Air Force Base Newspapers

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Introduction

This is a list of United States Air Force base newspapers.

Dates in parentheses with an external link are the years digitized copies are available.

Noteworthy is that many of the references that came from Air Force base sites are about the newspapers ceasing their print editions and date to circa 2007.

Newspapers

Newspaper Base Dates
Aero News[1] Key Field
Aerofoil/The Broadcaster/The Command Post[2] Scott Air Force Base
Air Guardian[3] Kulis Air National Guard Base
Air Pulse/Offutt Air Pulse/The Base: 68113/Air Pulse[4][5] Offutt Air Force Base
Air-O-Mech[6] Seymour Johnson Field
Airlift Dispatch[7] Charleston Air Force Base
Airtides[8] McGuire Air Force Base
Alert Signal/The Blueprint/Silver Wings[9] Columbus Air Force Base
Ashiya Breeze[10] Ashiya Air Base
Aviation Engineer Explorer[11] March Field
Barksdale Bark/Barksdale Observer[12] Barksdale Air Force Base 1941-
Black Landmarks[13] Blackland Army Air Field
Border Eagle[14] Laughlin Air Force Base
Cadet Bombardier[15] San Angelo Army Air Field
Carrier's Courier[16] Sewart Air Force Base (1949-1968)
Desert Lightning Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Desert Wings[17] Edwards Air Force Base (2016-2017)
Dow Field Observer/The Tanker Times Dow Field/Dow Air Force Base (1942-1945), (1959)
Flight Time[18] Goodfellow Field
Flying Time[19] Pecos Army Air Field
Forbes Sky Schooner[20] Forbes Air Force Base
Hillfielder/Hilltop Times[21] Hill Air Force Base
Horned Toad/Bullseye[22] Nellis Air Force Base 1941-
Incirlik Insider/Incirlik News/Looking Glass/Tip of the Sword[23] Incirlik Air Force Base 1957-
Into the Blue[24] Grider Field
Jet Gazette/The Sentry/Northern Star/Northern Sentry[25] Minot Air Force Base
The Beam/Joint Base Journal[26][27] Bolling Field/Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling
Keesler News[28] Keesler Air Force Base
Lackland Talespinner[29] Lackland Air Force Base
Leader[30] Grand Forks Air Force Base
Mach Meter[31] Cannon Air Force Base
Magnet[32] Roslyn Air National Guard Station
MacDill Fly Leaf[33] MacDill Air Force Base
Mile High Guardian[34] Buckley Air Force Base
Missouri Warrior[35] Whiteman Air Force Base
Neubeebuzz[36] Neubiberg Air Base
Nucleus[37] Kirtland Air Force Base
O'Hare News[38] O'Hare Air Force Base
On Target[39] Newark Air Force Base
Pacesetter[40] Chanute Air Force Base
Philippines Flyer[41] Clark Air Force Base
Prop Wash[42] Hawthorne Field
Recon Recorder/Lockbourne Skyhawk[43][44] Lockbourne Air Force Base
Reese Roundup Reese Air Force Base (1950-1997)
Robins Field News[45] Robins Field
Rosecrans Flyer[46] Rosecrans Field
SAC Missileer/Space & Missile Times[47] Vandenberg Air Force Base
Skymaster[48] John H. Payne Field
Skywrighter[49] Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Slip Stream[50] Air Service Command Depot Agra
Sourdough Sentinel[51] Elmendorf Air Force Base
Tailwind/Team Travis Travis Air Force Base (2017-2021)
Tex-Acts/Senator[52] Sheppard Air Force Base
The Cadet News/Maxwell Field Post/Aerogram/Maxwell-Gunter Dispatch[53][54][55][56] Maxwell Field/Gunter Field/Maxwell Air Force Base
The Flyer[57][58] Langley Air Force Base
The Gee Eye Pilot[59] Muskogee Army Air Field
The Great Bender[60] Great Bend Army Air Field
The Hawaiian Falcon[61] Hickam Air Force Base
The Ladd Field Midnight Sun[62] Ladd Field
The Missileer Patrick Air Force Base (1950-1999)
The Rip Chord[63] McChord Field
The Springboard/Andrews Ambassador/Ambassador-Beam/Gateway/Capital Flyer[64] Andrews Air Force Base
The Tee/Randolph Wingspread[65][66] Randolph Field/Randolph Air Force Base
The Viking[67] Pease Air Force Base
The Yuma Actioneer[68] Yuma Army Air Field
Thunderbolt Luke Air Force Base
Tinker Take Off[69] Tinker Air Force Base
Tropic Topics/Pacific Edge[70] Andersen Air Force Base
Tyndall Target Tyndall Air Force Base (1942-1944)
Valley Bomber[71] Castle Air Force Base
Vance Airscoop[72][73] Vance Air Force Base
Walla Wallop[74] Walla Walla Army Air Field
Wheeler Windsock[75] Wheeler Field
Wing Tips/The Guardian/The Volunteer[76][77][78] Moody Air Force Base
Wings Over Alabama[79] Maxwell Air Force Base
Wingspread[80] Peterson Field
Wright Take-Off[81] Wright Field

