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Air Force

  1. Man-Child President Calls for ‘Space Force’ to Fight Wars Beyond the SkiesIn unexpected remarks at a Marine Air Station in California, Trump aims very high.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. Billy Mitchell Was America’s Least Appreciated Military VisionaryAs early as 1906, he saw before anyone else that wars would be won in the sky, and it cost him is career.
    By Charley Lanyon
  3. nukes
    Babysitting the BombThe missileers of Global Strike Command watch over our aging, often persnickety, and potentially world-destroying nuclear arsenal.
    By Reid Cherlin
  4. hair politics
    Chuck Hagel Orders Militarywide Review of Hair RulesNow the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marines are all reviewing their hair policies. 
    By Kathleen Hou
  5. military discipline
    Air Force Missile Officers Keep Falling Asleep With the Doors OpenWhat’s up at the ICBM ranch?
    By Adam Martin
  6. crimes and misdemeanors
    Worst Possible Air Force Officer Arrested for Sexual BatteryHe headed the USAF’s anti-sexual assault program.
    By Adam Martin
  7. style tribes
    Here She Comes, Ms. Veteran America and Her ArmyMermaid dresses and dog tags: Inside America’s first military pageant.
    By Melissa Golden and Megan Buerger
  8. cover-ups
    Air Force Dumped Remains of at Least 274 Bodies in Virginia LandfillThe practice was never formally authorized.
    By Brett Smiley
  9. U.S. Officials Punished Over Lost Body PartsAn internal report said the mistakes were a “mission failure.”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  10. Mediavore
    Tainted Ground Beef Turns Up at Dover Air Force Base; Friendly’s FacesPlus: Tons of Top Chef alumni are opening restaurants; and Popeye’s introduces Dip’n Chik’n nuggets, all in our morning news roundup.
  11. loose lips
    Air Force Barred From Reading New York Times WebsiteBut we found a flaw in the plan.
    By Mike Vilensky
  12. close encounters of the blurred kind
    You Know Who Is Really Into Spying on Our Nuclear Power Plants? ALIENSSomething must be done!
    By Chris Rovzar
  13. weird al greene
    The Air Force Didn’t Promote Alvin Greene Because He Wasn’t Communist EnoughOr: terrorist-y enough. Either one.
    By Dan Amira
  14. don’t ask don’t tell
    Military Chiefs of Staff Object to Early ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ CompromiseThey’d rather wait until their much-touted study is completed in December.
    By Chris Rovzar
  15. don’t ask don’t tell
    Two Top Generals Wary of Swift Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’The chiefs of staff of the Army and Air Force cautioned against rapid action while the military is stretched thin on two fronts.
    By Chris Rovzar
  16. gays
    Gates and Mullen to Argue Against ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’That Pentagon will detail the steps it’s taking toward preparing for a repeal of the ban.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  17. gays
    Military Steps Up Talks on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ RepealHigh-level meetings have been called to talk about making good on one of Barack Obama’s campaign promises.
    By Chris Rovzar