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Dec. 18, 2025
SAF IG visits AFOSI HQ, reviews global mission

Lt. Gen. David B. Lyons, Inspector General of the Department of the Air Force, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force (SAF/IG), visited the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) headquarters at the Russell-Knox Building, in Quantico, Virginia, Dec. 15.
Dec. 12, 2025
‘Someone real’: AKNG's Matthew Komatsu’s path through fire and ice leads first CRO in Alaska Guard history to promote to general

Long before he became the first Alaska National Guard combat rescue officer (CRO) in history to pin on a general star, Brig. Gen. Matthew Komatsu was a kid in the Midwest, mesmerized by Top Gun and dreaming of fighter jets.
Dec. 3, 2025
AFOSI, FBI nets guilty plea in classified info leak

A joint investigation by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations Detachment 340 and the FBI has led to a guilty plea from a former Army colonel who admitted to sharing classified information, federal officials said.
Dec. 1, 2025
Special Agents expose classified-doc breach, receive Public Service Award

Twelve Air Force Office of Special Investigations members received the Northern Virginia Public Service Award for their work uncovering an insider-threat breach involving a civilian engineer who mishandled thousands of classified documents.
Nov. 24, 2025
Civilian sentenced 5 years following classified information leak

The Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) played a central role in securing the conviction of a former U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) employee who unlawfully disclosed classified national defense information during the early months of the Russia–Ukraine war.
Nov. 18, 2025
AFOSI uncovers fraud scheme involving Chinese forklifts sold as “Made in America”

The U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations was among the agencies that uncovered an alleged scheme involving two Denver-area companies and three executives selling Chinese-made forklifts to federal agencies under the false label of “Made in America,” according to a Justice Department
Nov. 14, 2025
AFOSI announces exemption to hiring freeze, moves forward with multiple vacancies

The Air Force Office of Special Investigations has secured an exemption to the ongoing federal hiring freeze and is moving forward with multiple vacancies for experienced criminal investigators.
Sept. 24, 2025
AFOSI shares mission, recruits talent at AFA

As the Air & Space Forces Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference kicked off Sept. 22 near Washington, D.C., the Air Force Office of Special Investigations Special Agents were there to remind attendees that the future of U.S. air and space power depends on safeguarding innovation.
Sept. 23, 2025
Former Airman sentenced 17 years following AFOSI-led investigation

A former Airman assigned to Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, was sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison following an investigation led by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations Detachment 327.
Sept. 19, 2025
New bulletin warns startups of foreign threats, AFOSI says

Just a week after warning U.S. universities that foreign adversaries are exploiting academic research, the Air Force Office of Special Investigations and its partners issued another alert that international pitch competitions are being used to steal innovations from Western startups.