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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.”

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 – 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 – 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.

TEL AVIV – Israel caused serious harm to Syria’s air defenses with Saturday’s strikes, the IAF Air Staff Commander Brig. Gen. Tomer Bar said after the IDF responded to the incursion of an Iranian drone in Israeli airspace.

TEL AVIV – The U.S. has said Israel has its full support in defending itself after its air force struck Iranian and Syrian targets inside Syria on Saturday in response to the incursion of Iranian drone in Israeli airspace and the downing of an F-16.

The logistical arm of the Department of Defense (DOD) has improperly documented hundreds of millions in spending on everything from construction projects to computers.

TEL AVIV – U.S. forces are arriving in Israel in preparation for Juniper Cobra, a major joint military drill launching next week that will simulate a war in which the Jewish state comes under attack with thousands of missiles.

A report shows that the Air Force failed to report dozens of convictions to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System

“Everyone is talking about the progress you’ve made,” Trump said in a video conference call from his Mar-a-lago club in Florida, noting their excellent progress in just three to four months.

Vice President Mike Pence stood outside the church on Wednesday, where one man murdered 26 people, promising that the U.S. Air Force will complete a review within “days” of how the USAF failed to report the shooter’s criminal history.

Air Force Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria was quick to react in September to allegations of racism at the Air Force Academy Preparatory School in Colorado Springs, Colorado. But now the incident that sparked the general’s reaction has been proven a hoax.

The gunman who opened fire in the Texas church was able to pass a background check because the Air Force “mishandled” the process for reporting his domestic violence conviction, according to a report.

TEL AVIV – The Israeli Air Force on Sunday launched its largest ever aerial drill with air forces involving more than 1,000 people from nine other countries, the army announced.

A mysterious gray aircraft has spent nearly two weeks flying in circles over Seattle, and we still don’t know exactly why.

The U.S. Air Force confirmed that two American bombers flew over disputed territories in the South China Sea on Friday, where China has illegally built numerous military facilities. China condemned the flight and demanded America stop “flaunting” its military assets in the region.

A Deputy Chief of Staff for Space position has been announced by the Air Force to be filled by a three-star general as they push to enhance the visibility of space issues in the Pentagon.

A new report shows that only seven out of 10 of Air Force planes are in good enough condition to fly.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Air Force is considering retiring the F-15C Eagle to free up money for newer platforms that could face a future enemy in battle. The revelation came earlier this week during a House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee

A key component of America’s unparalleled military strength has been its fighter jets, which have been flying since 1946. Autoauctionmall.com has now compiled an animation of all 20 of these extraordinary aeronautical designs.

Air Force troops have been warned not to use certain words and phrases because they might be deemed offensive.

A photo going viral reveals the heartrending final goodbye from an Air Force sergeant to his beloved K-9 partner as the loyal dog is about to be laid to rest.

Two House Oversight and Government Reform committee leaders sent letters to the acting secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force to remind them that military child care workers are exempt from a federal hiring freeze, and to ask what they are doing to prevent any shutdowns in child care services.

A giant defense firm may be passing off another company’s equipment as its own, which could have played a role in a potentially corrupt U.S. arms sale to Kenya that the State Department approved on the Obama administration’s last day in office.

President Donald J. Trump announced Monday that his choice to lead the Air Force is former New Mexico congresswoman Heather Wilson, a graduate of the Air Force Academy.

President Donald J. Trump reviewed units representing all of the armed forces shortly after taking command of America’s military from former president Barack Obama on Friday.

The Air Force will no longer enforce its 25 percent tattoo rule, starting February 1, the service announced Tuesday.

An anti-Christian group has criticized a recent decision by the Air Force Academy not to punish an assistant football coach for posting Bible verses on Twitter, a report says.

A U-2 spy plane crashed in California Tuesday morning, killing one pilot and injuring another.

A source inside the federal security force protecting both President Bill Clinton and Attorney General Loretta Lynch told The New York Observer that Clinton manipulated his own takeoff from the private executive cordon of Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport Monday to ensure he could meet Lynch.

The Chinese military has once against performed an “unsafe” intercept of an American aircraft in the Pacific region, with a Chinese jet reportedly flying towards the reconnaissance aircraft at an unreasonably high speed and risking crashing into it.