To Do

  • TAC – Army Air Forces Tactical Center[82]
  • Exhaust – Naval Air Station Glenview[83]
  • Flight – Naval Air Station Grosse Ile[84]
  • Kaneohe Klipper – Naval Air Station Kaneohe[85]
  • Prop Wash – Naval Air Station Whidbey Island[86]
  • Sky Ranger – Naval Air Station Dallas[87]
  • The Barbarian – Naval Air Station Oahu[88]
  • The Beaufort Beam – Naval Air Station Beaufort[89]

References

  1. ↑ "Key Field Aero News 1942 11 25 nr 36 (PDF)". Wartime Press. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  2. ↑ Matthews, Kris C. (1 February 2024). 375th Air Mobility Wing & Scott Air Force Base History Pamphlet (PDF). 375 AMW History Office. pp. 80, 86, 99. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "Document Detail for IRISNUM= 01132159". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "Goodbye Air Pulse, Hello Offutt Air Pulse". Offutt Air Force Base. 16 June 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "Base Newspaper Returning to Roots". Offutt Air Force Base. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "Air-O-Mech 1943 03 20 nr 11 (PDF)". Wartime Press. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "[Letter from Marty Vokomener to WASP Class 43-W-4, October 22, 1988] - Page 2 of 2". The Portal to Texas History. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  8. ↑ Boyd, Gary (29 June 2007). "Airtides Passes Another Waypoint". Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  9. ↑ Lindsey, Jessica (29 July 2022). "CAFB's Silver Wings Retiring Its Print Edition". Commerical Dispatch. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  10. ↑ "Document Detail for IRISNUM= 00457502". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  11. ↑ "Aviation Engineer Observer 1944 01 01 nr 06 (PDF)". Wartime Press. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  12. ↑ "Collection 432; Film 84. Barksdale Bark-Observer Newspaper, 1941-1973." Noel Memorial Library. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  13. ↑ "Black Landmarks 1943 07 16 nr 07 (PDF)". Wartime Press. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  14. ↑ May, Austin M. (27 February 2007). "Laughlin Public Affairs Airman Takes MAJCOM-Level Honors". Laughlin Air Force Base. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  15. ↑ "Cadet Bombardier 1943 01 (PDF)". Wartime Press. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  16. ↑ "RCPLS Expands Digitized Newspaper Collection". WGNS. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  17. ↑ Kimberly, Brad (15 December 2006). "Stop the Presses: Desert Wings Ending Print Edition After 56 Years". Edwards Air Force Base. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  18. ↑ Voisin, Mike (26 April 2011). "Flight Time". Army Air Forces Collection. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  19. ↑ "Flying Time 1944 04 22 nr 25 (PDF)". Wartime Press. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  20. ↑ Hart, Megan (13 November 2015). "Roger Bergquist, Publisher of Former Forbes Air Force Base Newspaper, Dies at 91". Topeka-Capital Journal. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  21. ↑ Kirkham, Tina (5 July 2018). "Documenting 75 Years at Hill Air Force Base". University of Utah. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  22. ↑ Benoit, Dick (3 March 2005). "Nellis Journalists Hit Bullseye". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  23. ↑ Beckham, Tim (15 December 2006). "Riding the Wave of the Future". Incirlik Air Base. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  24. ↑ "Into the Blue 1942 07 18 (PDF)". Wartime Press. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  25. ↑ Beene, Erin (7 September 2023). "70 Years of Sharing Your Minot AFB Adventure". Northern Sentry. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  26. ↑ Voisin, Mike (19 October 2007). "Beam, The". Army Air Forces Collection. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  27. ↑ Gordon, Michelle L. (18 November 2016). "JBAB Says Farewell to Joint Base Journal". DVIDS. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  28. ↑ "Keesler News Turns a New Page". Keesler Air Force Base. