Jezebel: Air Force

Air Force's Swinging Sergeant Discharged For Lying About HIV

Anna North — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:38:00 EST

An Air Force sergeant will be dishonorably discharged for failing to disclose his HIV status at swinging parties, meaning he'll lose the medical benefits he needs to manage the disease. More »

Reported Sexual Assaults Up 64% At Military Academies

Anna North — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 09:36:00 EST

Sexual assaults at US military academies were up 64% last academic year, according to a Defense Dept. report. And while the Air Force had the biggest increase, they may actually be doing the most to combat assault. More »

Behind Every F-16, There's A Strong Woman (Or There Should Be)

Margaret Hartmann — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:50:00 EDT

[Pittsburgh, September 9: Paula Creamer, 2010 Women's U.S. Open Champion, goes over flight instruments with Kristin "Mother" Hubbard before flying in an F-16 with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds at the Air Force Reserve Base in Pittsburgh. Image via Getty.]

I Dream Of Deanie

Anna Holmes — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:10:00 EST

[Washington, D.C., March 10. Image via Getty]

VA Report: 1 In 7 Deployed Female Soldiers Suffer From Sexual Trauma

Jessica G. — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:30:00 EDT

According to data just released by Veterans Affairs researchers, one in seven women deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan report being sexually harassed or assaulted during their military service. In addition, these sexually assaulted women (like former Air Force cadet Jessica Brakey, pictured) are almost 60% more likely to suffer from mental health problems than the average veteran, according to USA Today. Rachel Kimerling of the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder at the VA center in Palo Alto tells the LA Times, "If you think about military service where you are living and working so closely with the same people, that even if it is not sexual assault ... it is possible that severe sexual harassment is just as traumatic." More »

Does This Look Like A Battery To You? No? Then Please Join the Air Force

Megan Carpentier — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:00:00 EDT

Hey, so, Moe's locked out of her house and I get to write the intro, which means it'll be less stream-of-consciousness and more... something else, I don't know I haven't had any coffee but I'm definitely less hung over than yesterday and not nearly as screwed as Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley and Secretary Michael W. Wynne who got fired yesterday because no one in the Air Force knows how to keep our nuclear technology safe or to themselves. We also parse PegNoo, talk about Crazy Dana Rohrabacher and his used underwear fetish, the Bridge to Nowhere, how to get out of nowhere, Lincoln and the syph, and how Moe is going to make her escape from Brooklyn (hint: it probably involves a bridge). All that is after the jump! More »