Air Force

Most of the military has restarted a program that allows green card holders to become U.S. citizens faster if they enlist. Trainees can start and finish the naturalization process during basic training. The change comes at a time when the military is having trouble attracting recruits and retaining those already in uniform.

Charles Q. Brown Jr. is the Air Force’s top officer and the first Black person to lead a U.S. military branch.

A San Antonio teen is the latest recipient of the Operation Homefront Military Child of the Year Award representing the Air Force.

Charles McGee, a Tuskegee Airman who flew 409 fighter combat missions over three wars, has died.

A federal judge has found the U.S. Air Force 60% responsible for the Sutherland Springs attack for failing to send the shooter's felony conviction to the FBI background check database.

San Antonio composer Nathan Felix was inspired by the story of Fernando Luis Ribas-Dominicci, whose fighter was shot down off the coast of Libya in 1986. TPR's Barry Brake speaks with Felix about his work, which will premiere online.

The government claims that Devin Kelley would have acquired a firearm to commit the mass shooting by other means, even if the Air Force had sent his felony conviction information to the FBI.

Less than two years after then-President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender military service took effect, President Joe Biden reversed it with an executive order on Monday. Now trans advocates and service members are preparing for a new era — with new challenges.

Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, will be the new headquarters for the U.S. Air Force's Space Command.

Health and safety precautions during the pandemic have led the Air Force to modify or eliminate parts of basic military training. But some military observers question whether the changes are leaving airmen unprepared for duty.