U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • 'Today's Air Force' features Airmen maintainers

    This week's edition of "Today's Air Force" highlights an explosive ordnance disposal squadron in Afghanistan. Also, the U.S. Air Force is known for its air power, but making its presence felt all over the world takes a toll on the aircraft. Watch how a team of Airmen on the ground keep B-1B Lancers

  • Tennis: Air Force defeats Metro State, Colorado College

    The U.S. Air Force Academy men's tennis team improved its record to 3-2 this season with a pair of victories over Metro State, 6-1, and Colorado College, 7-0, Feb. 9 at the Academy.The Falcons beat Metro State in the morning matches and then shut out Colorado College in the afternoon.The Falcons

  • Wrestling: Air Force falls to Northern Colorado

    Missing its starters at a few key weight classes, the U.S. Air Force Academy wrestling team dropped a 25-14 decision to Northern Colorado Feb. 10 at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion in Greeley. With the loss, the Falcons fall to 7-8 overall and 1-1 in the Western Wrestling Conference. The match opened

  • Hockey: Air Force beats Mercyhurst, 7-0

    The U.S. Air Force Academy scored four power-play goals and goalie Andrew Volkening stopped all 25 shots he faced in a 7-0 win over Mercyhurst in an Atlantic Hockey Association game Feb. 9 at the Mercyhurst Ice Center in Erie, Penn. The two teams split the two-game series as the Air Force improved

  • Enlisted member, dependent children scholarships available

    The Air Force Sergeants Association, Airmen Memorial Foundation and the Chief Master Sergeants of the Air Force join together annually to conduct a scholarship program to financially assist the undergraduate studies of eligible dependent children of Air Force active duty, Air National Guard and Air

  • Basketball: Air Force downed by Utah, 71-52

    Junior Brooke Cultra led the U.S. Air Force Academy women's basketball team with 13 points but the Falcons lost to 20th ranked Utah 71-52 in Mountain West Conference action Feb. 9 at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City. Cultra was six-for-eight from the field, to go with four rebounds and two

  • NASA recruiting volunteers for 'out of this world' jobs

    Only 12 human beings have set foot on the moon. You could be the thirteenth, if you make the cut. NASA's current recruiting effort for a new class of astronaut candidates specifies that the International Space Station and the return to the moon are part of the agency's goals, and this class will be

  • Feb. 8 airpower summary: Groundcrews keep aircraft flying

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Feb. 8, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, an Air Force aircraft dropped a guided bomb unit-12 in order