US Air Force News

When he was growing up, Kenneth Tucker dreamed of flying airplanes. Years later, his daughter, Wanda Tucker Goodwin, had dreams of becoming a writer.

Submitted by Joe Campbell on Fri, 11/06/2009 - 09:04. President Barack Obama will visit Alaska next week, as he begins a longer trip to Japan, China, South Korea and Singapore.

Julie Zouzounis talks about her father, Air Force Maj. John Carroll, who was listed as an MIA after his -1G Bird Dog plane went down during a mission in Laos in 1972, during an interview in her Alamo, Calif., home on Thursday, Nov.

Foreign air force chiefs attending a Beijing forum Friday called for more cooperation and dialogue in maintaining airspace security.

THOUSANDS of residents of Japan's southern island of Okinawa Saturday staged a protest against the presence of the US military on the eve of a major rally against a controversial airbase.

The floor of VFW Post 291 has been scuffed by the shoes and boots of veterans who fought in wars going back nearly a century, to World War I. The setting is a comfort for Willis Cochran, who served in the Navy during the Vietnam War.

FIVE US soldiers were wounded during a search operation for two American troops who went missing in Afghanistan, a spokesman for NATO's International Security Assistance Force said.

The Navy is graduating 29 chaplains in the first such ceremony since a South Carolina Army post moved a training center from Rhode Island last year.

Military officials were starting Friday to piece together what may have pushed an Army psychiatrist trained to help soldiers in distress to turn on his comrades in a shooting rampage that killed 13 people and wounded 30 in Texas.

The shootings at Fort Hood, TX are hitting the military community especially hard because it happened on a base, where families should feel completely secure.

More than 25 international and Afghan troops were wounded Friday in western Afghanistan -- possibly by friendly fire -- during a search operation for two U.S. Army paratroopers who had gone missing, according to the military.

Paraguay's president has sacked the head of the armed forces, after warning some officers were plotting a coup against him.

Chinese President Hu Jintao said Friday that China will continue to adhere to peaceful exploitation and use of airspace.

Some Great Falls residents aren't welcoming the Montana Air National Guard's transition from F-16 to F-15 fighter jets, saying the noise from the new aircraft is bothersome.

A South Carolina Air National Guard unit is the winner of an international F-16 competition.

Staff Sgt. David Booher of the US Air Force was gunned down along with 5 other people in the Amadeus bar in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico yesterday.

This profile will be updated as details emerge. His name is being reported as both Maj.

The offensive came two days after the killing of a Saudi soldier, blamed on the rebels.

BEIJING a ' China's air force is celebrating its 60th anniversary this weekend with an aerial show and skydiving exhibition, the country's third major military display this year.

Despite major bombings that have rattled the nation, and fears of rising violence as American troops withdraw, Iraq 's security forces have been relying on a device to detect bombs and weapons that the United States military and technical experts say is useless.