OSCODA, Mich. (AP) — Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson is pledging cooperation with the state of Michigan over toxic chemical pollution near a former military installation, despite a continuing dispute about cleanup responsibilities.

Wilson made the promise in a letter to U.S. Sen. Gary ...

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Congress members representing southwestern Ohio say Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton will get at least 400 new jobs as it adds a mission related to managing versions of the F-35 strike fighter.

The Pentagon’s decision to base the F-35 Hybrid Product Support ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tinker Air Force Base has been selected to oversee the maintenance of the U.S. Air Force’s new long-range strike bomber, the B-21 Raider.

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson visited the Oklahoma City base on Friday to make the announcement.

The Air Force ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is inaugurating its 19th president.

Jim Rankin has been on the job since January. The South Dakota Board of Regents named him to succeed Heather Wilson, who left the school last year to become U.S. Air Force ...

DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Air Force says it is awarding Lockheed Martin a $7.2 billion contract to build 22 next-generation Global Positioning System satellites.

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said in a Friday

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson was in North Dakota to commemorate the launch of the first large drone to fly beyond sight of the pilot and without a manned airplane to observe the plane.

The flight was conducted Monday by General Atomics Aeronautical ...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — An unmanned aircraft test site in North Dakota is set to fly its first large drone beyond sight of the pilot and without using a manned airplane to observe the flight.

The Federal Aviation Administration in 2016 allowed the Northern Plains Test Site in Grand Forks ...

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Two mothers unveiled the green highway sign on a June morning.

Moments earlier, members of a solemn crowd stood in the grass next to a parking lot and bowed their heads. Mike Chase, the director of Strode Funeral Home, delivered a prayer.

His steady voice ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The Air Force is cutting 72 jobs from its base in Colorado Springs as the service’s computer warfare efforts will no longer be overseen by the Air Force Space Command.

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ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (AP) — Georgia lawmakers on Capitol Hill say the Air Force will house its new battlefield information gathering system at Robins Air Force Base in the state’s central region.

The military’s Advanced Battle Management System will be used for surveillance and ...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force says bases in Missouri, South Dakota and Texas will receive the next-generation B-21 bomber to replace existing aircraft starting in the mid-2020s.

The Air Force said Wednesday that Dyess Air Force Base in Texas, Ellsworth Air Force Base in South ...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A nonprofit has donated the region’s first two temperature-controlled beds to preserve stillborn babies at hospitals.

The Virginian-Pilot reports that the nonprofit ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in southern Arizona will be the site of continued experimentation aimed at collecting data to enable the Air Force to buy an off-the-shelf light-attack aircraft at low cost.

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson says in a news release issued ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Colorado congressman Doug Lamborn is trying to stop the closure of a small Air Force squadron that flies generals and classified cargo in two Lear jets.

The Gazette reports that lawmakers were blindsided by Air Force ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence plans to visit Las Vegas and a nearby air base to highlight an industrial entrepreneurship program and speak to troops.

The White House says Pence will travel with Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson on Thursday for the appearance at AFWERX Vegas, ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s congressional delegation is urging the Air Force to transfer some older combat search-and-rescue helicopters to the state National Guard when new models enter service with an active-duty unit at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque.

Sens. Tom Udall ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A graduate of South Dakota School of Mines and Technology has been named the school’s 19th president.

The South Dakota Board of Regents announced the appointment Tuesday of Jim Rankin. Rankin grew up in Fort Pierre and graduated from SD Mines in 1978 with a ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The state Board of Regents has named four finalists for the presidency at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City.

The presidency has been vacant since Heather Wilson resigned in May to become Air Force secretary.

The finalists are ...

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is planning a visit to North Dakota.

U.S. Sen. John Hoeven says Pence will visit Minot Air Force Base on Friday.

Hoeven is a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and co-chairman of the ...

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (AP) — Officials of the Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha are hoping two new projects will help it survive the next round of military base closures.

The Pentagon has given about $1.2 billion to the construction of a new headquarters for the U.S. Strategic Command ...

SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force secretary has visited the Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri to discuss the future of the base’s aircraft as the agency experiences budget woes.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Republican lawmakers questioned the Air Force’s top civilian official on Wednesday about alleged improprieties in the way it acquires multimillion-dollar aircraft.

Reps. Ted Budd and Walter Jones, both of North Carolina, said in a letter sent Wednesday to Air Force ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Heather Wilson flips through a scrapbook documenting the pregnancies and births of her two daughters.

There are hospital bands from the days she went into labor, portrait photos of her pregnant belly, stickers featuring storks and flowers.

The last page, ...

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation say the Air Force is giving the final go-ahead to move two F-16 squadrons at least temporarily from Hill Air Force Base in Utah to Holloman Air Force Base in southern New Mexico.

The announcement Saturday by ...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — An interim president has been named at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology as officials seek a permanent replacement for Heather Wilson.

Wilson submitted her resignation effective Wednesday after the U.S. Senate confirmed her as Air Force secretary. The ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque City Councilor Pat Davis is running as a Democrat for U.S. Congress in New Mexico’s central district.

Davis formally announced his campaign for the Democratic nomination on Thursday at a brief news conference. He is a former police officer who directs ...