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Air Force pulls class with Tuskegee Airmen video after DEI order
The Air Force has pulled and is reviewing a basic military training course that includes videos on the history of pioneering Black and female pilots during World War II, following President Donald Trump’s order to halt diversity, equity and inclusion programs. The unofficial Facebook page Air Force amn/nco/snco on Friday night posted an excerpt of an internal Air Force message, which said videos o...[Read More]
Air Force purges photos, websites on pioneering female pilots
Some Air Force webpages on pioneering female pilots — from World War II to the modern era — have been taken offline, as the Trump administration continues its drive to eliminate diversity-related materials from government sites. Air Force Times identified at least a dozen pages on the WWII-era Women’s Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, and retired Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt, the Air Force’s first f...[Read More]
Air Force reinstates course with Tuskegee Airmen video after outcry
The Air Force is reinstating a basic training class Monday that was suspended last week for revisions, with its materials on World War II-era Black and female pilots intact but diversity, equity and inclusion components removed. The Air Force originally halted its basic military training course on “airmindedness” on Jan. 23, days after President Donald Trump issued a sweeping order barring DEI pro...[Read More]
Air Force spends millions on relaxation cubes that may prove worth it
At dozens of bases across the Air Force, troops are undertaking tried-and-true relaxation techniques — biofeedback, meditation — in shiny mirrored cubes that can project light patterns and even galaxies. The experience, as one researcher put it, is more like a “Disney ride” than a studio or clinical office. This is Lumena Mindgym, a flashy new curriculum-based therapeutic tool that’s taking the Ai...[Read More]
Air Force spends millions on relaxation cubes that may prove worth it
At dozens of bases across the Air Force, troops are undertaking tried-and-true relaxation techniques — biofeedback, meditation — in shiny mirrored cubes that can project light patterns and even galaxies. The experience, as one researcher put it, is more like a “Disney ride” than a studio or clinical office. This is Lumena Mindgym, a flashy new curriculum-based therapeutic tool that’s taking the Ai...[Read More]
Air Force tests unarmed nuclear missile in pre-dawn video
The Air Force conducted a test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III missile early Wednesday to help ensure its land-based nuclear force still operates safely and effectively. Airmen from Air Force Global Strike Command launched the intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 1 a.m. Pacific Standard Time, the department said. The Minuteman missile carried no n...[Read More]
Air Force tightens rules on shaving waivers, uniform patches
The Air Force is tightening its standards on uniform and shaving waivers as part of an effort to simplify its rules and present a more unified force. Under the new standards the Air Force shared over past last week, long-term shaving waivers will be granted only to airmen or guardians who have severe cases of pseudofolliculitus barbae. PFB is a painful condition, primarily affecting Black men, whi...[Read More]
Air Force would study allowing beards under proposed defense bill
Congress is set to order the Air Force to study whether it can establish a pilot program that would allow airmen and guardians to grow beards. The proposed compromise National Defense Authorization Act, which was released on Saturday, would require the Air Force secretary to brief Congress on the feasibility and advisability of such a pilot program by April 1. The Air Force currently bars airmen a...[Read More]
Air Force, Navy Warn Troops About Political Speech Amid Trump Administration Changes
New memos from the Air Force and the Navy warn troops to watch their political speech online and in person, and even mentioned Uniform Code of Military Justice violations for certain criticisms of the president or their superior officers.
Airman dead after shooting at Kirtland Air Force Base
A shooting at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Saturday left one airman dead and another injured, according to a statement from the base. Airman Basic Brion Teel-Scott, 27, of the 377th Security Forces Squadron, died after attempting to escape an “attempted detention,” an Air Force news release said. “Losing a member of your team is never easy, but the circumstances of this i...[Read More]
Airman uses military training to rescue skier during trip to the Alps
A U.S. Air Force pararescueman relied on his military training to rescue a man who was badly injured while skiing, according to a statement Friday from Aviano Air Base, Italy. Senior Airman Sebastian d’Alton, of the 57th Rescue Squadron, was skiing in the Alps on Jan. 17, when he stumbled upon a severely wounded man and intervened quickly to save his life. D’Alton, a relatively inexperienced skier...[Read More]
Airman uses military training to rescue skier during trip to the Alps
A U.S. Air Force pararescueman relied on his military training to rescue a man who was badly injured while skiing, according to a statement Friday from Aviano Air Base, Italy. Senior Airman Sebastian d’Alton, of the 57th Rescue Squadron, was skiing in the Alps on Jan. 17, when he stumbled upon a severely wounded man and intervened quickly to save his life. D’Alton, a relatively inexperienced skier...[Read More]