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Militants kill 3 Yemeni air force pilots near base

The officials say the pilots were air force colonels based in Al-Annad, Yemen's largest base that also hosts a group of U.S. military advisers helping authorities fight al-Qaida's branch in Yemen.

AP Exclusive: Air Force sidelines 17 ICBM officers

The wing is one of three that operate the nation's fleet of 450 Minuteman III missiles; the two others are at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., and F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo.

Air Force says spending cuts hit combat aircraft

Air Force Secretary Michael Donley and Chief of Staff Mark Welsh told a Senate committee that nine fighter units and three bomber units have stood down.

Female Air Force trainer sentenced in sex scandal

A female training instructor at a Texas Air Force base has been ordered to serve three months in jail after pleading guilty to having sex with a male student.

Air Force trainer in Texas gets 3 months in jail

A female training instructor at a South Texas Air Force base who pleaded guilty to having sex with a male student must serve three months in jail.

Audit casts doubt on number of Afghan troops U.S. has trained

Instead, as of Feb. 18, the number of personnel in the Afghan National Army, National Police and air force totaled 332,753, about 20,000 fewer, according to data Sopko said he'd collected from...

Air Force says former Lackland commanders punished

In June, the Air Force relieved Lt.

Pace of justice at Air Force appeals court comes under scrutiny

An Alaska-based airman convicted on an obscenity charge at Elmendorf Air Force Base in August 2009, for instance, had his appeal resolved in April, a week ago.

Mavericks notes: Anthony Morrow getting more time on the floor

A former staff sergeant with the U.S. Air Force, rookie center Bernard James met with Air Force personnel before Friday's game against the Sacramento Kings.

APNewsBreak: NC woman IDs donor in rabies case

A North Carolina woman says her child's father is the Air Force mechanic whose rabies-infected organs were transplanted into multiple recipients, including a Maryland man who died.

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Hopes run high for event to honor military service

"They have given up so much," said Gray, who is retired from the U.S. Air Force.

McChord chapter names teacher of the year

Jeff Scott, engineering and physics teacher at Washington High School in the Franklin Pierce...

WASHINGTON: Is there a morale crisis in the US nuclear force?

In a rare look inside the secretive world of nuclear missiles, The Associated Press reported...