Read more US Air Force stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/20791/us-air-force.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:12:20 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73357/us-airman-shot-dead-in-mexican-strip-bar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn off-duty US Air Force sergeant was among six people shot dead at a Mexican strip club last night. Hooded men armed with automatic weapons entered the club in Ciudad Juarez and sought out the victims. "It appears drugs were being sold at the place," a military official told Reuters...http://www.newser.com/story/73357/us-airman-shot-dead-in-mexican-strip-bar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 3:01:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68045/petraeus-sorry-for-razzing-air-force.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe head of US Central Command has apologized to the Air Force after making a joke at the service's expense, the Air Force Times reports. A rep for the Air Force chief of staff said the apology was accepted. David Petraeus, an Army general who commands US operations in Iraq...http://www.newser.com/story/68045/petraeus-sorry-for-razzing-air-force.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 13:53:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67951/in-f-22s-wake-usaf-embraces-cheaper-aircraft.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe scrapping of the F-22 has sent the US Air Force into an abrupt about-face, Time reports. Newly installed officials are asking for 100 cheap, multirole planes that can attack ground positions and also be used to train other countries' pilots in their use. The aircraft must have a range...http://www.newser.com/story/67951/in-f-22s-wake-usaf-embraces-cheaper-aircraft.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 14:42:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66317/congress-plans-550m-upgrade-to-its-jet-fleet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCongress plans to spend $550 million to upgrade and expand the fleet of jets used to ferry federal officials around the country and abroad, the Wall Street Journa l reports. Funds approved by the House for the military-run fleet call for two 737s and two Gulfstream jets on top of...http://www.newser.com/story/66317/congress-plans-550m-upgrade-to-its-jet-fleet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Aug 2009 7:51:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60244/air-force-ship-becomes-artificial-reef-off-fla-keys.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDemolition experts sank an Air Force ship this morning to create an artificial reef in the Florida Keys, the AP reports. The 17,000-ton, WWII-era cargo ship took less than 2 minutes to sink after a series of explosions. The new "reef" is expected to bring in about $8 million...http://www.newser.com/story/60244/air-force-ship-becomes-artificial-reef-off-fla-keys.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 27 May 2009 13:40:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59810/alert-air-passenger-warns-of-fuel-leak.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn eagle-eyed passenger warned a 747 flight crew about a fuel leak on a recent Japan-bound flight from Chicago, CNN reports. Air Force Sgt. Bartek Bachleda, who serves in an air refueling squadron, spotted vapor billowing from behind the wing and realized the jet was losing fuel fast. He alerted...http://www.newser.com/story/59810/alert-air-passenger-warns-of-fuel-leak.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 22 May 2009 7:31:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59811/air-force-pilot-killed-in-mojave-desert-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA military pilot was killed when his jet crashed in the Mojave Desert north of California's Edwards Air Force Base yesterday, the AP reports. Military officials said the T-38 Talon was on a training flight. The navigator ejected and is in stable condition in hospital. The crash, still under investigation,...http://www.newser.com/story/59811/air-force-pilot-killed-in-mojave-desert-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 22 May 2009 6:51:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56677/college-football-great-doc-blanchard-dies-at-84.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFelix “Doc” Blanchard, who won the 1945 Heisman Trophy as part of Army’s famed “Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside” backfield tandem, died yesterday of pneumonia, ESPN reports. The legendary fullback, linebacker, placekicker, and punter was 84. In 1944-46, Blanchard— “Mr. Inside” to fellow Heisman winner Glenn Davis’ “Mr. Outside”—led...http://www.newser.com/story/56677/college-football-great-doc-blanchard-dies-at-84.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Apr 2009 12:07:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53607/air-force-nurse-charged-in-3-deaths.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Air Force nurse has been charged with giving lethal amounts of medication to three terminally ill patients in his care. Capt. Michael Fontana, 35, was formally charged in military court with deliberately giving three patients at Wilford Hall Medical Center—the Air Force's largest hospital—lethal amounts of medication,...http://www.newser.com/story/53607/air-force-nurse-charged-in-3-deaths.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Mar 2009 16:15:38 CDT