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  29. ↑ Blumer, April (23 August 2007). "New Look, Deadline Coming for the Talespinner". Joint Base San Antonio. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  30. ↑ Chillstrom, Mike (1 February 2007). "What Happened to the Leader?". Grand Forks Air Force Base. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  31. ↑ "Vintage Original 1965 Vietnam War USAF Canon AFB New Mexico Newspaper Mach Meter". eBay. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  32. ↑ Klebukowski, Jan. The Complete History of Roslyn Air National Guard Station, 1943 to Present (PDF). Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  33. ↑ "The MacDill Fly Leaf 1942 04 10 nr 06 (PDF)". Wartime Press. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  34. ↑ Allen, Sanjay (29 September 2006). "Public Affairs Turns to a New Way of Doing Business". Buckley Space Force Base. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  35. ↑ "Document Detail for IRISNUM= 01130977". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  36. ↑ "Document Detail for IRISNUM= 00455487". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  37. ↑ Fisher, Jim (26 March 2019). "Nucleus to Discontinue Publication After March 28". Kirtland Air Force Base. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  38. ↑ Royko, David. "The Earliest Royko: Before the Column, 1951-1961". David Royko Psy.D. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  39. ↑ Wright, Bill (February 2011). "February 2011". Heath-Newark-Licking County Port Authority. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  40. ↑ Straus, Leslie; Karagianis, Ani. "Chanute Air Force Base – Photograph Collection" (PDF). Urbana Free Library. p. 3. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  41. ↑ "Document Detail for IRISNUM= 00462268". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  42. ↑ Voisin, Mike (30 August 2018). "Prop Wash". Army Air Forces Collection. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  43. ↑ "Document Detail for IRISNUM= 00452260". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  44. ↑ "Lockbourne". 317th Veterans Group. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  45. ↑ "Robins Field News 1943 04 02 nr 08 (PDF)". Wartime Press. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  46. ↑ "Rosecrans Flyer 1943 02 26 nr 02 (PDF)". Wartime Press. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  47. ↑ Danet, Rebecca (26 October 2006). "Space & Missile Times Ceases Production After Nearly 50 Years". Vandenberg Space Force Base. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  48. ↑ "Skymaster 1945 05 08 nr 24 (PDF)". Wartime Press. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  49. ↑ Dietrick, Brian (21 September 2022). "Skywrighter Goes Digital Oct. 14". Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  50. ↑ "Slip Stream 1945 01 20 nr 48 (PDF)". Wartime Press. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  51. ↑ Liska, Cody. "The Anchorage Press is Dead: Far From Its Roots". Crude. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  52. ↑ Ingle, John (15 December 2006). "Thanks for the Ride Sheppard". Sheppard Air Force Base. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  53. ↑ Voisin, Mike (27 November 2015). "Cadet News, The". Army Air Forces Collection. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  54. ↑ "Maxwell Field Post". DTA Collectables. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  55. ↑ Voisin, Mike (30 August 2018). "Aero Gram". Army Air Forces Collection. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  56. ↑ Berube, Phil (4 April 2014). "Base Leaders Recognize 'Hometown Heroes'". Maxwell Air Force Base. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  57. ↑ Robinson, Amy (12 January 2007). "End of an Era: Langley Bids Farewell to The Flyer, Welcome to Web Site". Joint Base Langley-Eustis. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  58. ↑ Robinson, Amy (26 January 2007). "Farewell, Flyer". Joint Base Langley-Eustis. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  59. ↑ "The Gee Eye Pilot 1945 04 12 nr 46 (PDF)". Wartime Press. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  60. ↑ "The Great Bender 1944 02 07 nr 18 (PDF)". Wartime Press. