There was an overall decline in suicide rates across all components between the first and second quarter of 2014, according to a new Pentagon report, released Dec. 11. Seventy Active Duty service members, 14 Reservists, and 20 National Guardsmen committed suicide in the second quarter of this year, compared with 74 Active Duty, 24 Reservists, and 22 National Guardsmen in the first quarter. Airmen showed the steepest decline of all services—from 19 suicides among Active Duty airmen in the first quarter to 11 in the second, Reserve suicides went from two to one, and six Air National Guardsmen their own lives in the first quarter compared to to two in the second quarter, states the report. Army and Navy numbers both showed increases (with the exception of Army Reserve, which decreased from 13 to four.) Active Duty marine suicides decreased from 11 to nine, though Marine Reserve suicides increased from four to five.
B-21 Raider First Flight Now Postponed to 2023
May 20, 2022
The Air Force says the B-21 Raider won't make its first flight until 2023; about a six-month delay from the last official estimates. No reason was given for the delay. While other programs have recently chalked up schedule slips to supply chain and labor shortages, the Air Force has said…