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![U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Piketinal Alou, left, and Airman 1st Class Destiny Story, 502d Comptroller Squadron, hold positive messages of support at base gates during the morning inbound commute as part of their on-going initiative, “We Care,” at JBSA-Lackland, Texas, Sept. 16, 2022. They spent the morning at various gates letting each person know that the simple, yet powerful display allows for everyone to stand together in support of those struggling with depression and thoughts of suicide. (Thomas Coney/Air Force)](https://archetype-air-force-times-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/GRH65ZKHNZEKTM5HRICS6QAFIM.jpg?auth=2763e5545c3d4265bdcf5321b019f3d55e22a4f187a778bd993083fceaa5bbde&width=1000&height=667)
Lawmakers press for more outside help in stopping veteran suicides
Some want to expand a $174 million grant program which funds suicide prevention efforts run by community groups.
Airmen take KC-46 tanker on record-setting ride in the name of sleep and fatigue science
The mission aimed to see how airmen and the jet would fare over a full day in flight.
Biden plan to shelve Trump-era sea nuke comes under fire
U.S. President Joe Biden’s plans to cancel the Sea-Launched Cruise Missile-Nuclear program have emerged as an early political brawl in a brewing fight over next year’s defense budget.
By Joe Gould
Data and rockets: US military eyes new tech to supply far-flung forces
TRANSCOM hopes a rocket cargo program could one day fly a C-17's worth of cargo to any spot in the world in an hour.
Senate confirms Van Ovost as US Transportation Command boss
Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost will take over as head of U.S. Transportation Command on Oct. 15.
The Air Force evacuated 124,000 people from Afghanistan, but its work still isn’t done
The U.S. Air Force is pivoting from orchestrating the massive exodus of over 124,000 Afghans and Americans from a country once again under Taliban rule, to a quieter role helping even more people leave on commercial and privately organized flights.
Biden nominates new Air Mobility Command boss
Lt. Gen. Mike Minihan would earn a promotion to four-star general and replace Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost.
Guardsman killed in F-16C crash became disoriented, distracted, safety report says
Capt. Durwood “Hawk” Jones, a fighter pilot with the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 176th Fighter Squadron, went down in Michigan's Hiawatha National Forest around 7:15 p.m. on Dec. 8, 2020.
Eight more bases to compete for active-duty, Reserve KC-46A tankers
Eight Air Force bases are in the running to receive the next KC-46A Pegasus tanker units.
Book excerpt: ‘No Wider War: A History of the Vietnam War 1945-1975, Volume 2’
"No Wider War" is the second volume of a two-part exploration of America's involvement in Indochina from the end of World War II to the Fall of Saigon.
By Sergio Miller