The Air Force said its nuclear missile capsules were 'free of health hazards.' But documents show the hidden toxic risks missileers were exposed to on the job.

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Doreen Jenness, the widow of Air Force Capt. Jason Jenness, clutches one of Jason's sweatshirts.

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US Air Force announces retention bonuses of up to $600,000 in desperate bid to fix pilot shortage

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US Air Force personnel with Joby's experimental eVTOL.
US Air Force personnel with Joby's experimental eVTOL.

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The Air Force is trying to save 2 severely damaged F-35s by merging them into a single 'Franken-bird' aircraft

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Engineers in Hill Air Force Base are trying to replace the nose of an F-35 with the intact parts of another F-35 that caught fire.
Engineers in Hill Air Force Base are trying to replace the nose of an F-35 with the intact parts of another F-35 that caught fire.

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How Air Force commandos train to protect VIPs in combat zones

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In the US Air Force, there are fewer than 100 active members of the special-operations security force known as DAGRE, or Deployed Aircraft Ground Response Element.

A man is accused of trying to poison 77 people at a Russian pilot graduation party by gifting them a massive cake and whiskey: report

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Pilots walk next to aircrafts on display during the MAKS 2019 International Aviation and Space Salon opening ceremony in Zhukovsky outside Moscow on August 27, 2019.
Pilots walk next to aircrafts on display during the MAKS 2019 International Aviation and Space Salon opening ceremony in Zhukovsky outside Moscow on August 27, 2019.

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A US Air Force spy plane built in 1962 had to make an emergency landing in Qatar. It's the latest in a string of incidents for the ancient fleet of aircraft.

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Military personnel marshall in an RC-135 at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
The Nebraska-based 55th Wing's fleet of RC-135 spy planes has one of the worst safety records in the Air Force.

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Every item an air commando carries for a mission

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Airman 1st Class Devyn, a US Air Force DAGRE team member, walks us through every piece of equipment he would carry with him on a mission as an air commando.

The secretary of the Navy said Sen. Tommy Tuberville is playing 'Russian roulette with the very lives of our service members' by stopping military confirmations

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville speaks to reporters in the Senate subway at the US Capitol on July 10, 2023

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Sen. Tuberville is blocking military promotions and it's going to make top talent quit for the private sector, top officers of Army, Navy, and Air Force say

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville speaks to reporters in the Senate subway at the US Capitol on July 10, 2023

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The US Air Force wants $5.8 billion to build 1,000 AI-driven unmanned combat aircraft, possibly more, as part of its next generation air dominance initiative

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A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor and F-35A Lightning II fly in formation with the XQ-58A Valkyrie low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle over the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground testing range, Ariz., during a series of tests Dec. 9, 2020
A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor and F-35A Lightning II fly in formation with the XQ-58A Valkyrie low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle over the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground testing range, Ariz., during a series of tests Dec.
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