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As troops struggle to find child care, 24-hour centers offer help
Around-the-clock child care centers offer peace of mind for troops who work odd hours or are deployed. But the military says it has no plans to add more.
By Karen Jowers
Air Force officer pleads guilty to transporting child porn
An Air Force officer has pleaded guilty to moving videos of child pornography from Maryland to New York, a federal prosecutor said.
March Air Reserve Base is top pick to host new KC-46 tankers
The southern California base is slated to start flying the tankers in 2025 and be fully operational by 2027.
Two dozen KC-46 tankers will likely call MacDill Air Force Base home
The Florida base has been initially selected as a new home for the Pegasus aircraft, beating out Fairchild AFB in Washington. A final verdict is slated for fall 2023.
After evacuation, US-trained Afghan pilots want to return to the sky
Afghan airmen can’t wait to get back in the cockpit. Multiple hurdles stand in their way.
Defense bill orders Biden nuclear briefing for Congress on probing allies
Congress would get a window into pleas from allies to the Biden administration not to change policy on the use of nuclear weapons under language in the new compromise defense policy bill.
By Joe Gould
House passes defense bill 363-70; Senate up next
The House passed a new compromise defense policy bill and sent it to the Senate Tuesday, endorsing a $25 billion increase over President Joe Biden’s defense budget request for 2022
By Joe Gould
101-year-old returns to Pearl Harbor to remember those lost
A split-second decision on that December morning 80 years ago changed Navy Seaman 1st Class David Russell's mind, and likely saved his life.
Military justice reform must ensure Special Victim prosecutors are under civilian control
Without this, a decade’s effort at military justice reform will be in jeopardy.
By Jackie Speier and Lynn Rosenthal
Air Force civilian stole $1.1 million via travel charge card, bought piano, Harley, vacations
Eddie Ray Johnson, Jr., age 60, was sentenced to three years imprisonment and to pay $1,157,540.69 in restitution.
Two Congress members fly to Kabul, infuriate DoD, White House
Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., and Rep. Peter Meijer, R-Mich., flew in and out on charter aircraft and were on the ground at the Kabul airport for several hours.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press