--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Air Force ## Air Force Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  May 17, 2018 ## [U.S. Air Force Apologizes for Tweet Comparing Air Strikes to 'Yanny' and 'Laurel' Meme](https://time.com/5281046/air-force-yanny-laurel-audio-clip/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Katie Reilly *  Nov 8, 2017 ## [Error That Let Texas Shooter Buy Gun Is Widespread](https://time.com/5014492/devin-kelley-domestic-violence-air-force-review/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by W.J. Hennigan *  Sep 29, 2017 ## [Air Force Academy: 'You Should Be Outraged' by Racial Slurs](https://time.com/4962633/air-force-prep-academy-racial-slurs/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Tessa Berenson Rogers *  Sep 18, 2017 ## [When the U.S. Air Force Got More Recruits Than It Could Handle](https://time.com/4927718/air-force-anniversary-recruit-photos/) by Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk *  Feb 6, 2017 ## [Watch Live: President Trump Addresses MacDill Air Force Base](https://time.com/4661131/watch-live-president-trump-addresses-macdill-air-force-base/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Maya Rhodan *  Jun 30, 2016 ## [The $75,000 Cello: One Reason Military Bands Hit a Sour Note](https://time.com/4390137/cello-military-band-air-force/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Mark Thompson *  Jun 2, 2016 ## [Fighter Jet Crashes After Colorado Springs Air Force Academy Flyover](https://time.com/4355831/fighter-jet-colorado-springs-air-force-academy/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Denver Nicks *  Feb 29, 2016 ## [Air Force Wants Your Help Naming New B-21 Bomber](https://time.com/4241339/air-force-b21-long-range-strike-bomber-name/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Mark Thompson *  Feb 25, 2016 ## [Women Can Now Fight in One of the World's Largest Armies](https://time.com/4236841/india-army-women-combat-roles-mukherjee/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Rishi Iyengar *  Jul 15, 2015 ## [This Is How the Air Force Plans to Fix its Drone Pilot Shortage](https://time.com/3958645/air-force-bonuses-drone-pilots/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Ben Geier/Fortune *  Jul 1, 2015 ## [Indonesian Military Plane Crash Death Toll Reaches 141](https://time.com/3942696/indonesia-military-plane-crash-medan-sumatra-toll/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Rishi Iyengar *  Jun 23, 2015 ## [See Powerful Photos of Wounded Warrior Athletes](https://time.com/3932182/wounded-warriors-military-veterans/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by TIME Photo *  May 27, 2015 ## [Elon Musk's SpaceX Is About to Tap a Huge New Market](https://time.com/3897641/elon-musk-spacex-pentagon/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Fortune *  May 7, 2015 ## [Meet the First Female U.S. Pilot to Fly the F-35 Lightning II Jet](https://time.com/3850145/christine-mau/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by NBC News *  Mar 13, 2015 ## [Air Force Security Can Again Say 'Have A Blessed Day'](https://time.com/3743810/air-force-first-admendment-military-civil-liberties-religious-freedom/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Kevin McSpadden ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/air-force/","name":"Air Force"}}]}] ```