Tag: Air Force

This image provided by the U.S. Air Force shows Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh, right, and Tech. Sgt. Justin Richie, a 341st Maintenance Operations Squadron team trainer, riding in a work cage on Nov. 20, 2012, inside the T-9 maintenance trainer at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. The Air Force says 34 nuclear missile launch officers at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana have been implicated in a cheating scandal and have been stripped of their certification. It is believed to be the largest such breach of integrity in the nuclear force.(AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Beau Wade)

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Cheating alleged in US nuclear missile force

LOLITA C. BALDORROBERT BURNS · January 16, 2014 6:09 pm

In this image released by the U.S. Air Force, a Malmstrom Air Force Base missile maintenance team removes the upper section of an ICBM at a Montana missile site. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, John Parie)

Beltway Confidential

Pentagon investigating nuclear missile officers for cheating on proficiency tests

Joel Gehrke · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

A Global Hawk drone, the Air Force's unmanned spy plane, is unveiled at Edwards Air Force Base in California in January 2009. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

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Congress tells Air Force to keep flying drone it wants to scrap

Kelly Cohen · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Air Force drug probe grows to 10 officers

Air Force drug probe grows to 10 officers

Lolita Baldor · January 10, 2014 10:52 pm

A sign stands outside of an entrance to the U.S. Naval Academy campus in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. A culture of bad behavior and disrespect among athletes at U.S. military academies is one part of the continuing problem of sexual assaults at the schools, according to a new Defense Department report that comes in the wake of scandals that rocked teams at all three academies last year. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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‘Culture of disrespect’ fuels academy sex assaults

Lolita Baldor · January 9, 2014 11:18 pm

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel takes questions as he briefs reporters at the Pentagon in Washington on Dec. 19. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Nuclear launch officers tied to narcotics probe

Associated Press · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is making a rare visit to an Air Force nuclear missile base, hoping to boost morale among those who operate, maintain and safeguard the nation's Minuteman 3 nuclear missiles. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)

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Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel in rare visit to nuke missile base

Associated Press · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows Lt. Gen. Craig Franklin. Franklin, the Air Force commander whose decision to overturn a sexual assault conviction led to major changes in military policy has decided to retire. Air Force officials said Franklin was retiring after more than 32 years. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, File)

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Air Force commander at center of sexual assault case to retire

Associated Press · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

Undated image made available by the US Air Force of a USAF HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter of the same type as one which crashed at about 6 p.m. local time Tuesday near Salthouse on the Norfolk coast of eastern England. (AP/ US Air Force Lakenheath)

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US Air Force copter crashes in England, killing 4

Lolita Baldor · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

Air Force band flashes Bach for holidays

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Air Force band flashes Bach for holidays

Mark Tapscott · December 9, 2013 5:00 am

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh said the Air Force will more carefully screen future candidates for nuclear commander positions as a result of the recent firing of the two-star general overseeing land-based nuclear missiles. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Air Force to look closer at nuke leader candidates

Associated Press · November 13, 2013 5:00 am

Flags flap in the wind at the gate at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Harrison Township, Mich., Wednesday, May 4, 2005. In a state where the unemployment rate ranks among the nation's highest and job creation remains at the forefront of government concern, the upcoming round of military base closings could pose another challenge to Michigan's economy. The list from the Base Realignment and Closure commission is expected to be released next week. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Selfridge air base cited for eight safety violations

Associated Press · November 13, 2013 5:00 am