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This female Vet found a nasty note on her car that will piss you off

When Mary Claire Caine was out shopping at a local North Carolina Harris Teeter location, she wasn’t expecting anyone to have an issue with her parking in a veterans only parking space. Caine served...

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Obama gives challenge coin to school president, a retired USAF colonel

WATERTOWN, S.D. — The president of a South Dakota technical school was stealthily handed a special medallion by President Obama during a visit to the state earlier this month. Lake Area Technical...

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ISIS moron posts selfie online, promptly gets bombed by the U.S. Air Force

The head of Air Force Central Command reported that an online selfie of an Islamic State militant led to airstrikes on a base held by the group “in less than 24 hours.” Air Force Gen. Hawk Carlisle...

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1 airman killed, another injured during parachute training

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — Air Force officials say one service member was killed and another was injured during a parachute training accident in the Florida Panhandle. Air Force Special Operations...

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One of the last original flight instructors for the Tuskegee Airmen has died...

ATLANTA — Milton Pitts Crenchaw, a flight instructor who trained hundreds of the U.S. military’s revered Tuskegee Airmen, has died in Georgia. He was 96. Crenchaw died Tuesday at Piedmont Henry...

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Here’s why these former U.S. servicemen think Obama’s policies have helped ISIS

Four former U.S. Air Force servicemen involved in the drone program have released an open letter to the White House calling the United States’ targeted killing program a principal driving force for...

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Pentagon reflects on the top military moments of 2015

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is looking back on some of its “most critical issues” of 2015 in its annual “Year in Review” online special. The review highlights the military’s intensified fight...

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Airman describes the thrill of being one of the first to fly the Air Force’s...

United States Air Force 419th Fighter Wing’s F-35 Lightning II pilo  Maj. Jayson Rickard was a pro at flying the F-16. The commercial airline pilot and airman flew more than 60 combat missions in Iraq...

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Air Force fuels goodwill in the skies over enemy territory

What to do when you’re flying over enemy territory, and you’re running out of gas? Call on the United States Air Force, of course. An F-16 pilot, flying over ISIS held ground and attempting to re-fuel...

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Decorated Air Force pilot looks back on how he overcame oppression to succeed...

Colonel Richard Toliver was a decorated United States Air Force fighter pilot. Now retired, Toliver is looking back on his 26 years of service, and the racism he endured. Toliver commanded many units...

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The Air Force just unveiled their newest bomber — see the video here

People have been eagerly waiting to see what the B-21 will look like. And now, they finally can. On Friday, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James released the first rendering of the long range strike...

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An atheist group is furious about an Air Force video and want it taken down

Almost five years ago, the Air Force posted a video featuring Captain Christian Williams, a protestant chaplain. Williams spoke about his experience as a chaplain in the military, calling it one of the...

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When a devastating fire broke out, these airmen and soldiers did what they do...

A mother was faced with an impossible choice in South Korea on Saturday. Her apartment was on fire, and her options were to face the fire and try to get out with her children or have them jump....

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McCain manages to combine protectionism, crony capitalism, and Russia...

Seton Motley directs me to the latest nonsense out of Senator John McCain’s office. First, a little history. The best rocket engine of its type is the RD-180, which is used by the United Launch...

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A quick-thinking pilot kept calm when a jet went down after the Air Force...

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — An Air Force Thunderbird jet crashed south of Colorado Springs just after a flyover for a graduation of Air Force Academy cadets where President Barack Obama had spoken. The...

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Need a new job? Here are the largest employers in the U.S.

Wal-Mart has more than 2 million employees, greater than the populations of Wyoming and Vermont combined. While some of those people work outside the U.S., it’s still shocking to see a single company...

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Serving the president at 30,000 feet: What it’s like to work aboard Air Force...

It was 1976, and Tushar Gadre wasn’t quite ready for college. He took his high school degree and his ambition, and set out to take the Armed Forces Vocational and Aptitude Battery Test: enlisting in...

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North Korea threatens “merciless strike” to defend itself from annual joint...

As the United States and South Korea prepare for over a week of joint military drills, North Korea, which sees the drills as practice for an invasion, has threatened a “merciless strike” to defend...

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“Get out”: Top general has a badass response to horrible incident

The United States Air Force Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria delivered a strong message in response to racist slurs that were written on the doors of five black cadets at the preparatory...

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An Air Force vet missing for 40 years was found living a double life

A serviceman who disappeared 40 years ago from an Air Force Base in North Dakota was found living a double life in Seminole County, Fla., investigators said. RELATED: Fifty years after his plane was...

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