6 Video Games (Sorry, ‘Simulators’) the US Military Used for Training So much money and development go into video games that the U.S. military sometimes scoops them out of the public sphere to...
Report: Air Force Leaders Want More High-Tech Flight Simulators to Train New Pilots for War The focus on investing in high-tech simulators comes as tensions grow with China and the Pentagon works to compete with the...
Air Force on Course to Again Miss Pilot Goal as Problems with Training Aircraft Persist With little more than a week until the fiscal year ends Sept. 30, the Air Force is set to finish with 1,350 new aviators...
Air Force Is Offering More Time for Training and Rest at Home In Deployment Cycle Change Air Force officials are changing the way the service deploys airmen, offering more time at home after a tour and more...
Air Force Scrambles to Address Officer Training School Instructor Shortage The Air Force is scrambling to overcome a significant shortage in the number of instructors at its only Officer Training...
Air Force's New $66M Special Warfare Training Center Will Have Mixed-Gender Facilities The 76,000 square-foot facility will have two swimming pools as well as private showers and bathrooms that will accommodate...
Air Force Creates Special Warfare Program for Cadets to Help Fill Empty Spots The Air Force's new program for cadets was tested at two-week Special Warfare Orientation Courses this summer at the Air...
Air Force Special Tactics Training The Air Force's Special Tactics teams consist of airmen who are combat controllers, pararescuemen and Special Operations...
Air Force Picks Langley to Host F-22 Formal Training Unit The move is three years in the making, but don't expect to see more fifth-generation jets at Langley just yet.
Air Force Basic Training Timeline at a Glance Air Force Basic Training takes place over eight and a half weeks -- here's a rundown of what you can expect.
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Officers with Higher Rank Get Better Care than Those with Lower Ranks at Military Hospitals, Study Finds A look at 1.5 million emergency room visits in the military health system shows that, in addition to racial bias, disparities...
Another Dead End for Airborne Lasers: Air Force Scraps Effort to Mount Directed-Energy Weapon on Fighter Jet The Self-Protect High-Energy Laser Demonstrator, or SHiELD, was envisioned as a laser weapon mounted on fighter jets such as...
'He Was Great Before He Came to Us': Air Force Leaders Speak at Funeral of Florida Airman Killed by Police The military connection and the attendance and participation by Air Force officials made the service for Roger Fortson an...
Military Ospreys Can't Fly More Than 30 Minutes from Landing Airfield Months After Grounding Lifted Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy V-22 Ospreys were all given the green light to fly again in early March and have been slowly...