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All eight current Thunderbird pilots are white males. Of the eight, six fly the demonstrations, one flies as the lead and narrator, and one is the operations officer. They fly on the team for two years, and three of the six demonstration fliers are replaced annually. (Associated Press)

Air Force Thunderbirds prioritize diversity in cockpit amid puzzling decline in applicants

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Air Force unveils first image of B-21 long-range bomber

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Air Force Maj. Gen. James Martin Jr. fainted during a news conference on the Air Force's fiscal 2017 budget. (Image: C-Span)

Maj. Gen. James Martin doing OK after fainting at Air Force budget news conference

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Image credit: U.S. Air Force

Air Force’s cyber ‘weapon system’ reaches full operational capability

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this undated handout file photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, a MQ-9 Reaper, armed with GBU-12 Paveway II laser guided munitions and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, is piloted by Col. Lex Turner during a combat mission over southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Lt. Col.. Leslie Pratt, US Air Force, File)

Drone crashes doubled for the Air Force between 2014 and 2015

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Two A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft pilots fly in formation during a training exercise March 16, 2010, at Moody Air Force, Ga. Members of the 74th Fighter Squadron performed surge operations to push its support function to the limit and simulate pilots' wartime flying rates. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Benjamin Wiseman) **FILE**

Air Force delays mothballing A-10 Thunderbolt to combat Islamic State

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

President Obama, who likes to joke that his lease on Air Force One is running out, plans to put a lot more mileage on the costly presidential aircraft in 2016. (Associated Press)

Obama to travel to Germany, Japan, Poland, China, Peru during final year in office

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The United States Air Force Academy says it is investigating its football team's public prayer Saturday night, following a complaint by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. (NBC7 San Diego)

Air Force Academy rejects complaint against football players who pray before games

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh speaks in Washington on April 23, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

L. TODD WOOD: Air Force Gen. Mark Welsh: Manpower shortage hits ‘virtually every mission area’

By L. Todd Wood

The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (formerly named Predator B) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of remote controlled or autonomous flight operations, developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) primarily for the United States Air Force. UAVs are also referred to as drones. ** FILE **

Air Forces hires civilian drone pilots for ‘combat air patrols’

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Air Force Tech Sgt. Aaron Allmon Associated Press photo

JEFFREY ADDICOTT: Aaron Allmon’s military witch hunt that almost succeeded

By Jeffrey Addicott

Despite facing up to 130 years in prison in the early stages of the case, Tech. Sgt. Aaron D. Allmon II was sentenced Saturday to just 30 days behind bars after a judge found him not guilty of the most devastating charges against him, including assault consummated by a battery and threats against co-workers. (jqpublicblog.com)

Aaron Allmon verdict deals blow to military’s high-profile attack on sex-related offenses

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Despite facing up to 130 years in prison in the early stages of the case, Tech. Sgt. Aaron D. Allmon II was sentenced Saturday to just 30 days behind bars after a judge found him not guilty of the most devastating charges against him, including assault consummated by a battery and threats against co-workers. (jqpublicblog.com)

Aaron Allmon witness testimony challenges military sex assault claims by 4 women

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Tech Sgt. Aaron D. Allmon II, an award-winning combat photographer, stands accused of trying to pick up women in the public affairs office at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota. For that, prosecutors wanted to put him in prison for 130 years. (Associated Press)

Aaron Allmon case makes Minot Air Force Base ground zero in military’s new gender wars

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Rct. Wilde Lariveaux, Platoon 1066, Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, provides security as his team rushes through a combat training course Aug. 26, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits sprinted, crawled and climbed through the course in teams, reinforcing the saying no one left behind. The course is part of Basic Warrior Training, held during the ninth week of boot camp, which focuses on basic field-related skills all Marines must know. The basic combat training recruits receive while on Parris Island will be broadened after boot camp during follow-on training at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Lariveaux, 19, from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is scheduled to graduate Sept. 19, 2014. Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 20,000 recruits come to Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Marines by enduring 13 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for 50 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink/Released) ** FILE **

ED FEULNER: The declining state of the U.S. military

By Ed Feulner

Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James, accompanied by and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh III, announces that Northrop Grumman is awarded the US Air Force’s next-generation long range strike bomber contract at a news conference at the Pentagon, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Pentagon picks Northrop Grumman for $80 billion LRS-B bomber project

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Miley Cyrus performs at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP) ** FILE **

Mark Welsh, Air Force chief, questions grounding of three pilots over Miley Cyrus lyric texts

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Pakistani commandos arrive at an air force base in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 18, 2015. Militants in northwestern Pakistan attacked an air force base on the outskirts of Peshawar early Friday, triggering a shootout that left at least 20 wounded and six of the attackers dead, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Taliban attack on Pakistan base kills 20; 16 die in mosque

By Riaz Khan and Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

No. 4 Michigan State takes on Air Force’s option

By NOAH TRISTER - Associated Press

Col. Rodney Lewis jokes with one of his airmen while sitting in his office on the Grand Forks, N.D. Air Force Base on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. Lewis, who took over command of the 319th Air Base Wing on July 1, says his first order of business will be learning to fly the unmanned planes that define the base. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack)

New Air Force Base commander ready to take controls of drone

By DAVE KOLPACK - Associated Press