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The United States Space Force (USSF) has been a huge “magnet” for young people who are interested in joining the military, Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett said Friday at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

A little girl got the sweetest surprise recently when she went to see the Harlem Globetrotters play in Memphis, Tennessee. 

A U.S. Air Force surveillance plane has crashed in Afghanistan, a top military official confirmed to reporters Monday. 

Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ) brushed off a question from CNN reporter Manu Raju on Thursday, calling him a “liberal hack.”

Sgt. Maj. John Troxell ended on a hard-charging note, reviving his famous warning to members of terrorist group ISIS to raucous cheers.

The U.S. Military will reportedly no longer use floppy disks in nuclear weapon systems, a process that dates back to the 1970s.

Army Col. Kathyrn Spletstoser has accused President Trump’s nominee for vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Gen. John Hyten, of multiple instances of sexual assault during her time working for him between 2016 and 2018 at U.S. Strategic Command (Stratcom) in a bid to prevent his confirmation next month.

The official investigation report showed that an Army crime lab did not identify Hyten’s semen or DNA on the pants she was wearing.

If all goes as planned, hundreds of thousands of civilians will descend on the infamously mysterious military base to “see them aliens.”

“Salute to America” recognized American military and civilian heroes, celebrated America’s birth and history, and featured military flyovers.

“You exemplify the grit, the guts, and the grace that make America’s Air Force the best in the world,” Trump said to the cadets.

President Donald Trump honored Cadet Parker Hammond on Thursday for beating cancer while attending the Air Force Academy.

The president traveled to Colorado Springs aboard Air Force One for the ceremony.

The Air Force said on Monday that it has not yet finalized a list of potential bases where Space Command will be located.

The Pentagon’s Inspector General recently announced plans to begin a review of the Air Force’s certification of the SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket.

U.S. Strategic Command caused an online uproar on Monday after tweeting a video of a stealth bomber dropping conventional bombs on a testing range.

The U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM), a unified military command responsible for overseeing nuclear weapons, deleted a New Year’s Eve tweet stating it stands ready to drop a large-yield bomb, citing the post’s “poor taste.”

Elon Musk’s space exploration and rocket development company SpaceX has been forced to postpone its first mission for the U.S. Air Force following odd sensor readings.

TAir Force veteran Brian Kolfage is vowing to fight Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg — all the way up to Supreme Court if necessary — if the social media giant does not reinstate his Facebook pages, which Facebook deleted without warning or explanation.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Monday dismissed rampant media speculation of his leaving the administration, after President Trump was asked about the topic on a recent 60 Minutes interview.

Three Air Force explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians based at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland came to the Pentagon on Wednesday to brief reporters on what it takes to be a member of a military bomb squad. 

The U.S. celebrated its 71st anniversary of the U.S. Air Force on Tuesday, commemorating the day when the government gave the Air Force its own military branch in 1947.

President Trump on Wednesday posthumously awarded Air Force Technical Sgt. John A. Chapman the Medal of Honor.

The Pentagon is expected to send an interim report to Congress this week on how best to stand up the “Space Force” or some other kind of defense agency devoted to countering military threats in space.

President Donald Trump honored each branch of the United States military at a White House Fourth of July Independence Day picnic, specifically praising one member representing each branch – even making mention of the proposed “Space Force.”

President Trump presented the West Point Black Knights earlier this week with the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy at a Rose Garden ceremony at the White House.

An Air Force airman killed in Afghanistan during an exchange of fire between U.S. special ops forces and al-Qaeda fighters in 2002 will receive the Medal of Honor, according to a report.

A veteran forcibly removed from a military retirement ceremony two years ago filed a lawsuit Monday against the Air Force claiming that the military violated his First Amendment rights.

TEL AVIV – The downing of an Israeli F-16 by Syrian air defenses two weeks ago was due to pilot error, an investigation carried out by the Israel Air Force published Sunday found.

TEL AVIV – The nuclear deal gives Iran “a highway to a nuclear arsenal” and has only served to bolster the Islamic Republic’s aggression across the region, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday to U.S. Jewish leaders in Israel.

TEL AVIV – There are 10 Iranian military bases in Syria, two of which are close to the border with Israel, that are training militias from the Assad regime for a future war with Israel, an analyst for an American think tank said in an article published Monday.

TEL AVIV – Wielding a fragment of an Iranian drone downed in Israel last week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday warned Tehran not to “test Israel’s resolve.”

TEL AVIV – Syrians who are being persecuted by the Assad regime have expressed support for Saturday’s airstrikes by Israel in the embattled country, social media posts in the days since have shown.

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is said to have warned Iran via European leaders in recent weeks that he would respond militarily to any provocation, an Israeli TV report said Sunday.

TEL AVIV – Israel’s envoy to the UN Danny Danon called on the UN Security Council to condemn Iran for its “dangerous actions” after the downing of an Israeli F-16 on Saturday.

TEL AVIV – The Iranian drone intercepted by the Israel Air Force on Saturday is a relatively new stealth model with a design that appears to have been stolen from a U.S. drone that was shot down by Iran in 2011.