A Russian air force chief said Saturday the country could base some strategic bombers in Cuba or on an island offered by Venezuela, the Interfax news agency reported, but a Kremlin official said the military had been speaking hypothetically. ...more

March 15, 2009

Senior Airman Ashley Tubbs is the Air Force Outstanding Security Forces Airman of the Year for the period of Oct. 1, 2007 through Sept. 30, 2008. Tubbs, a Tampa native, graduated from Plant High School in 2001 and attended Hillsborough Community College before joining the Air Force in 2004. During the Airman's recent 12-month deployment to Iraq, she was part of the Air Force Police Transition Team and was awarded the Army Commendation Medal for her efforts. She instructed Iraqi police on law enforcement operations, and trained and mentored more than 3,000 recruits toward independent operations. Tubbs also received the Combat Action Medal after engaging the enemy on three IED strikes resulting in no squadron or battalion casualties. On Jan. 9, she received a commander's coin from Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz during his visit to Eglin Air Force Base. ...more

February 4, 2009

Toshio Tamogami draws a full pension, gives lectures, appears on TV talk shows and is treated with respect. ...more

January 11, 2009

Eight generals, ranging in rank from one to three stars, have been disciplined as a result of the mistaken shipment of fuses for nuclear warheads to Taiwan, The Associated Press has learned. ...more

September 25, 2008

Sixty years ago this month, the top story in campaign year 1948 was not the big poll lead of Republican nominee Thomas Dewey or the plight of President Harry Truman. It was the Berlin Airlift. ...more

July 23, 2008

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates took action Monday to reorient the leadership of the Air Force, dramatically calling for the nomination of the first nonfighter or bomber pilot to lead the service since its inception after World War II. ...more

June 10, 2008

Quit complaining. That's the message from the Pentagon and Congress to defense companies that cry foul when they don't win contracts. ...more

May 25, 2008

Part of a fleet of new refueling tankers could be headed to Tampa if MacDill Air Force Base is selected from among 27 installations across the country being considered as bases for the new aircraft. ...more

February 15, 2008