JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- The tactical air control party Officer Phase Two assessment took place for the first time from August 24 to 30 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The TOPT assessment ...

The Air Force is seeking to eliminate nearly half of its elite Tactical Air Control Party over the next three years as it continues to retire the legendary A-10 Warthog aircraft. The special ...

There’s a new movie, Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant, coming out this spring about a former Army Special Forces soldier who travels back to Afghanistan to rescue a former interpreter who saved his life. In ...

A female basic cadet crosses an obstacle during Basic Cadet Training in Jacks Valley at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Wednesday, July 23, 2014. A handful of female ...

TOWER BARRACKS, Germany - From supporting Gold Star families to hosting Memorial Day ceremonies, the U.S. military has a tradition of honoring men and women who gave their lives in service. For ...

Tactical air control party specialists provide overwatch of friendly forces using a PSN-13 global positioning system and an AN/PRC-117F multiband manpack radio. The Air Force this month activated a ...

The US Air Force has begun retiring the A-10, an aircraft famed for its role in close air support. The service plans to reduce Tactical Air Control Party airmen, who call in airstrikes. The moves ...

A sixth woman has begun the Air Force's battlefield airman training program in hopes to become the service's first female Tactical Air Control Party airman, according to Air Education and Training ...

Want to know everything about the Air Force’s TACP pipeline and mission? In this video, we cover how to become a TACP, who and what TACP’s work with, and discuss SOF and conventional TACP’s. We even ...

As Congress moves toward retiring more A-10 Warthogs from service, the Air Force also aims to cut over the next three years the number of elite airmen responsible for calling in close-air support on ...