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Sonic boom heard over Washington is a rare sound with a rich history

People living in and around the nation’s capital experienced a rare, if startling, sound: A sonic boom

The Independent UK

Air Force picks Colorado for more Space Force missions as politics loom over headquarters decision

The Air Force has announced the permanent location for many more U.S. Space Force units — and none of them are in Huntsville, Alabama

The Independent UK

National Memorial Day Parade 2023 honors Apollo astronauts in US capital (video)

Apollo lunar module pilots Charlie Duke, Harrison Schmitt and Rusty Schweickart joined active NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik in the National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, DC.

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Air Force fighter pilot tapped by Biden to be next Joint Chiefs chairman has history of firsts

The Air Force fighter pilot about to be nominated as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff got his callsign by ejecting from a burning F-16 fighter jet high above the Florida Everglades and falling into the watery sludge below

The Independent UK

Biden to nominate Gen. Charles Brown to head Joint Chiefs

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is nominating General Charles Q. Brown Jr. as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a senior administration official said, seeking to elevate the Air Force chief to become the nation’s most senior military officer.

Tribune News Service

Air Force looks to better control access to classified data after intelligence leak

The Air Force says it is looking at ways to better control access to classified information

The Independent UK

Photos of new US bomb which can penetrate underground nuclear bunkers quickly taken down

The US Air Force posted pictures of a powerful bomb designed to penetrate deep into the earth and destroy underground facilities that could be used to enrich uranium

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US bomb designed to hit targets like Iran underground nuclear sites briefly reappears amid tensions

As tensions with Iran have escalated over its nuclear program, the U.S. military this month posted pictures of a powerful bomb designed to penetrate deep into the earth and destroy underground facilities that could be used to enrich uranium

The Independent UK

Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin honored as Air Force one-star, Space Force Guardian

Buzz Aldrin already had the moon to his credit. Now he has a star. The Apollo 11 astronaut and colonel in the U.S. Air Force received a promotion to the honorary rank of brigadier general.

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Roy Bridges, Senator Mark Kelly inducted into US Astronaut Hall of Fame

Retired Major General Roy Bridges and Senator Mark Kelly were honored by their peers as the newest inductees into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

Space

Ukraine says it downed hypersonic Russian missile with U.S. air defence system

Ukrainian air defences shot down a Russian hypersonic missile for the first time during an attack on the capital Kyiv this week, the Air Force said on Saturday, in a potentially major setback for the Kremlin's campaign of long-range air strikes.

Reuters

US to control land sales to foreigners near 8 military bases

Under a proposed rule change, foreign citizens and companies would need U.S. government approval to buy property within 100 miles of eight military bases

The Independent UK

Air Force's first female fighter pilot says 30 years of women in combat has strengthened the military

Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt asked for an assignment she wasn't allowed to have—and it paid off.

Fortune

Outspoken abortion provider LeRoy 'Lee' Carhart dies at 81

Outspoken abortion provider LeRoy “Lee” Carhart has died

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Watch: Joe Biden presents trophy to US Air Force American football team

Joe Biden presented the Commander-in-Chief’s trophy to the Air Force Falcons at the White House on Friday, 28 April.

The Independent UK

Military sex assault reports rise, even as Army numbers fall

U.S. officials tell The Associated Press the number of reported sexual assaults across the military inched up by about 1% last year, as a sharp decline in Army numbers offset large increases in the other three services

Roll Call

Warren: Hundreds of former feds working for defense corporations - Roll Call

Nearly 700 former top federal civilian officials, generals and admirals now work for major defense contractors, according to a Senate report.

ABC News

Service of women veterans still challenged ahead of Anzac Day commemorations

Women make up 20 per cent of Australia's armed forces but ex-servicewomen marching on Anzac Day say they are routinely asked who they are marching for.

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Guardsman Jack Teixeira’s intelligence unit has lost its mission after alleged Pentagon leak

BOSTON — The military intelligence unit on Cape Cod where Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira worked has lost its intelligence mission in the wake of Teixeira allegedly leaking highly classified Pentagon information, according to the U.S. Air Force.

The Independent UK

Age of airman in leaks case not the issue: defense chief

The age of the 21-year-old airman charged in one of the most significant U.S. intelligence leaks in recent memory has been the focus of a growing question: Why would the nation give someone so young access to some of its most important secrets

The Independent UK

Air Force to review base where airman leaked documents

The Air Force says it has opened its own investigation into how a lone airman could access and distribute possibly hundreds of highly classified documents

Reason

Sixth Circuit Refuses to Vacate Opinion on Air Force Covid Vaccine Requirement

A panel upheld a preliminary objection barring the Air force from requiring religious objectors to get Covid-19 vaccines, and a majority of the court's judges refused to vacate that decision as moot.

Daily Mirror

Pentagon official says UFOs could be “dandelion seed” probes from an alien mothership

A Pentagon official, Sean Kirkpatrick, in charge of the secretive military unit tasked with studying UFOs, made the claims in a draft paper

Al Jazeera

Pentagon leak suspect faces charges in US court

Jack Teixeira, 21-year-old member of Massachusetts National Guard, faces charges in US military intelligence leak case.

Daily Mirror

Families of horror mass shooting at church that killed 26 awarded $144million payout

Devin Kelley opened fire during a Sunday service at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs in Texas, US, in 2017 killing 26 victims. It remains the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history

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