Troops would be required to get a mental health checkup once every six months when deployed to contingency operations under a draft version of the 2014 defense bill approved by the House Armed Services Committees personnel panel. Under the provision, service members would rate an in-...
Lt. Col. Shaye Molendyke has seen the mental health effects of war up close and personal. She worked the psychiatric ward at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, and daily, she saw the invisible effects of war on troops. When the war first started, I saw the first trickling in of [post...
WASHINGTON — The Army says the coordinator of a sexual assault prevention program at Fort Hood, Texas, is under investigation for abusive sexual contact and other alleged misconduct. He has been suspended from all duties. The announcement Wednesday evening came just days after the a...
WASHINGTON — Beyond the Air Forces embarrassing suspension of 17 nuclear missile launch officers lie two broader questions. Do those entrusted with the worlds most destructive weapons feel stuck in a dead-end career field, given the momentum toward more nuclear arms reductions? And ...
LAS VEGAS — Trial has been postponed in Nevada for a Saudi Arabia air force sergeant accused of abducting and raping a 13-year-old boy at a Las Vegas Strip hotel on New Years Eve. Defense attorney Don Chairez (shar-EHZ) said Thursday that a state judge plans next week to reschedule ...
The prosecutor for Arlington County, Va., has declined an Air Force request to transfer jurisdiction of the case against a former sexual assault prevention chief charged with sexual battery. Lt. Col. Jeff Krusinski, 41, had been head of the Air Forces Sexual Assault Prevention and Re...
The chief of the Air Forces Sexual Assault Prevention and Response branch has been removed from the position following his weekend arrest on sexual battery charges in Arlington, Va., according to an Air Force spokeswoman. Lt. Col. Jeff Krusinski, 41, of Arlington had only been on the...
Call it freedom of religion vs. freedom from religion: The Defense Department was engulfed in a firestorm over religious expression last week, caught in the middle of a tit-for-tat fight between Mikey Weinstein, the former Air Force officer and lawyer at the head of the Military Relig...
WASHINGTON — Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill has put a hold on the nomination of Air Force Lt. Gen. Susan Helms, who is tapped to serve as vice commander of the U.S. Space Command. McCaskill said in a statement Thursday she wants more information about Helms decision last year to over...
DESTIN, Fla. — Retired Col. Dick Cole poked his head out of the window of the B-25 Mitchell, its massive propellers spinning and diesel engine sputtering. It had been 71 years since he flew in the same type of plane for the Doolittle Raiders’ bombing mission to Japan that ultimately s...
DESTIN, Fla. — Retired Col. Dick Cole poked his head out of the window of the B-25 Mitchell, its massive propellers spinning and diesel engine sputtering. It had been 71 years since he flew in the same type of plane for the Doolittle Raiders’ bombing mission to Japan that ultimately s...
They are the stuff of nightmares: a massive earthquake hitting Arizona with hundreds of casualties; U.S. civilians disappearing abroad; a U.S. Embassy stormed and taken by terrorists. These are fictionalized scenarios Air Force rescue crews faced this month in the Arizona desert. Exer...
The Air Force wants your ideas on how it can save money that can be used for more flying hours, tuition assistance and base repairs. “We know there’s a lot of good ideas out there, and we want to unleash that,” said Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Larry Spencer. With six months remaining in ...
PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea on Sunday rebuffed a South Korean proposal to resolve rising tensions through dialogue, dismissing it as a “crafty trick” by its rival. Tensions have been high on the Korean Peninsula for weeks, with Pyongyang threatening to attack Seoul and Washin...
The Air Force’s budget for flying hours was reduced by $591 million for the remainder of fiscal 2013, making it impossible to keep all squadrons ready for combat, according to an April 5 memo signed by Maj. Gen. Charles Lyon, director of operations for Air Combat Command. The across-t...
WASHINGTON — The Air Force will begin grounding combat air squadrons Tuesday in response to forced spending cuts that have eliminated more than 44,000 flying hours through September, according to internal documents obtained by Air Force Times. The Air Force's budget for flying hours w...
The F-16 pilot killed in an April 3 crash in eastern Afghanistan is the son of retired Maj. Gen. Robert Steel, former commandant of the National War College. Capt. James Michael Steel, 29, of Tampa, Fla., died in the crash near Bagram Airfield, according to the Defense Department. Ste...
An Air Force F-16 has crashed in eastern Afghanistan, killing the pilot, according to the NATO command that oversees day-to-day operations in Afghanistan. The crash happened April 3, the ISAF Joint Command announced in a news release. The pilot’s body has been recovered, and the crash...
An Air Force F-16 has crashed in eastern Afghanistan, killing the pilot, according to the NATO command that oversees day-to-day operations in Afghanistan. The crash happened April 3, the ISAF Joint Command announced in a news release. The pilot’s body has been recovered, and the crash...
The largest search and rescue exercise in the world is about to kick off, with the Air Force leading scenarios based on real-life problems the military and civilian agencies are likely to experience. Exercise Angel Thunder, kicking off April 8 in the Arizona desert, features more than...
Under the guise of fitness, they slather on heat rub or hemorrhoid cream, cocoon themselves in plastic wrap and get dehydrated sitting in saunas or steam baths. Some even go under the knife or have other surgical procedures. It’s what airmen have been doing to pass the abdominal circu...
The airmen calling for demise of the abdominal waist circumference measure are numerous and loud, but not all think the tape test is unfair. Senior Airman Jeffrey Poovey has seen airmen at their best and their worst while taking the Air Force physical training test, and he says it's t...
http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2013/04/ap-us-sends-f22s-to-south-korea-for-exercises-040113/ U.S. sends F-22s to S. Korea for exercises North Korean parliament meets to talk nuclear capabilities, economy By Foster Klug and Hyung-Jin Kim - The Associated Press Posted : Monday Apr 1,...
http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2013/04/air-force-cyber-growth-may-spur-jobs-amid-budget-cuts-040113w/ Cyber growth may spur jobs amid budget cuts By Brian Everstine - Staff writer Posted : Monday Apr 1, 2013 5:38:34 EDT The Air Force and the Defense Department’s greater cyber commu...
http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2013/03/air-force-tuition-033013/ Tuition Assistance back in mid-April Staff writer - Staff writer Posted : Saturday Mar 30, 2013 12:53:08 EDT The Air Force plans to reinstate its tuition assistance program toward mid-April, said Chief Master Sergeant...
http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2013/03/ap-air-force-cancels-red-flag-alaska-training-032713/ Air Force cancels Red Flag-Alaska training The Associated Press Posted : Wednesday Mar 27, 2013 19:26:48 EDT ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Air Force is canceling its flight training exercise sche...
http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2013/03/air-force-space-chief-cuts-limit-tracking-junk-032513w/ Space chief: Cuts limit tracking orbiting junk By Brian Everstine - Staff writer Posted : Monday Mar 25, 2013 16:03:50 EDT The Air Force’s ability to track asteroids and space junk is sev...
http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2013/03/ap-musharraf-returns-to-pakistan-032413/ Musharraf returns to Pakistan amid threats By Jamil Khan and Rebecca Santana - The Associated Press Posted : Sunday Mar 24, 2013 10:41:21 EDT KARACHI, Pakistan — Former President Pervez Musharraf return...
