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The Air Force is pushing technical sergeant promotion testing back two weeks while it removes content related to diversity, equity and inclusion programs from study materials. So far, the service doesn’t expect the Weighted Airman Promotion System, or WAPS, testing cycle delay to push back the announcement of promotion selections or the timeline for when airmen will pin on their new ranks. “The de...[Read More]

A now-retired Air Force major general was stripped of a star after an inspector general investigation found he engaged in multiple inappropriate sexting relationships – including with an enlisted airman and congressional staffers – and had an affair with a married woman. Maj. Gen. Christopher Finerty left his position as the Air Force’s legislative liaison director in March 2023, the Air Force sai...[Read More]

The Air Force has expanded medical waivers to cover asthma, food allergies and hearing loss in an effort to boost recruitment, according to Air & Space Forces Magazine. The Air Force Recruiting Service’s Accessions Medical Waiver Division decided to expand tolerances after the Air Force whiffed on recruiting goals last year for the first time since 1999, division head Col. Ian Gregory told the...[Read More]

A U.S. Air Force plane with migrants bound at their wrists and ankles departed Texas for Guatemala on Thursday, carrying 80 deportees in another deportation flight that reflects a growing role for the armed forces in helping enforce immigration laws. The flight from Fort Bliss, an Army base in El Paso, was scheduled to take about seven hours, nearly twice as long as a direct route, because the mil...[Read More]

The Air Force issued a stern warning to airmen last week to avoid working for private companies that maintain affiliation with foreign adversaries, according to a press release from the service. Gen. James B. Hecker, commander of NATO Allied Air Command and U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa, advised aircrew members to stay away from businesses supporting near-peer threats, especially...[Read More]

The U.S. Air Force set a trial date for a lieutenant colonel who previously faced child sex abuse charges, according to the service. Lt. Col. Kevin DiFalco — an active-duty service member stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada — was arrested in 2022 by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and brought up on charges that included lewdness in the presence of a child and one charge of abus...[Read More]

The U.S. Air Force is sending teams to a number of bases to ensure compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive orders related to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, according to a Monday press release. The service will send teams consisting of approximately five reviewers to nine installations to evaluate how such orders are being implemented, an Air Force spokesperson told Militar...[Read More]

An airman recently became the first female survival, evasion, resistance, escape, or SERE, specialist to achieve the rank of chief master sergeant, the service announced. Chief Master Sgt. Tiffany Zaloudek earned the highest enlisted rank in the Air Force on Nov. 1, according to an Air Force release. Zaloudek earned her SERE beret in 2007, becoming the first woman in eight years to finish the spec...[Read More]

An airman recently became the first female survival, evasion, resistance, escape, or SERE, specialist to achieve the rank of chief master sergeant, the service announced. Chief Master Sgt. Tiffany Zaloudek earned the highest enlisted rank in the Air Force on Nov. 1, according to an Air Force release. Zaloudek earned her SERE beret in 2007, becoming the first woman in eight years to finish the spec...[Read More]

DOHA, Qatar — President Donald Trump’s trip to Qatar is off to a flying start. Like Saudi Arabia a day earlier, Qatar didn’t bother waiting for Trump to land before setting out to impress him with a fighter jet escort. As Trump flew in to Riyadh on Tuesday and then in to Doha on Wednesday as part of his Middle East trip, he received ceremonial escorts from each country’s F-15 fighter jets, excepti...[Read More]

The Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps have all paused Osprey operations following another parts failure, this time with the Air Force’s version of the aircraft during a training mission in New Mexico last month.