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Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Air Force instructor pilot has died after the ejection seat on his aircraft activated while the plane was operating on the ground, officials said. The incident occurred on Monday at Sheppard Air Force Base near Wichita Falls, Texas, when Capt. John Robertson of the 80th Operations Support Squadron […]
Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Air Force prosecutors on Tuesday asked a military hearing officer to recommend that Jack Teixeira, an Air National Guardsman, be court-martialed for disobeying orders and obstructing justice after leaking national defense secrets. Teixeira, 22, who appeared at Hanscom Air Force Base, about 20 miles outside of Boston, for the military court […]
STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON)– Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, who pleaded guilty to numerous federal crimes after leaking sensitive information online, will now face military criminal proceedings next month for alleged violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, according to an Air Force spokesperson. “Following close coordination with the Department of […]
avid_creative/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — An assailant who gunned down an 88-year-old Air Force veteran in broad daylight as he sat behind the wheel of his parked car in Philadelphia remained unidentified on Wednesday, according to police. Richard Butler, who was also a retired driver for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, was killed Tuesday after dropping […]
Donald Kravitz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — History was made Sunday night at the 2024 Miss America pageant. Miss Colorado Madison Marsh was crowned Miss America, becoming the first active-duty military service member to win the title in the pageant’s nearly 100-year history, according to the U.S. Air Force. Marsh, 22, is a second lieutenant in […]
FILE photo, Ross Harrison Koty/Getty Images (RAPID CITY, S.D.) — Four crew members from Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota ejected safely from their aircraft Thursday night when their bomber crashed while attempting a landing. The crash happened around 5:50 p.m. local time, according to the base. The crew had been on a training […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Fifteen airmen have been disciplined — including with removal of their command — for failing to take proper action when they became aware of accused leaker Jack Teixeira’s intelligence-seeking activities, according to a broad Air Force investigation released Monday. However, that watchdog report found no evidence that Teixeira’s immediate […]
Wicki58/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Air Force on Tuesday said it has begun its own investigation into how a young airman allegedly was able to access possibly hundreds of highly classified documents he’s accused of posting on the internet. Top officials also announced that the unit 21-year-old Airman 1st Class Teixeira was assigned to — Otis […]
Senior Airman Leon Redfern/USAF (ABILENE, Texas) — An Air Force pilot has made history by becoming one of the first Air Force service members to fly a supersonic aircraft while pregnant. Maj. Lauren Olme, assistant director of operations for the 77th Weapons Squadron at Dyess Air Force Base near Abilene, Texas, flew a B-1 Lancer, […]
US Air Force Academy/Twitter (NEW YORK) — A U.S. Air Force cadet died after experiencing a “medical emergency” on Monday, the Air Force Academy announced. Hunter Brown, 21, an offensive lineman for the Academy’s football team, the Falcons, left his dormitory and was on his way to class when he experienced a health emergency. Academy […]
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