Air National Guardsmen returned home to Fairchild Air Force Base after a six-month deployment to the Middle East.

A grass fire swept through dozens of acres west of Fairchild Air Force Base on Wednesday. The fire started just after 3 p.m.

Officials at Offutt Air Force Base sent notice Thursday that the base will be conducting the “largest and most intensive military exercise” in its history.

(Andrew Harnik/AP) The U.S. Air Force is sending teams to a number of bases to ensure compliance ... as an investigative practicum student at The Washington Post, where he contributed to the ...