Air Force Says Former Qatari 747 Will be Ready to Fly Trump as Air Force One This Summer
The U.S. Air Force has finished modifying and testing a Boeing 747 jet donated by Qatar for temporary use as Air Force One and expects to have it ready for President Donald Trump to use this summer, the service announced late Friday. The jet is currently being painted red, white and blue, the Air Force […]
Air Force's New Physical Training Uniform Finally Set to Hit Exchange Store Shelves this Summer
Airmen at basic military training have finally started to receive new physical training clothes, nearly two years after they were promised to service members. Sarah Fiocco, an Air Force spokesperson, told Military.com on Thursday that airmen at basic training began receiving the remodeled physical training clothes last month. Chris Ward, a spokesman for the Army […]
All US Commissaries Plan to Offer Home Delivery of Groceries Starting in Late Summer
Troops, military families and veterans in the U.S. may be able to have their commissary groceries delivered right to their front door this summer, according to the Defense Commissary Agency. The home deliveries, set to begin in late summer, are planned as an expansion of the agency’s COVID-19 pandemic-era accessibility program and would be provided […]
‘Red Summer 1919’: A Vietnam Veteran Composed a Powerful Opera to Honor Black Veterans of World War I
When World War I ended and the troops returned home, the spirit of the war that bound Americans together quickly fell apart. Nowhere was this more apparent than among the Black communities throughout the country, which were subjected to racial violence on a whole new level. But in 1919, Black Americans fought back like never […]