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Arcs in the news about United States Air Force from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Organization · 148 stories · 701 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 26, 2023

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Nov 6, 2023122113106
Nov 27, 2023716664
Dec 4, 202313267167
Dec 11, 202368329
Dec 25, 202314324
Jan 8, 2024163214196
Jan 15, 2024313657
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Jan 29, 20241116680
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Feb 26, 2024122211176
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Apr 29, 202405229
May 6, 202449439
May 13, 202429231
May 20, 20241109
May 27, 2024615680
Jul 15, 202427430
Jul 29, 2024710241
Aug 12, 202417214
Aug 26, 202425017
Oct 28, 202436319
Nov 18, 20240326
Nov 25, 202425514
Dec 16, 20240329
Jan 27, 202528332
Feb 10, 20251106
Feb 17, 2025613854
Mar 3, 20250318
Mar 10, 202505214
Mar 17, 20253121034
Mar 24, 202537031
May 5, 20250101
May 19, 20251428
Jun 9, 202516116
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Aug 4, 202557234
Aug 18, 20250326
Aug 25, 202516526
Sep 29, 20251207
Oct 6, 20251101134
Oct 13, 202503611
Oct 20, 20250215
Nov 10, 20250338
Dec 1, 202505116
Dec 8, 20251128
Dec 15, 202524315
Feb 9, 202624217
Feb 16, 20260055
Feb 23, 20260539
Mar 2, 202648326
Mar 9, 2026102612148
Mar 16, 202608429
Mar 30, 202610181387
Apr 6, 202649539
May 11, 202626635
Jun 15, 20261021888
Jun 22, 20261127
Jun 29, 202625737
Jul 6, 202614557
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Jul 20, 202617418
Jul 27, 2026171030
Aug 3, 202635520
Aug 10, 202626837
Aug 17, 2026104110208
Aug 24, 2026122811139
Aug 31, 20261308
Sep 7, 20261308
Sep 14, 202692815158
Sep 21, 2026154517203
Sep 28, 2026123619151

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else23 stories in 2025 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about United States Air Force that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Dec 14– 15JetBlue plane near Venezuela avoids ‘midair collision’ with US Air Force aircraft25 articles · 20 independent sources
    3 left, 4 center, 5 right
  2. Sep 30US establishes new Reaper drone unit 250 miles from China7 articles · 7 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 0 right
  3. Aug 28– 29US offers military funeral honors to Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt27 articles · 21 independent sources
    1 left, 6 center, 5 right
  4. Aug 19Air Force Chief Gen. David Allvin to retire as Trump reshapes military leadership6 articles · 5 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 2 right
  5. Aug 7– 8US Air Force to deny retirement pay to transgender service members being separated from the service35 articles · 28 independent sources
    5 left, 7 center, 2 right
  6. May 20– 21Venezuela frees US Air Force veteran considered wrongfully detained, his family says8 articles · 8 independent sources
    1 left, 4 center, 2 right

Stories that name United States Air Force

  1. Dec 3– 4Air Force Thunderbird jet crashes during California training session16 articles · 9 independent sources
    0 left, 5 center, 1 right
  2. Nov 13– 14Transgender members of the Air Force sue over losing retirement pay8 articles · 8 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 3 right
  3. Oct 24US Military Flew Supersonic B-1 Bombers up to the Coast of Venezuela5 articles · 5 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 1 right
  4. Oct 15Plane carrying Secretary of War Pete Hegseth makes unscheduled landing in U.K. due to cracked windshield12 articles · 10 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 6 right
  5. Oct 10– 11US announces it will allow Qatar to build an Air Force facility in Idaho36 articles · 29 independent sources
    1 left, 10 center, 11 right
  6. Jun 23Iran attacks US military base in Qatar39 articles · 26 independent sources
    7 left, 5 center, 11 right
  7. Jun 13US helps Israel shoot down barrage of Iranian missiles9 articles · 9 independent sources
    0 left, 4 center, 1 right
  8. Jun 9Explosion at a US air base in southern Japan injures 4 Japanese soldiers7 articles · 7 independent sources
    1 left, 3 center, 0 right
  9. Mar 29Close call reported between Delta flight and Air Force jet near Reagan National20 articles · 15 independent sources
    1 left, 5 center, 0 right
  10. Mar 29Passenger flight and Air Force jet diverted from potential collision at DC airport13 articles · 11 independent sources
    2 left, 2 center, 0 right
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