Jacksonville International Airport News

Base realignment and closure measures have become the base's version of a stimulus program.

Forgive me if there is a touch of opinion scattered through this week's military notes column.

Patrick Air Force Base would receive $8.4 million for a new small-arms firing range if Congress approves a military appropriations bill as expected by the end of the year.

Landing the Air Force's next-generation fighter - the F-35- likely will guarantee a long future for two Midlands bases and ensure thousands of jobs will stay in the area, military supporters say.

A new process has been developed to define how Air Force experts make basing decisions.

Tyndall Air Force Base did not make the Air Force's first group list of candidate locations for the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter.

The Air Force on Thursday declared Utah's Hill Air Force Base as one of three finalists to house its next-generation F-35 fighter-bomber. "This, I believe, secures the future of Hill Air Force Base into as far as any of us can see," said Sen.

Luke Air Force Base made the short list as a potential secondary training base for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, it was announced Thursday.

The Air Force is considering putting some of its newest jets in Jacksonville, the Pentagon said Thursday, although a final decision will not be made for about a year.

The list of candidate locations for basing the new F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter, shown here, has been released.

Jacksonville International Airport and an air base in the Panhandle are among the top 10 sites being considered to house the next generation of Air Force fighter jets.

Officials say two Marine Corps pilots are OK after their fighter jet made a rocky landing at Jacksonville International Airport.

The late Richard P. "Dick" Morphew, a retired Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department captain who was a member of the city's first hazardous materials team, will be honored at a memorial service next week.