Reports are already starting to emerge on how a reduced Department of Defense budget will affect each of the services. The Air Force seems prepared to mothball multiple A-10 squadrons (though its not the first time this has been proposed): Read more
If you’re in the US military, you can do your own taxes with a professional program — for free.
You should already know about your local Tax Assistance Office, likely through your base paper, where you can get one-on-one assistance with your tax preparation, all for free.
In case you don’t know about it, you can also file through H&R Block’s online version of its At Home® Tax Software — with free Read more
A US Air Force investigation into a controversial photo depicting an airman in a metal remains container (casket) determined there was no “criminal wrongdoing.”
Investigators have concluded there was no criminal wrongdoing by the airmen who posed for a picture around an open casket case with another airman inside wearing a noose around his neck and chains across his body.
The article does not say the airmen were punished; however, their instructors (they were students in a training squadron) were given Read more
Jeff Yang of the Wall Street Journal, writing in the “Arts and Entertainment” section, notes “unsettling parallels” between recent implications of hazing and the 1992 Tom Cruise/Jack Nicholson A Few Good Men.
The wandering article touches on religion, race, discipline, and the recent suicides of servicemembers thought to be related to hazing, as with PVT Danny Chen in Afghanistan.
The article closes in citing the ironic participation in hazing by members of military academies — while simultaneously demanding their subordinates recite “Schofield’s Quote,” which denounces Read more
A C-5 Galaxy — the US Air Force’s largest cargo aircraft — from Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts, performed a flyby of Gillette Stadium at the conclusion of the National Anthem on Sunday. The ceremony opened the NFL Patriots-Ravens football game.
Inscribed along the bottom of the aircraft, visible from the stands, was an emblem and “Go Pats!” The Patriots went on to win.
You never know, fighter aircraft flybys may have similar endorsements on their lower wings or fuselages… Read more
Admiral James G. Stavridis is the commander of US Navy European Command and is also Supreme Allied Commander, Europe. He recently spoke to students at the National Defense University, encouraging them to “read, think, write” — even blog:
Share your ideas in print — a scholarly journal, a military magazine, a literary journal, or even a blog post…Is there “career risk” Read more
Two 2nd Lts at Beale Air Force Base became the first RQ-4 Global Hawk pilots to graduate the dedicated UAV operator course, which is designed for those who were not previously rated pilots.
The new classification 18X is designated for RPA pilots coming from non-rated career fields as well as Read more
The Air Force has released the report of the September 2011 crash of an A-10C Thunderbolt II in Georgia.
According to the report, the mishap aircraft’s stall warning system malfunctioned at 15,000 feet, preventing stall warning tones from functioning properly… Without evidence of additional malfunctions, the mishap pilot continued the FCF.
At 34,000 feet, the mishap aircraft experienced a stall Read more