http://www.mail.com/organizations/52208-us-air-force.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/52208-us-air-force.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2073334-general-orders-extra-review-nuke-crew-failings.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The general who commands the nation's nuclear forces said Thursday he has ordered further review of failings discovered among Air Force officers who operate nuclear missiles. But he told Congress he was not alarmed by their shortcomings. Gen. Robert Kehler, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, told a House Armed Services panel that the A... Thu, 09 May 2013 14:52:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2073334-general-orders-extra-review-nuke-crew-failings.html 2013-05-09T14:52:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2070570-ap-exclusive-commander-cites-rot-nuke-force.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel demanded more information Wednesday after the Air Force removed 17 launch officers from duty at a nuclear missile base in North Dakota over what a commander called "rot" in the force. The Air Force struggled to explain, acknowledging concern about an "attitude problem" but telling Congress the weapons were secure. ... Wed, 08 May 2013 21:41:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2070570-ap-exclusive-commander-cites-rot-nuke-force.html 2013-05-08T21:41:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2068404-senator-military-plagued-sexual-assaults.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The sexual battery arrest of the Air Force officer who led the service's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response unit underscores how far the Defense Department has to go in addressing the plague of sexual crimes in the military, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Tuesday. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., told a committee h... Tue, 07 May 2013 14:51:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2068404-senator-military-plagued-sexual-assaults.html 2013-05-07T14:51:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2067538-airman-who-led-sex-assault-unit-charged-groping.html ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — An Air Force officer who led the branch's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response unit has been charged with groping a woman in a northern Virginia parking lot, authorities said Monday. Arlington County Police said Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski of Arlington faces a misdemeanor charge of sexual battery following an alleged assault about 1... Tue, 07 May 2013 04:16:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2067538-airman-who-led-sex-assault-unit-charged-groping.html 2013-05-07T04:16:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2061564-experimental-air-force-aircraft-hypersonic.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — An experimental, unmanned aircraft developed for the U.S. Air Force went hypersonic during a test off the Southern California coast, traveling at more than 3,000 mph, the Air Force said Friday. The X-51A WaveRider flew for more than three minutes under power from its exotic scramjet engine and hit a speed of Mach 5.1, or more than five ... Fri, 03 May 2013 22:14:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2061564-experimental-air-force-aircraft-hypersonic.html 2013-05-03T22:14:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049394-taliban-start-spring-afghan-offensive-with-bombing.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban insurgents marked the start of their spring offensive on Sunday by claiming responsibility for a remote-controlled roadside bomb blast that killed three police officers. In past years, spring has marked a significant upsurge in fighting between the Taliban and NATO forces along with their local allies. This fighting seaso... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:11:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049394-taliban-start-spring-afghan-offensive-with-bombing.html 2013-04-28T17:11:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2048508-protesters-march-british-drone-base.html LONDON (AP) — Anti-war protesters demonstrated Saturday outside a Royal Air Force base used to control drone flights over Afghanistan. Until this week, British drones were operated only from a U.S. Air Force base in Nevada. The Ministry of Defense announced Thursday that a new drone-operating squadron had begun operating from RAF Waddington in eastern Eng... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:37:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2048508-protesters-march-british-drone-base.html 2013-04-27T16:37:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2047442-air-force-secretary-stepping-5-years.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Air Force Secretary Michael Donley will step down after a five-year tenure during which he improved the service's handling of nuclear materials, but had to deal with scandals surrounding aircraft contracts, sexual assaults by service members and the mishandling of war dead. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in a statement Friday that Do... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:38:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2047442-air-force-secretary-stepping-5-years.html 2013-04-26T20:38:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2011908-air-force-general-actions-aim-to-deter-nkorea.html JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (AP) — The United States sent its most powerful airplanes to the Korean peninsula in recent weeks in part because it wants North Korea to know what the American military is capable of doing, the top U.S. Air Force commander in the Pacific said. B-2 stealth bombers, F-22 stealth fighters and B-52 bombers have recently... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:25:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2011908-air-force-general-actions-aim-to-deter-nkorea.html 2013-04-11T00:25:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2011750-air-force-targets-fuel-flight-to-find-savings.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force is taking aim at its big costs of fuel and flight this week, temporarily halting training operations for 12 active duty fighter and bomber squadrons across the United States in order to save nearly $300 million. Details emerging Wednesday underscored the sweeping effect of the service's move to slash 45,000 hours of flight ... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:55:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2011750-air-force-targets-fuel-flight-to-find-savings.html 2013-04-10T22:55:32Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2008780-federal-budget-cuts-ground-air-force-aircraft.html NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A top general says federal budget cuts that will ground one-third of the U.S. Air Force's active-duty force of combat planes including fighters and bombers means "accepting the risk that combat airpower may not be ready to respond immediately to new contingencies as they occur." Gen. Mike Hostage, commander of Air Combat Command at Joi... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:24:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2008780-federal-budget-cuts-ground-air-force-aircraft.html 2013-04-10T11:24:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2008298-air-force-grounding-combat-aircraft.html NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Air Force began grounding about one-third of its active-duty combat aircraft on Tuesday because of automatic federal spending cuts, including squadrons of fighters, bombers and airborne warning and control craft. The stand down will affect units stationed in the U.S., Europe and the Pacific, though the Air Force didn't immediately ... