Lt. General Tony Bauernfeind has requested to retire from his position as Air Force Academy Superintendent later this year.

Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink urged Air Force Academy leaders Thursday to focus on updating technical training to be ready for advanced artificial intelligence systems and collaborative combat aircraft.

The joint base hosting NORAD headquarters and key forces operating in the Arctic and Indo-Pacific is vulnerable to drone intrusions and surveillance, security forces say.

The Air Force's secretary and chief of staff have made improving readiness a top priority and emphasize it is "commanders' business," Lt. Gen. Pleus said.

The Air Force recently reversed course to require only one annual scheduled review, but plans to include unscheduled ones as well.

A memo circulated to security forces airmen spelled out how personnel should greet those entering the base.

If Selfridge pilots are not included in the training pipeline in the next year, they might not be trained by the time F-15EXs arrive in 2028, Peters' office said.

Crews from the Nevada Air National Guard completed missions to every continent in less than two years, along with wildfire duty in California.

President Donald Trump accidentally flaunted his bulging ankles as he trudged down the steps of Air Force One after his weekly stay at his Florida bolthole. The 79-year-old had been at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach over the weekend.

Unit insignia of U.S. Navy Air and Test Evaluation Squadron 9, based out of China Lake, California, was recently spotted on an F-35A Lightning II variant.

The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will reopen to the public on Feb. 4 at 9 a.m.