Military retirement pay will rise 2.8% in 2026 as the new COLA takes effect, lifting checks starting December 31, 2025. The ...

President Donald Trump signed the annual defense authorization bill into law Dec. 18, confirming a 3.8% raise in military basic pay.

WASHINGTON − The Air Force yanked retirement pay for some transgender airmen forced out of the military by the Trump administration after telling them their applications were approved. The Pentagon ...

President Donald Trump has reversed Biden-era rules allowing transgender military personnel to openly serve. About 18 transgender Air Force service members who had applied for early retirement to ...

An Air Force crew chief assigned to Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, marshals in a C-130 Hercules July 20, 2021. Even though the Air Force has temporarily stopped issuing retirement and separation ...

Alyx, a transgender woman who has served in the Air Force for 15 years, was approved in May for early retirement due to the Trump administration’s policy prohibiting trans people from serving and ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force said Thursday it would deny all transgender service members who have served between 15 and 18 years the option to retire early and would instead separate them without ...