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2008298-air-force-grounding-combat-aircraft.html 2013-04-09T15:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2001370-italy-pardons-us-air-force-officer-cia-case.html ROME (AP) — Italy's president on Friday pardoned a U.S. Air Force colonel convicted in absentia by Italian courts in the CIA-conducted abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect from a Milan street in a move he hoped would keep American-Italian relations strong, especially on security matters. President Giorgio Napolitano's office said the head of state gran... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2001370-italy-pardons-us-air-force-officer-cia-case.html 2013-04-05T20:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1970888-beechcraft-sues-lost-us-air-force-contract.html WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Aircraft manufacturer Beechcraft announced Thursday that it has filed a lawsuit to contest the U.S. Air Force's decision to award a contract for a light air support plane to Sierra Nevada Corp. The suit, filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C., is the latest development in a bitter, high-stakes competition that h... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1970888-beechcraft-sues-lost-us-air-force-contract.html 2013-03-21T20:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1960930-air-force-trainer-4-years-raping-trainee.html SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A military judge has sentenced an Air Force instructor to four years in prison for raping a female trainee at the South Texas base where he worked. Lt. Col. Matthew Van Dalen also sentenced Staff Sgt. Eddy Soto to a dishonorable discharge after convicting him of rape Saturday during a military trial at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. M... Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:50:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1960930-air-force-trainer-4-years-raping-trainee.html 2013-03-17T15:50:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1949236-college-tuition-stipends-us-airmen-suspended.html RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force joined other military branches Tuesday in suspending tuition assistance that thousands of active-duty service members rely on to pay for college classes. Air Force spokeswoman Lt. Col. Laurel Tingley said airmen were notified by email that new applications for tuition assistance won't be accepted because of the $85 ... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:58:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1949236-college-tuition-stipends-us-airmen-suspended.html 2013-03-12T17:58:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1905744-ap-source-breedlove-pick-to-lead-nato.html BRUSSELS (AP) — Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, the top U.S. Air Force commander in Europe, is the likely choice to become commander of all U.S. and NATO forces in Europe, a senior NATO official said Thursday. The job opened up this week when President Barack Obama's first choice, Marine Gen. John Allen, announced he would retire after 19 months commanding alli... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:33:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1905744-ap-source-breedlove-pick-to-lead-nato.html 2013-02-21T15:33:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859338-body-us-pilot-missing-f-16-adriatic.html ROME (AP) — The body of a U.S. Air Force pilot whose F-16 fighter jet went missing Monday during a nighttime training mission has been found in the Adriatic Sea. The family of Capt. Lucas Gruenther said his body was found on Thursday afternoon. Italian rescue teams were joined by F-16s in the search for Gruenther, and earlier in the week recovered debris ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859338-body-us-pilot-missing-f-16-adriatic.html 2013-01-31T15:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1840326-air-force-general-calls-sex-assaults-cancer.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Likening sexual assault in the Air Force's ranks to a cancer, the service's top officer resolved Wednesday to tackle the problem by screening personnel more carefully and putting an end to bad behaviors like binge drinking that can lead to misconduct. But Gen. Mark Welsh, the Air Force chief of staff, underscored the challenge by telling... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1840326-air-force-general-calls-sex-assaults-cancer.html 2013-01-23T19:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1836846-us-transporting-french-troops-to-mali.html DJENNE, Mali (AP) — Pentagon officials say the U.S. airlift of French forces to Bamako could continue for another two weeks. It's expected to take about 30 C-17 flights to get everything there. The U.S. Air Force is keeping between eight and 10 people at the airport to help with the incoming and outgoing flights. These are the U.S. Air Force personnel who... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 06:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1836846-us-transporting-french-troops-to-mali.html 2013-01-23T06:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1817622-fateful-b-52-flight-revealed-deadly-weakness.html ELEPHANT MOUNTAIN, Maine (AP) — Flying low over snowy terrain on a Cold War training mission, Lt. Col. Dan Bulli's massive B-52 bomber hit turbulence that shook the plane so violently that he couldn't read the gauges. Pulling back on the yoke and pushing forward on the throttle, he tried to fly out of the severe wind. Then there was a loud bang. Moving at... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1817622-fateful-b-52-flight-revealed-deadly-weakness.html 2013-01-13T21:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1814608-air-force-memo-outlines-sweeping-budget-cuts.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Air Force leaders will cut flying hours by nearly 20 percent and prepare for a possible end to all noncombat or noncritical flights from late July through September if Congress can't agree on a budget and billions of dollars in automatic cuts are triggered. In an Air Force internal memo obtained by The Associated Press, Air Force Secreta... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1814608-air-force-memo-outlines-sweeping-budget-cuts.html 2013-01-11T23:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1800692-sgt-saudi-military-accused-vegas-child-rape.html LAS VEGAS (AP) — A sergeant in Saudi Arabia's air force was jailed in Las Vegas on charges that he pulled a boy into a hotel room and sexually assaulted him the morning of Sin City's big New Year's Eve fireworks extravaganza. Mazen Alotaibi, 23, faces charges including kidnapping, sexual assault with a minor and felony coercion that could get him decades ... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 01:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1800692-sgt-saudi-military-accused-vegas-child-rape.html 2013-01-05T01:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1766944-military-families-worried-us-fiscal-cliff-cuts.html COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Emerging from more than a decade at war, military families are confronting a new worry at home: the prospect that a deal between Congress and the White House over federal spending cuts could chip away at military health insurance, pensions and other services long considered untouchable. "It's a fear of the unknown, and it's worse whe... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1766944-military-families-worried-us-fiscal-cliff-cuts.html 2012-12-14T22:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1715046-terror-suspect-served-us-air-force.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — A U.S. Air Force spokeswoman says a terror suspect accused of plotting to kill Americans and target U.S. bases overseas was given an honorable discharge after serving only briefly in the service 11 years ago. Ann Stefanek says 34-year-old Sohiel Omar Kabir of Pomona, Calif., enlisted in the Air Force on July 20, 2000, and was administra... Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1715046-terror-suspect-served-us-air-force.html 2012-11-20T20:51:00Z