air force

Military branch of service primarily concerned with aerial warfare

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Jan 26, 2026

Sig pistol misfire

A growing body of , media investigations and alleges that ’s modular P320/M18 pistols have discharged without a trigger pull, causing injuries and at least one death; SIG Sauer strongly disputes those...

Dec 10, 2025

Is US Military recruitment up_

U.S. military recruitment has reversed years of shortfalls and is up in 2024–25: the Army contracted more than 61,000 recruits for FY2025—about 10% higher than its FY2024 goal—and the services reporte...

Nov 27, 2025

How are US forces in Europe funded and what is the annual cost to maintain major bases?

U.S. forces in Europe are funded through a mix of regular Department of Defense appropriations and targeted programs such as the European Deterrence Initiative (EDI), which had a FY2025 request of $2....

Jan 30, 2026

Has Trumps plane been siezed yet

No credible reporting indicates ’s official airplane has been seized; instead, recent coverage documents a mid‑January diversion and swap to a backup jet after a "minor electrical issue," and separate...

Jan 12, 2026

What was the payment Qatar gave Donald Trump?

The “payment” from Qatar to Donald Trump was not cash but a customized Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet — widely reported and publicly described as a gift valued at roughly $400 million — that Qatar offered to ...

Nov 22, 2025

what unlawful orders has trump given

Available reporting does not list a catalog of specific “unlawful orders” that President Trump has given; instead recent coverage centers on Democrats warning troops to refuse unspecified illegal orde...

Nov 28, 2025

How much did Biden spend on vacations each year of his presidency?

There is no authoritative public accounting in the provided sources that lists “how much Biden spent on vacations each year” in a single, official table; media and partisan groups offer conflicting ta...

Jan 12, 2026

Which individuals died on January 6 and what were the official causes of death according to medical examiners?

Official postmortem findings and public reporting identify a small group of people who died on January 6, 2021 or in the immediate aftermath; medical examiners attributed those deaths to distinct caus...

Jan 13, 2026

How well does the F35 operate in the extreme cold of Alaska?

The F-35 has been repeatedly tested and deployed in Alaska’s extreme cold and, while the jet is broadly certified for Arctic operations after climatic testing, real-world winters have exposed specific...

Dec 1, 2025

What is the accumulated costs of Trump’s Airforce 1 flights since he was inaugurated for the second time?

There is no single public tally of the accumulated taxpayer cost of President Trump’s Air Force One flights since his second inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025; press reporting and analysts estimate per‑ho...

Dec 12, 2025

How much did the Obama’s spend on trips and vacations?

Analyses of how much the Obamas “spent” on trips and vacations vary widely because groups count different things: Judicial Watch’s document-based tallies put known Secret Service and Air Force travel ...

Oct 17, 2025

can military arrest ice agents for civil rights infractions

The short answer is: , because federal law sharply restricts using the military to execute domestic law and there is no precedent for military arrests of ICE for civil‑rights infractions. Remedies for...

Jan 24, 2026

Has the activist William Kelly publicly released documentation of his military service or discharge status, and what do those documents show?

There is no reporting in the provided sources that has publicly released documentation proving his own ; the only direct profile of an activist named William Kelly in the dataset is a that does not pr...

Jan 14, 2026

What are the annual operating costs of major US bases in Germany, Italy, and the UK?

The reporting does not contain definitive, up‑to‑the‑minute line‑item operating budgets for individual major U.S. bases in Germany, Italy, or the United Kingdom, so a precise per‑base annual “operatin...

Oct 22, 2025

What percentage of US military pilots are African American?

Reliable, public reporting shows , but precise, service-wide percentages are not consistently published. The clearest published figure is that , while more granular counts—such as the number of Black ...

Oct 10, 2025

Who pays for charlie kirk's body to be flown back to arizona on air force 2

Charlie Kirk’s casket was transported on Air Force Two from Utah to Arizona, a move reported across multiple outlets and widely discussed online; the sources provided do contain an explicit invoice or...

Dec 12, 2025

Which Saudi royal gifted a private jet to Donald Trump and when did it occur?

President Donald Trump accepted a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet offered by the royal family of Qatar in May 2025; the offer and the administration’s move to take the plane as a gift were first widely ...

Dec 11, 2025

How did the use of the Bronze Star for valor evolve through Korea, Vietnam, and post-9/11 conflicts?

The Bronze Star was created in 1944 and, from the start, could distinguish meritorious service from combat heroism by the addition of a small "V" device—first authorized by the Army in 1945 and adopte...

Nov 26, 2025

Can someone joined the air force as a pilot with glasses

Yes — you can become an Air Force pilot while wearing glasses, but the service enforces specific uncorrected and corrected acuity rules and sometimes stricter standards for certain pilot tracks; for e...