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Air Force ROTC cadet killed, others hurt in Humvee accident in Idaho

A formation of U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornets leaves after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over northern Iraq, Sept. 23, 2014. These aircraft were part of a large coalition strike package that was the first to strike ISIL targets in Syria. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel)

Airman suspected of insider attack on U.S. base in Syria that injured 4 Americans

In this May 7, 2020, file photo Charles Q. Brown, Jr., nominated for reappointment to the grade of General and to Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee nominations hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate on Tuesday, June 9, unanimously confirmed Gen. Charles Brown Jr. as chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, making him the first black officer to lead one of the nation's military services. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP, File) **FILE**

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Tom Cruise poses for the media during the 'Top Gun Maverick' UK premiere at a central London cinema, on Thursday, May 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Cruise control: Pentagon hoping ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ will boost recruiting like original did

A syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic at the Keystone First Wellness Center in Chester, Pa., Dec. 15, 2021. A federal appeals court is being asked Monday, May 23, 2022, to reconsider its decision allowing the Biden administration to require federal employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Lamborn, Rubio among sponsors of bill to protect unvaccinated USAF cadets

A fallout shelter sign hangs on a building on East 9th Street in New York, Jan. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Nuclear deterrence at risk from aging strategic forces and warheads

Air Force Academy cadets make their way to their seats as family and friends cheer from the stands during the United States Air Force Academy's Class of 2021 graduation ceremony at the USAFA in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 26, 2021. Three cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy who have refused the COVID-19 vaccine will not be commissioned as military officers but will graduate with bachelor's degrees, the academy said Saturday, May 21, 2022. (Chancey Bush/The Gazette via AP, File)

Unvaccinated cadets will graduate, but won’t receive commissions, Air Force Academy says

FILE - Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Ga., crowds into an elevator on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. The Democratic incumbent of 30 years, now Georgia’s senior congressman, is likely to face his toughest reelection campaign in a decade, with six Republicans running in the May 24 primary in hopes of winning the party’s nomination to challenge Bishop. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Georgia’s senior congressman facing toughest race since 2010

Air Force Academy cadets make their way to their seats as family and friends cheer from the stands during the United States Air Force Academy's Class of 2021 graduation ceremony at the USAFA in Colorado Springs, Colo., on May 26, 2021. Four cadets at the Air Force Academy may not graduate or be commissioned as military officers in May 2022, because they have refused the COVID-19 vaccine, and they may be required to pay back thousands of dollars in tuition costs, according to Air Force officials. (Chancey Bush/The Gazette via AP, File)

4 Air Force cadets may not graduate due to vaccine refusal

The Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington is photographed early in the morning on May 14, 2013. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Air Force members accused of stealing ammo for anti-government causes

Two F-15E Strike Eagles wait to receive fuel from a KC-135R Stratotanker Jan. 23, 2015, on their way to Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., in support of Red Flag 15-1. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Aaron J. Jenne/Released) **FILE**

Air Force tests ship-killing bombs in Gulf of Mexico

Air Force One with President Joe Biden arrives at Portland International Airport in Portland, Ore., Thursday, April 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)

Boeing CEO laments Air Force One deal with Trump

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. William T. Cooley, Air Force Research Laboratory commander, delivers remarks during a press conference inside the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, on April 18, 2019. Cooley, has been convicted, Saturday, April 23, 2022, by a military judge of one of three specifications of abusive sexual contact in the first-ever military trial of an Air Force general. (Wesley Farnsworth/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Docked pay, reprimand in first-ever Air Force general trial

A member of the U.S. Air Force stands near a Patriot missile battery at the Prince Sultan air base in al-Kharj, central Saudi Arabia, on Feb. 20, 2020. The U.S. has transferred a significant number of Patriot antimissile interceptors to Saudi Arabia in recent weeks as the Biden administration looks to ease what has been a point of tension in the increasingly complicated U.S.-Saudi relationship. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP, File)

Judge blocks Air Force discipline over vaccine objections

A South Korean Air force's KT-1 aircraft takes off in Yecheon, South Korea on Oct. 4, 2015. Two KT-1 trainer aircraft of the South Korean air force, crashed into a mountain in the southeastern city of Sacheon after colliding, emergency officials said. (Yonhap via AP)

2 South Korean air force planes collide and crash, killing 4

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The Lockheed MC-130 Combat Talon II isa special mission aircraft operated by the United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), a wing of the Air Education and Training Command, and an AFSOC-gained wing of the Air Force Reserve Command. Based on the Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport, the MC-130s' missions are the infiltration, exfiltration, and resupply of special operations forces, and the air refueling of (primarily) special operations helicopter and tilt-rotor aircraft. The first of the variants, the MC-130E, was developed to support clandestine special operations missions during the Vietnam War. Eighteen were created by modifying C-130E transports, and four lost through attrition,[citation needed] but the remainder served more than four decades after their initial modification. An update, the MC-130H Combat Talon II, was developed in the 1980s from the C-130H and went into service in the 1990s. Four of the original 24 H-series aircraft have been lost in operations. The Combat Shadows were built during the Vietnam War for search and rescue operations and repurposed in the 1980s as AFSOC air-refueling tankers; the last of the 24 retired in 2015. The Combat Spear was developed in 2006 as an inexpensive version of the Combat Talon II but was reconfigured and designated the AC-130W Stinger II in 2012. The MC-130J, which became operational in 2011, is the new-production variant that is replacing the other special operations MC-130s. As of May 2016, the Air Force has taken delivery of 33 of the planned 37 -J models. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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The committee said it held 18 hearings — both public and closed — to gather information from the Biden administration before writing the legislation. 

House rolls out $761 billion defense funding bill, tracking Biden request →

Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck said the combination of missile threats, cyberattacks and information warfare indicates Northcom “is facing the most dynamic and strategically complex set of challenges in the history of the command.”

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