CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager was remembered at a memorial service Friday as a hero, legend and friend who would go out of his way to help others.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A top Turkish official is calling on the new U.S. administration to engage in a dialogue with Turkey and to review a decision to sanction the country over its purchase of an advanced Russian air defense system.
NEW YORK (AP) — Norah O’Donnell has seen a lot during her career, including sexual assault in the military, the Las Vegas mass shooting, and interviews with world leaders. Yet, the CBS Evening News anchor says she’s “never covered a year in my entire journalistic career like this last year.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's concern about President Donald Trump potentially ordering the launch of a nuclear weapon in his final days in office highlights a little-known fact: Launch authority rests with the president alone.
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's concern about President Donald Trump potentially ordering the launch of a nuclear weapon in his final days in office highlights a little-known fact: Launch authority rests with the president alone.
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The U.S. Air Force has deployed about 90 airmen and an unspecified number of drone aircraft to a base in central Romania, boosting its military presence in the region where there are allied concerns that Russia is trying to display its military strength.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States flew strategic bombers over the Persian Gulf on Wednesday for the second time this month, a show of force meant to deter Iran from attacking American or allied targets in the Middle East.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Black service members in the Air Force are far more likely to be investigated, arrested, face disciplinary actions and be discharged for misconduct, according to a new report that looked at racial disparities across the service.
The 2020 graduating class of flight test pilots at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School in California includes five women — a record number.
FLORENCE, S.C. — A two-year tour in the Philippines brought Eva Yeazell into contact with the people fleeing the communist takeover of South Vietnam and the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos.
Robert "Bob" Elliott passed away on Monday, August 31, 2020. Mr. Elliott served in the military for over 32 years in three different branches …
Bacon, a two-term incumbent and retired Air Force brigadier general, narrowly fended off a challenge during the blue wave of 2018 from nonprofit executive Kara Eastman in this Omaha-anchored seat. The Democrat is back this year with a more professional campaign team that has recalibrated her presentation to appeal to the district’s more moderate voters.
The FBI is investigating the shooting of a military helicopter during a training mission in Virginia, injuring one crew member, officials said.
FLORENCE, S.C. − The Salvation Army Florence Corps welcomed new commanders in June.
Francis Freeman Richardson, 98, of Florence, passed away on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Mr. Richardson was born a son of the late Ina Wertz Richa…
FLORENCE, S.C. — Trae Ann Proell continues to move through the ranks of the Civil Air Patrol. Proell, cadet commander of the Florence Composite Squadron, recently received the Billy Mitchell Award.
A Defense Department statement said the strikes targeted five weapons storage facilities “to significantly degrade their ability to conduct future attacks.”
MULLINS -- Major William Luin Baker, Jr., USAF (Ret) returned to his maker and redeemer in Heaven on March 5, 2020.Bill was born in Southern P…
The group of black weather forecasters, who supported the famous Tuskegee Airmen, paved the way for future scientists.
TRUMP, at a rally in Ahmedabad: “Our military has been completely rebuilt.”
The Pentagon said Friday that 34 U.S. troops were diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries suffered in this month's Iranian missile strike on an Iraqi air base, and that half of the troops have returned to their military duties.
The sequence of events that led to the killing of the Quds Force commander began hours earlier in Beirut as drones tracked his every move.
Iranian Gen. Qassim Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, has been killed in an airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport, an attack that's expected to draw severe Iranian retaliation against Israel and American interests.
The closest U.S. Army base to the North Korean border accidentally blasted an emergency siren, igniting brief panic amid Kim Jong Un's threats of an unwelcome "Christmas gift."
The tracker has been so popular that NORAD now faces some competition. Google also keeps track of Santa with its own system.