U.S. Air Force

Governor Kay Ivey has ordered flags on all state government buildings to be flown at half staff, in honor of an Air National Guard member killed in Iraq last week.Major John Kliner lived in Trussville and was also an Auburn graduate.

A pilot from Alabama had just been promoted to major in January and had been deployed less than a week when the refueling aircraft he was aboard crashed in Iraq this week, killing him and five others.

Major Edward Madison Jr. has lived a life of service to others. He served his community as a deacon at his local church, he served his country in the United States Air Force, and he currently serves the people of Selma, Alabama as their city attorney. This week on StoryCorps, Major Madison explores how he discovered his passion for public service.

James H. Harvey III is 101 years old and one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen. The Black U.S. Air Force pilots and crew based at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama fought in North Africa and Europe in World War II. One of their last accomplishments was winning the first U.S. Air Force Gunnery Meet in 1949, a forerunner of the U.S. Navy “Top Gun” school.

Sports Minded host Brittany Young and guest Mike Hill - Studio Host for FS1 Los Angeles - discuss Hill growing up in Bessemer, Alabama and working at ESPN and Fox Sports. They also talk about Super Bowl LIX, NBA All-Star weekend and the future of college athletics.

The U.S. Air Force is announcing the reinstatement of training courses with videos of its storied Tuskegee Airmen. This follows outcry of the military's removal of the materials to comply with the Trump administration's crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives (DEI).

The City of Birmingham plans to continue a tradition that’s been around since 1947. Organizers say The Magic City held the very first Veterans Day parade seven years before the day became a national holiday in 1954.

Last week on StoryCorps, we met Ray Nicholson and Alvin Lovett as they discussed a teacher who impacted their lives. This week, we hear how the Vietnam war impacted the people in their community.

Former Alabama Republican U.S. Rep. Robert Terry Everett has died. He was 87. Gov. Kay Ivey's office says he died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Rehobeth on Tuesday. Everett represented the state’s 2nd District from 1993 to 2009.

The U.S. Senate, circumventing holds by Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville, on Thursday confirmed the nominations of two senior military leaders, including the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.