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Latest U.S. Air Force Stories
Next Generation Air Dominance Fighter Competition Has Begun
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated May 18, 2023
New Views Of Northrop Grumman’s Totally Notional Long-Range Stealth Fighter
By Oliver Parken / Updated May 17, 2023
New Air Force F-16 Aggressor Squadron Stands Up
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated May 16, 2023
F-15 Seen Damaged In Drainage Canal After Landing Mishap (Updated)
By Thomas Newdick / Updated May 16, 2023
AC-130J Ghostrider Could Get Huge Upgrade From AESA Radar
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated May 15, 2023
T-7A Delays Compound Pilot Shortage, Expose Digital Engineering Pitfalls
By Jan Tegler / Updated May 12, 2023
New Era Of Deception Tactics Key To Air Force Surviving Pacific Fight
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated May 8, 2023
Our Best Look Yet At The Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bunker Buster Bomb
By Oliver Parken / Updated May 3, 2023
MQ-9 Reaper Has Operated From A Highway For The First Time
By Thomas Newdick / Updated May 3, 2023
Watch Air Force Security Forces Train To Recapture A Nuclear Missile Silo
By Oliver Parken / Updated May 3, 2023
Classified AIM-260 Air-To-Air Missiles To Arm Future Air Force Drones
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated May 2, 2023
Take An MQ-9 Reaper’s View Of Holloman Air Force Base’s Elephant Walk
By Thomas Newdick / Updated May 2, 2023
F-22s Intercepted “Spherical Object” Off Hawaii In Latest Balloon Chase
By Howard Altman / Updated May 1, 2023
F-35 Patrols Near Russia Highlight Case For Cognitive Electronic Warfare
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 28, 2023
Air Force Admits New HH-60Ws Rescue Helicopters Not “Particularly Helpful” In China Fight
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Apr 28, 2023
F-117 Nighthawks Caught Roaring Through A Canyon In Awesome Images
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 25, 2023
A-10 Warthog To Soon Carry 16 Small Diameter Bombs In Combat
By Oliver Parken / Updated Apr 25, 2023
Moment E-6B ‘Doomsday Plane’ Crew Ordered ICBM Launch Seen In Image (Updated)
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 24, 2023
RQ-170 Sentinel Stealth Drones May Have Flown Sorties Off Crimea
By Howard Altman / Updated Apr 20, 2023
Russian Su-35 Encounters Over Syria Seen In Newly Declassified Videos
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 20, 2023
Air Force Announces F-15EXs Are Headed To Two New Bases
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 18, 2023
B-2 Stealth Bomber Spotted In Hawaii During Fleet-Wide Grounding (Updated)
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 18, 2023
B-1B Lancers Fight With And Against Indian Air Force In Historic First
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Apr 18, 2023
A-10 Warthogs Sent To Boneyard For The First Time In Years
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 13, 2023
How The F-35’s Lack Of Spare Parts Became As Big A Threat As Enemy Missiles
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 13, 2023
NATO Will Hold Its Biggest Air Exercise In History This Summer
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Apr 13, 2023
F-22 Raptor Pilots Give New Helmets A Spin
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Apr 12, 2023
Retirement Of MC-130H Speeds Up MC-130J Low-Flying Radar Upgrade
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 11, 2023
How The Air Force Is Using Small Drones To Prove Big Capabilities
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Apr 10, 2023
Navy Carrier-Based Drones Will Be Able To Be Controlled By The Air Force
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 5, 2023
Navy Drops Air Force’s Mission From Its Next ‘Doomsday Plane’
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Apr 4, 2023
Air Force Pulls Plug On Much-Hyped Hypersonic Missile
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Mar 30, 2023
KC-135 Tankers To Finally Get Fuel-Saving Winglets
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Mar 28, 2023
Six F-16s Getting Autonomous Computer Brains For Combat Drone Trials
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Mar 28, 2023
Big Emphasis On “Spectral Warfare” In Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance Plans
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Mar 27, 2023
Balloon Intercepted By U.S. Air Force Over Texas
By Howard Altman / Updated Mar 25, 2023
Podded Aerial Refueling Boom Design Has Been Completed For Air Force
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Mar 24, 2023
F-15Es Strike Back After Deadly Iranian-Made Drone Attack On U.S. Base In Syria (Updated)
By Howard Altman / Updated Mar 24, 2023
E-3 Sentry Jets Elephant Walk During Dangerous Weather Escape Drill
By Oliver Parken / Updated Mar 23, 2023
U.S. RC-135 Surveillance Jet Has Flown Unprecedented Mission Over Finland (Updated)
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Mar 23, 2023
Air Force Asking For Funds To Modernize B-21 Before It Has Even Flown
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Mar 20, 2023
F-15EX Conformal Tank Funds Sought, Fleet Size Questions Reemerge (Updated)
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Mar 20, 2023
This Is What USAF’s Future E-7 Radar Jet Is Actually Capable Of
By Howard Altman / Updated Mar 20, 2023
F-15E Strike Eagle Fleet To Be Slashed By Over Half: Report
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Mar 16, 2023
MQ-9 Sensor Video Showing Collision With Russian Su-27 Released (Updated)
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Mar 16, 2023
U-2 Dragon Lady Spy Planes Are Facing The Axe Again: Report
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Mar 15, 2023
Video Purports To Show Russian Su-27’s Close Encounter With An MQ-9 (Updated)
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Mar 15, 2023
MQ-9 Reaper Is Capable Of Defending Itself With Air-To-Air Missiles
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Mar 14, 2023
Russian Su-27 Collided With U.S. MQ-9 Over Black Sea (Updated)
By Howard Altman / Updated Mar 14, 2023
Hundreds Of Aircraft Headed To The Boneyard In New USAF Budget
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Mar 13, 2023
F-15EX Eagle II Total Buy Increases From 80 To 104 In New USAF Budget
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Mar 13, 2023
‘Affordable Mass’ Concept Driving Air Force’s New Advanced Drone Initiative
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Mar 10, 2023
Single Pilot C-130J Operations Being Explored By Air Force
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Mar 10, 2023
A-10 Pilot’s Diary Entry From The Day She Was Nearly Shot Down
By Kim “KC” Campbell / Updated Mar 9, 2023
USAF Testing ‘Mutant’ Missiles That Twist In Mid-Air To Hit Their Targets
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Mar 9, 2023
New Electronic Warfare Suite Top Feature Of F-35 Block 4, Air Combat Boss Says
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Mar 9, 2023
Buying Just 80 F-15EXs Makes No Sense
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Mar 8, 2023
200 NGAD Fighters, 1,000 Advanced Drones In USAF’s Future Plans
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Mar 7, 2023
USAF Special Ops Buys MQ-9B SkyGuardians To Test Air-Launched Drone Concepts
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Mar 7, 2023
B-21 Raider Seen From Above In New Image
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Mar 7, 2023
Winged JDAM Smart Bombs Are Now Operational In Ukraine
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Mar 6, 2023
AC-130J Gunship Unleashes Hell On South Korean Island
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Mar 6, 2023
Air Mobility Command’s Fleet Of Tankers, Cargo Planes Go Incognito
By Oliver Parken / Updated Mar 4, 2023
KC-46 Expands Its Austere Airfield Capabilities, Could Include Roadways In Future
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Mar 3, 2023