Defense Secretary Robert Gates is considering whether to revise the Pentagon's own policy that prevents most oil and gas drilling within military training areas in the eastern Gulf of Mexico off of Florida. ...more

August 6, 2008

Three ballistic missile crew members in North Dakota fell asleep while holding classified launch code devices this month, triggering an investigation by military and National Security Agency experts, the Air Force said Thursday. ...more

July 25, 2008

WASHINGTON — Three ballistic missile crew members in North Dakota fell asleep while holding classified launch code devices this month, triggering an investigation by military and National Security Agency experts, the Air Force said Thursday. ...more

July 24, 2008

Four years ago, Boeing was the corporate villain, the powerful Chicago-based company cheated to win a lucrative contract to build tankers for the Air Force. An outraged Congress killed the deal and forced the Air Force to rebid the contract. Boeing was fined $615 million, CEO Phil Condit resigned and a Boeing executive and an Air Force procurement officer went to prison. ...more

July 4, 2008

Northrop Grumman Corp. and European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. beat out Boeing Co. to win a $35 billion order from the Air Force three months ago. ...more

June 10, 2008

A Coast Guard helicopter from Air Station Clearwater rescued one of two pilots from F-15C's that crashed into the Gulf of Mexico this evening. ...more

February 20, 2008

The Air Force will keep more than 40 percent of its older model F-15 fighter jets grounded indefinitely after discovering that critical support beams have manufacturing flaws dating back nearly 30 years that could lead to catastrophic damage to the aircraft. ...more

January 11, 2008

The Air Force has grounded its entire fleet of F-15 fighter jets amid serious safety concerns after a crash in Missouri on Friday. Officials think the aging plane may have disintegrated in the air. ...more

November 6, 2007