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By Trice Edney Newswire - President Joe Biden has named Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Quinton Brown Jr., a Black Airforce fighter pilot as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs Staff. He will succeed American General Mark Milley, according to multiple reports.

President Joe Biden has named Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Quinton Brown Jr., a Black Air Force fighter pilot as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs Staff.

The real-life 'Top Gun' pilots, US Air Force Major Lauren Olme and Major Mark Olme, are married and pregnant.

Air Force Col. Michael Richard succeeds Brig. Gen. Jesse Friedel as commander at Misawa Air Base.

On the morning of Jan. 8, 2021, 13 U.S. Airmen, all assigned to the 517th Airlift Squadron, boarded a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft and flew from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to March Air Reserve Base, California. Their mission: to train and prepare,

By Airman 1st Class Samuel Colvin, JBER Public Affairs / Published February 05, 2021 A U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster III aircraft assigned to the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, flies over March Air Reserve Base, California, Jan. 13, 2021. Thirteen Airmen with the 517th AS from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, trained for a week in the southwestern U.S. with the C-17, focusing on Agile Combat Employment to train and prepare for global operations in a deployed ...

The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) paved the way in night-vision flying nearly four decades ago, but as with any organization, versatility and growth is the metric by which relevance is judged. The concept of “owning the night” carried Army aviation through countless global conflicts and provided a significant advantage over enemies. Near-peer adversaries now possess comparable night-vision technology, narrowing the advantage provided by zero-illumination tactics.  W...