Tag: Air Force

Snowbirds Grounded in ‘Operational Pause’ as BC Accident Investigated: Air Force

The Royal Canadian Air Force has ordered an “operational pause” for its Snowbird air demonstration squadron jets after a crash earlier this month. A statement from Maj.-Gen. Iain Huddleston, commander of 1 Canadian Air Division, says the CT-114 Tutor jets will not fly until an airworthiness risk assessment can be completed. The decision to ground…


Attorney ‘Thrilled’ After Federal Judge Blocks COVID Vaccine Mandate for Air Force, Air National Guard

A federal judge in Ohio on Wednesday blocked the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate nationwide for Air Force, Space Force and Air National Guard service members who requested religious exemptions. In his 4-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Matthew McFarland said the government failed to “raise any persuasive arguments for why the Court should not extend the Preliminary Injunction issued…


Judge Orders Air Force Not to Punish Members Seeking Religious Exemptions to COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

Air Force officials were ordered on July 27 not to discipline airmen who are seeking religious exemptions to the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. U.S. District Judge Matthew McFarland, a Trump appointee, entered a preliminary injunction against the force. McFarland two weeks earlier issued a temporary restraining order. He asked the military to make its case…


Air Force Instructor Fired for Rejecting COVID Testing and Vaccine, Says Many More Facing Termination

Retired Lt. Col. Sandy Miarecki, who served over 20 years in the Air Force as a pilot, was given a notice of proposed removal from her position as an instructor at the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) on July 14 for refusing COVID-19 vaccination and testing. At the beginning of the school term, in January 2022,…


Air Force Instructor Faces Removal for Rejecting COVID Testing and Vaccine, Says Many More Facing Termination

Retired Lt. Col. Sandy Miarecki, who served over 20 years in the Air Force as a pilot, was given a notice of proposed removal from her position as an instructor at the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) on July 14 for refusing COVID-19 vaccination and testing. At the beginning of the school term, in January 2022,…


Air Force Establishes New Division to ‘Protect Canadian Interests in Space’

The Royal Canadian Air Force’s newest division is focused on extraterrestrial matters. A reorganization of the existing space-focused team will now be known as 3 Canadian Space Division, with Brig.-Gen. Mike Adamson in command. Defence Minister Anita Anand calls space a “critical domain for national security,” and says the division is part of building a…


Court Blocks Biden Admin From Punishing Unvaccinated Air Force Members

A federal district court in Ohio has temporarily blocked the Biden administration from enforcing the COVID-19 vaccine mandate on thousands of U.S. Air Force service members who remain unvaccinated after having opposed the shot on religious grounds but have had their religious exemption applications denied. U.S. District Court Judge Matthew McFarland, who was appointed by…


Court Blocks Biden Admin From Punishing Unvaccinated All Air Force Members

A federal district court in Ohio has temporarily blocked the Biden administration from enforcing the COVID-19 vaccine mandate on thousands of U.S. Air Force service members who remain unvaccinated after having opposed the shot on religious grounds but have had their religious exemption applications denied. U.S. District Court Judge Matthew McFarland, who was appointed by…


Mom Single-Handedly Homeschools 7 Kids During Air Force Husband’s Longest Deployment

A military wife, who has seven children with her husband in the U.S. Air Force, has opened up about the faith-driven, humungous task of homeschooling during her husband’s long deployments, and the love that makes every second worthwhile. Stay-at-home mom Marcie Ball, 37, was a teacher until 2010 when she had her first child. She…


‘God’s Great Outdoors’: Navy Vet Takes Air Force Vet Mom on Epic Tour of 20 States

A retired Navy nurse took her 95-year-old mother, a U.S. Air Force veteran diagnosed with dementia, on a 26,000-mile adventure across the United States. Together, they passed through 70 cities in 20 states, collecting stories and experiences like none they’d had before. Teresa Lee McFarland of Lone Pine, California, is 63 years old. She retired…