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  61. ↑ Cross, Roy F. (November 1989). MAC and Operation Babylift: Air Transport in Support of Noncombatant Evacuation Operations (PDF). Scott Air Force Base, Illinois: Office of History, Military Airlift Command. p. 31. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  62. ↑ "The Ladd Field Midnight Sun 1942 07 11 nr 49 (PDF)". Wartime Press. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  63. ↑ "The Rip Chord 1942 10 31 nr 19 (PDF)". Wartime Press. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  64. ↑ Jones, Bobby (28 June 2012). "Capital Flyer Takes Final Flight". Air Force District of Washington. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  65. ↑ Voisin, Mike (1 December 2013). "Tee, The". Army Air Forces Collection. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  66. ↑ Myers, Gabriel J. (20 December 2006). "Randolph News Goes Virtual, Wingspread to Be Replaced March 2007". Joint Base San Antonio. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  67. ↑ "The Viking, Vol. XVII, No. 25". Portsmouth Athenaeum. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  68. ↑ "The Yuma Actioneer 1943 11 18 nr 01 (PDF)". Wartime Press. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  69. ↑ McDonald, April (20 May 2020). "Journal Record Staff Says Farewell to Tinker". Tinker Air Force Base. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  70. ↑ Treiber, John (11 May 2007). "Andersen's Newspaper a 60-year Tradition". Andersen Air Force Base. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  71. ↑ "B-52s Stratofortress Home Castle SAC Air Force Base '61 Valley Bomber newspapers". eBay. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  72. ↑ Mullin, Jeff (13 December 2006). "The Scoop: Different Name, Same Coverage". Vance Air Force Base. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  73. ↑ Wickman, Tony (19 December 2006). "Final Page Turns on Vance Airscoop". Vance Air Force Base. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  74. ↑ Drazan, Joe (6 July 2016). "Army Air Field as pictured in the base newspaper Walla Wallop during World War II. (Part 1 of 3)". Bygone Walla Walla. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  75. ↑ "Wheeler Windsock 1942 12 08 nr 11 (PDF)". Wartime Press. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  76. ↑ "Wing Tips 1943 04 23 nr 01 (PDF)". Wartime Press. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  77. ↑ Hopkins, Leticia (5 October 2006). "Airman Renames Base Paper with Historic Tie". Moody Air Force Base. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  78. ↑ Ferrell, Mona (1 March 2007). "Moody Takes News Online with Web Site". Moody Air Force Base. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  79. ↑ "Wings Over Alabama #1 10/1943-First Issue-Maxwell Field Air Force Base Newspaper-Montgomery AL-WWII era-VG". eBay. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  80. ↑ "1944 Jan Wingspread Peterson Field Colorado Springs Newspaper Vintage USAF". eBay. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  81. ↑ "Wright Take-Off 1943 02 05 nr 18 (PDF)". Wartime Press. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  82. ↑ Voisin, Mike (29 September 2022). "TAC". Army Air Forces Collection. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  83. ↑ "Exhaust 1943 04 09 nr 15 (PDF)". Wartime Press. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  84. ↑ "Flight 1945 05 05 nr 11 (PDF)". Wartime Press. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  85. ↑ "Kaneohe Klipper 1945 01 06 nr 01 (PDF)". Wartime Press. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  86. ↑ "Prop Wash 1945 01 26 nr 02 (PDF)". Wartime Press. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  87. ↑ "Sky Ranger 1945 01 15 nr 01 (PDF)". Wartime Press. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  88. ↑ "The Barbarian 1945 07 25 nr 02 (PDF)". Wartime Press. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  89. ↑ "The Beaufort Beam 1945 04 nr 15 (PDF)". Wartime Press. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
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