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An airman counts cash for a customer’s withdrawal request as part of his immersion tour with the wing staff agency July 30, 2020, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey.

Air Force allows airmen to keep $2.3 million in overpayments

The overpayment to nearly 7,800 airmen was because of an agency error, according to the service.

9 months ago

Air Force Brig. Gen. Paul R. Birch renders his first salute during the 36th Wing change of command ceremony, June 10, 2022, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.

Commander of 36th Wing relieved due to personal conduct ‘shortfalls’

Brig. Gen. Paul R. Birch assumed command of the 36th Wing in June 2022.

9 months ago

Possible remains of World War II soldiers await transport at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, June 23, 2021.

Remains of three American service members killed in WWII identified

The remains of two soldiers and an airman killed in World War II have been identified, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.

Sailors conduct pre-dive checks during recovery efforts of a high altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 7, 2023.

Gallery: New photos released of effort to recover Chinese spy balloon

An F-22 fighter jet from Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, shot down the balloon off the South Carolina coast on Feb. 4.

Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) conduct modified military funeral honors for an Army Air Forces airman in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, June 11, 2020.

Army Air Forces pilot identified decades after his death

Army Air Forces 1st Lt. George W. Winger was accounted for Jan. 24, 2023, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.

U.S. Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. Harold Kretzer, 32, of Odin, Illinois, was killed during World War II and accounted for Aug. 23, 2022.

Remains of Army Air Forces airman killed in WWII identified

Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. Harold Kretzer was killed in Romania during Operation Tidal Wave in August 1943.

Satellite image shows new Russian military facility in Mariupol, Ukraine, Nov. 30, 2022.

Satellite images show new Russian military facility in Mariupol

Newly released satellite imagery shows a new Russian military compound in Mariupol, Ukraine, according to Maxar Technologies.

Soldiers with the Florida National Guard's Chemical, Biological, Radiological/Nuclear, and Explosive - Enhanced Response Force Package load supplies during Hurricane Ian, Sarasota, Fla., Sept. 29, 2022.

Thousands of National Guardsmen help in Florida after Hurricane Ian

National Guard members from several states are helping Florida communities devastated by Hurricane Ian.

Navy listens to Army alma mater after an NCAA college football game Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, in East Rutherford, N.J. Navy won 17-13. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Army-Navy football game is coming to 5 East Coast cities beginning in 2023

Dubbed “America’s Game,” the friendly but intense football rivalry features future military officers battling for gridiron supremacy in a tradition that started in 1890.

Argument over ‘woke-ism’ in the military erupts in House hearing

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., accused the Biden administration of starving America’s military by wasting time on “woke-ism.”

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