Tag Archives: US Air Force

NYT: Multiple B-2 Stealth Bombers Are On The Move

The New York Times reports: Multiple U.S. Air Force B-2 bombers appeared to be airborne and heading west from the United States across the Pacific, and President Trump is scheduled to return to the White House late on Saturday afternoon from New Jersey as he deliberates about whether to join Israel’s efforts to destroy Iran’s nuclear sites. Air traffic control …

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Convicted Pentagon Leaker To Face Court Martial

Reuters reports: Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard who has pleaded guilty in federal court to a massive leak of classified U.S. national security documents online, will face a court-martial on charges that he also violated military laws. Teixeira, 22, will face a trial on military charges that he obstructed justice following the discovery of one …

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Airman Who Leaked Pentagon Docs To Plead Guilty

ABC News reports: Jack Teixeira, the young Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of leaking a trove of classified military documents and posting them online, has reached an agreement with federal prosecutors to plead guilty, according to a new court filing and sources familiar with the case. On Thursday, federal prosecutors in Boston filed a motion for a Rule 11 hearing …

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US Airman Who Set Self On Fire Had Anarchist Past

The Washington Post reports: Less than two weeks before Aaron Bushnell walked toward the gates of the Israeli Embassy on Sunday, he and a friend talked by phone about their shared identities as anarchists and what kinds of risks and sacrifices were needed to be effective. Bushnell was raised in a religious compound in Orleans, Mass., on Cape Cod, according …

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Biden Selects Livery Design For Next Air Force One

Via press release from the United States Air Force: President of the United States Joe Biden selected the livery design for the “Next Air Force One,” VC-25B, a design that will closely resemble the livery of the current Air Force One, VC-25A, while also modernizing for the 21st century. While accounting for the VC-25B’s larger 747-8i aircraft, the VC-25B livery …

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Air Force General Predicts US-China War Over Taiwan

NBC News reports: A four-star Air Force general sent a memo on Friday to the officers he commands that predicts the U.S. will be at war with China in two years and tells them to get ready to prep by firing “a clip” at a target, and “aim for the head.” In the memo sent Friday and obtained by NBC …

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