World Record Holder Carries Skateboarding Values Into Air Force Airman 1st Class Nick Whitehurst holds the Guinness world record for completing the most Ollie 180s in one minute.
Freeing a Continent: Airborne Forces on D-Day They parachuted behind enemy lines hours before D-Day, and fought off Nazi troops to secure bridges and roadways for Allied...
Retired Airman Meets Biological Sister at DoD Warrior Games She was competing in track and field and indoor rowing, but medically retired Air Force Senior Airman Karah Behrend couldn't...
Shanahan Advances Plan to Merge Commissary, Exchange Systems The planned merger has been talked about for years. Will something happen this time?
The Exchange Retiree Board Just Got a Family-Focused Member This members of this council focus on a variety of issues. Now one focuses just on families.
Gold Star Access Bill Ignores Many Surviving Families The legislation ignores the families of troops who died in training or aviation accidents, as well as those who died by...
No Secret Message in New Uniform Announcement, Air Force Says An infamous name was featured prominently in photos of the new uniform.
Lawmaker Wants SGLI Notification Fix Should the military notify you if your spouse turns down life insurance? One lawmaker says it should.
Democrats Send Letter Opposing Military Family School Funding Measure The plan would give families cash, but take away funding from another program advocates say is important.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
![The Air Force is adopting the Army's Operational Camouflage Pattern for its new combat uniform and began incrementally phasing it in Oct. 1. The Air Force will differentiate itself by using a "spice brown color" for velcro patches, name tape and insignia. Air Force photo](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2018-05/operational-camouflage-pattern-1800.jpg?itok=4TzSvS8U "The Air Force is adopting the Army's Operational Camouflage Pattern for its new combat uniform and began incrementally phasing it in Oct. 1. The Air Force will differentiate itself by using a "spice brown color" for velcro patches, name tape and insignia. Air Force photo")
