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Federal trial begins for Red Hill water contamination
A trial for a mass environmental injury case begins more than two years after a military fuel tank facility poisoned thousands when it leaked jet fuel.
Entire B-1B bomber fleet grounded over fuel pump filter housing problem
Air Force Global Strike Command indefinitely grounded the service’s 57 active B-1B Lancers amid safety concerns April 20.
Fuel contaminants ruled out in fatal B-17 crash, NTSB report says
The weather was calm and clear at the time of a deadly B-17 crash at a Connecticut airport, and tests on the airplane’s fuel did not turn up any sign of debris or contamination, federal investigators said Tuesday.
C-17 crew stops at Trump’s Scottish golf resort en route to Kuwait
A C-17 crew comprising both Air National Guard and active-duty airmen stayed at President Donald Trump’s posh Turnberry golf resort in Scotland during a trip earlier this year to deliver supplies to Kuwait, as well as on the return trip, Politco reports.
By Air Force Times staff
Here’s why a 2009 airstrike by a US F-15, which killed scores of civilians, still haunts Germany today
Scores of people, including many civilians, died when a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle bombed two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban.
By Frank Jordans, The Associated Press
Groups ready to sue over fuel spill at Kirtland Air Force Base
A coalition of state lawmakers and nonprofit groups took the first step toward suing the U.S. Air Force for jet fuel contamination in the water at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.
Air Force has spent $125M cleaning up Kirtland jet fuel spill
The Air Force says it has spent $125 million so far cleaning up thousands of tons of soil and millions of gallons of water contaminated by jet fuel at a base bordering New Mexico’s largest city.
Air Force must do more to clean up jet fuel at Kirtland, New Mexico regulators say
The U.S. Air Force has excavated thousands of tons of soil and treated millions of gallons of water contaminated by jet fuel at a base bordering New Mexico’s largest city, but state regulators say the military still has more cleanup to do.
This is what happened when an Air Force pilot got assigned to a Navy carrier
Ron Williams remembers his temporary duty assignment flying Douglas A-3B “Whales” from a carrier as the most challenging two years of his career
By Chester Peterson Jr., Aviation History Magazine
US to bill UAE, Saudi Arabia $331M for Yemen refueling
The Pentagon announced it will bill Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates $331 million after undercharging the two countries for U.S. aerial refueling of their aircraft in the Yemen civil war.
By Joe Gould