U.S. Air Force

Military suicides have increased by as much as 20% this year compared to the same period in 2019, and some incidents of violent behavior have spiked

The number of suicides in the active-duty Air Force jumped last year to the highest level in at least three decades, exceeding the worst years of the post-9/11 period.

Two U.S. Air Force airmen killed in a training jet crash at Vance Air Force Base in northwestern Oklahoma have been identified as an instructor and a student pilot.

Sybil Peacock Harmon, one of Delta Air Lines’ very first flight attendants who later served in the military during World War II, has died. She was 103 years old. “We’re saddened to learn of Sybil Peacock Harmon’s passing,” Allison Ausband, senior vice president of in-flight service, told TODAY in an emailed statement. “Sybil was a beloved member of the Delta...

The festivals are over and Earthlings from around the globe headed home Sunday after a weekend camping and partying in the dusty Nevada desert and trekking to remote gates of Area 51, a formerly top-secret U.S. military base long the focus of UFO and space alien lore. They left in peace, officials and the host of a free “Alienstock” festival...

The U.S. Air Force’s X-37B space plane just broke its spaceflight-duration record, NBC News reported. At 6:43 a.m. EDT on Monday, the robotic X-37B sailed past the program mark of 717 days, 20 hours and 42 minutes, which was set by the previous mission, known as Orbital Test Vehicle 4 (OTV-4). Read More

The U.S. Air Force has warned people against participating in an internet joke suggesting a large crowd of people “storm Area 51,” the top-secret Cold War test site in the Nevada desert. A prank event on Facebook that’s attracted more than 1 million interested people suggests that a mass of people attempt to run into the mysterious site at 3...

Divers off the coast of Florida can now visit an underwater art museum.

Adopted Wednesday’s Child Jaron was told he may not run or ride a bike, but has accomplished that and so much more with the support of his parents. News4’s Barbara Harrison catches up with the family.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is requesting President Donald Trump that he make the Sunshine State the home of the Space Force.

A judge has ruled that victims of a mass shooting at Texas church can move forward with a lawsuit against a sporting goods chain where the gunman bought the weapon and ammunition used in the massacre.

SpaceX has launched the U.S. Air Force’s most powerful GPS satellite ever built. A Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Sunday, hoisting the satellite toward orbit. The satellite was supposed to soar Tuesday but rocket concerns and then weather delayed the flight. Heather Wilson, secretary of the Air Force, says this next-generation GPS satellite is three...

A clinical psychologist hired by Travis Air Force Base in California to help military veterans dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder has been arrested and charged with raping patients.

A military jet crashed during exercises Wednesday over a vast U.S. Air Force reserve in central Nevada around 10:30 a.m., officials said. The F-16 fighter from Nellis Air Force Base crashed on the Nevada Test and Training Range, said base spokesman Staff Sgt. Jason Coulliard. The Thunderbirds pilot was killed when his Fighting Falcon crashed during a routine aerial demonstration,...

A U.S. fighter jet dumped two fuel tanks into a lake in northern Japan on Tuesday, creating a fuel slick, as about 10 fishermen were catching clams in boats below, officials said. No one was injured. The U.S. Air Force said in a statement that an F-16 jet assigned to Misawa Air Base dumped the external fuel tanks after developing...

A dying man’s wish to see the new “Star Wars” movie is coming true, thanks to a cast of many.

Whenever President Donald Trump leaves the White House for a weekend at his Mar-a-Lago resort or golf course in New Jersey — he’s spent 19 weekends away from the White House so far — there’s a massive military effort to keep the skies above him safe. The “Today” show took a rare look inside the Air National Guard’s operation to...

The U.S. European Command has released dramatic photos of a Russian jet coming within a few feet of a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance jet over the Baltic Sea in a maneuver that has been criticized as unsafe. The photographs released Friday show the Russian SU-27 coming so close to the wing of the U.S. RC-135U that the Russian pilot can...

The U.S. military has deployed “sniffer aircraft,” drones and U-2 spy planes in preparation for a possible North Korean nuclear test, NBC News reported. The sniffer aircraft is capable of detecting evidence of a nuclear explosion, according to NBC News. In a statement to NBC News, the U.S. Air Force said the plane, known as the WC 135, “has been...

Police say a U.S. Airman came to the aid of a woman whose purse was snatched by a Dover man after witnessing the Saturday night incident.