Stephen Losey

A Russian fighter flew “within several feet” of an Air Force reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea Monday in the latest in a series of alarmingly close encounters between the two militaries.

Improperly cleaned medical equipment at the clinic at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar may have exposed as many as 135 patients to blood-borne diseases such as HIV and Hepatitis B and C over an eight-year period.

A lockdown at Travis Air Force Base in California has been lifted after police found no signs of gunshots being fired at the base exchange.

The U.S.-led coalition waging the air war against the Islamic State released 4,374 weapons in Iraq and Syria in May — by far the most of any month since the war began.

The 56th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Base has cancelled local flying operations for its F-35A Lightning II fighters after five incidents in which pilots experienced hypoxia-like symptoms.

The comments from the president immediately raised the stakes for a major U.S. hub in the region at Al-Udeid, which serves as the “nerve center” for the U.S. air war in Iraq and Syria, and which bases 10,000 American troops.

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said Monday that a diplomatic split between Qatar and four other Arab nations won’t affect the war against the Islamic State and other U.S. operations.

The number of weapons released by U.S. and allied aircraft in Afghanistan sharply spiked in April, hitting the highest point in nearly five years.

Col. Charles McGee — an original Tuskegee Airman, veteran of three wars, and aviation legend — still clearly remembers the day he shot down a German Luftwaffe fighter.

The Pentagon says he’s “reviewing the readiness of the services” while two transgender academy cadets are stuck in limbo.