Air Force Brig. Gen. Michael E. Conley is poised to leapfrog from being a one-star general to three stars if he is confirmed as the new leader of Air Force Special Operations Command, or AFSOC.

Radically reinventing the Air Force won't win a future fight, its director for force design said. The Air Force has been analyzing and wargaming what it'll need to defeat a top adversary.

An anonymous tip about the dispensers launched the inspector general's audit into the spare parts. "The Air Force needs to establish and implement more effective internal controls to help prevent ...