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Air Force strips nuclear launch clearance from 17 officers after ‘troubling’ inspection
The U.S. Air Force pulled the nuclear launch clearances of 17 crew members last month without saying a word publicly, The Associated Press has learned. The unprecedented move was sparked after crew members were given near failing grades on a simulated ICBM launch in March. One month later, 17 members…
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel orders review of Air Force sexual assault case
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered a review of US military law and of a sexual assault case in which an Air Force general overturned a fellow officer’s conviction, the Pentagon said Tuesday. The move came after an outcry from lawmakers and rights advocates over the case of Lieutenant Colonel…
U.S. to launch military space drone on Tuesday
The United States is planning a new launch of its tiny, pilotless military space plane on Tuesday as part of a futuristic Air Force program that has fueled speculation over its mission. The X-37B, which weighs five tonnes and is 29 feet (8.9 meters) long, can return material to Earth…
Air Force: Hypersonic jet test ends in failure
WASHINGTON — A flight test of an experimental unmanned vehicle designed to fly at hypersonic speeds has ended in failure, the US Air Force said Wednesday. The X-51A Waverider was dropped from a B-52 bomber Tuesday and launched by a rocket booster as planned but the flight was over in…
Air Force craft to fly over a mile per second
The U.S. Air Force will test an experimental plane on Tuesday that’s capable of flying at hypersonic speeds of over one mile per second. If Tuesday’s test is successful, it will mark the first time the craft has traveled at sustained speeds topping Mach 6, or roughly 3,600 miles per…
U.S. Air Force looks to train pilots for hi-tech threats
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nevada — For over a decade US fighter pilots have become accustomed to “owning the sky” in wars against insurgents who have no air defenses, but now the air force is trying to get back to basics reminding pilots how to fly against a sophisticated enemy.…
Women in combat: U.S. military on verge of making it official
Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official Women in combat: Air Force Col. Jeannie Leavitt (center) talks with Capt. Ryan Roper (l.) and Capt. Jordan Richardson at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro N.C. She is the first female jet fighter pilot in US history…
GOP says Air Force ‘hostile to religion’
More than 60 Republican lawmakers have signed a letter to U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta accusing the U.S. Air Force of being “hostile to religion,” according to Fox News. The letter, drafted by Reps. Todd Akin (R-MO), Diane Black (R-TN) and Randy Forbes (R-VA), calls on Panetta to investigate a…
Pentagon restricts flights of F-22 jets over safety worries
WASHINGTON — US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has ordered the Air Force to restrict flights of its most advanced fighter jet, the F-22, after some pilots complained of dizzy spells and blackouts, officials said Tuesday. Since 2008, officials say at least a dozen F-22 pilots have reported suffering a lack…
Air Force pilots refuse to fly F-22 over safety fears
WASHINGTON — Two F-22 pilots say they have stopped flying the US Air Force’s most advanced fighter jet because of safety fears over the aircraft’s oxygen system, according to a CBS television “60 Minutes” report. The F-22 Raptor was grounded last year after a spate of incidents with pilots suffering…
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