
