- Air
- Air Forces
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Air Force
Latest U.S. Air Force Stories
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
Rolls-Royce Offers Peek At The B-52’s New Engines Undergoing Testing
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Mar 1, 2023
Air Force Orders First E-7 Jets To Replace Aging E-3 Sentry
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Mar 1, 2023
Boeing To End F/A-18 Super Hornet Production In Two Years
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Feb 23, 2023
Our Best Look Yet At The Chinese Spy Balloon’s Massive Payload
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Feb 22, 2023
U-2 Pilot’s Selfie Flying Alongside Chinese Spy Balloon Leaks (Updated)
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Feb 21, 2023
Listen To F-16 Pilots Intercept The Octagon Object Over Lake Huron
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Feb 13, 2023
F-16 Shoots Down “Octagonal Object” Over Lake Huron (Updated)
By Howard Altman / Updated Feb 12, 2023
F-22 Shoots Down Another Object, This Time Over Canada (Updated)
By Stetson Payne / Updated Feb 11, 2023
A-10 Warthog Emerges In New Camouflage
By Oliver Parken / Updated Feb 9, 2023
The Shooting Down Of China’s Spy Balloon In Moment-By-Moment Audio
By Howard Altman / Updated Feb 7, 2023
U-2 Spy Planes Snooped On Chinese Surveillance Balloon
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Feb 6, 2023
F-22 Shoots Down Chinese Spy Balloon Off Carolinas With Missile (Updated)
By Howard Altman / Updated Feb 4, 2023
C-130 Seaplane Program Put On Back Burner (Updated)
By Howard Altman / Updated Feb 2, 2023
Gambit Drone Chosen To Fly Under Secretive Off-Board Sensing Station Program
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Feb 2, 2023
Air Force Says It Needs More Survivable Tankers By 2040
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Feb 1, 2023
New Shots Of Stealthy XQ-58A Valkyrie Highlight Its Runway Independence
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jan 31, 2023
F-35s Have Debuted At Greenland’s Strategic Thule Air Base
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jan 31, 2023
DARPA’s Hypersonic Cruise Missile Flew Its Final Test, Follow-On To Come
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Jan 30, 2023
F-15E Strike Eagles Now Flying Without Conformal Fuel Tanks On Air Defense Missions
By Jamie Hunter / Updated Jan 27, 2023
Air Mobility Command Boss Predicts War With China In 2025 In Dire Memo
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jan 27, 2023
Air Force Aggressors More Relevant Than Ever At 50
By Jamie Hunter / Updated Jan 26, 2023
Stealthy Tanker-Transport Aircraft Concept Unveiled By Boeing
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jan 26, 2023
F-15EX First Operational Units Will Not Get Conformal Fuel Tanks (Updated)
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jan 20, 2023
New Nuke-Sniffing Jet Flies Off South America On First International Mission
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jan 18, 2023
Highly Anticipated Government Report On UFOs Very Thin On New Details
By Howard Altman / Updated Jan 12, 2023
The B-21 Raider Is And Isn’t A ‘B-2 Spirit 2.0’
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 11, 2023
F-35 Has Flown With Its New Computer Backbone For The First Time
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Jan 10, 2023
Task Force 99 Is Small, Agile, And Laser Focused On Its Own Backyard
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Jan 9, 2023
‘Retired’ F-117 Nighthawks Will Fly For Another Decade
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jan 9, 2023
HH-60W Jolly Green II Helicopters Sent To Africa On First Deployment
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Jan 5, 2023
RC-26 Condor Surveillance Planes Meet The End Of Their U.S. Military Career
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jan 4, 2023
Mock Attack On U.S. Navy Vessels Underway During Chinese Fighter’s ‘Unsafe Intercept’
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 30, 2022
Pentagon Releases Video Of Chinese J-11 Fighter Making ‘Unsafe Intercept’ On U.S. Jet
By Oliver Parken / Updated Dec 29, 2022
First AIM-120 AMRAAM And U.S. F-16 Kill Happened 30 Years Ago
By Oliver Parken / Updated Dec 28, 2022
The F-35B Can Eject Its Pilot Automatically
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 21, 2022
Runway At Whiteman AFB Reopens After B-2 Landing Incident
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Dec 21, 2022
F-22 Test Pilot Details The Raptor’s Incredible Speed
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 21, 2022
C-130 Simulates Refueling M1 Abrams Tank During Exercise
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Dec 20, 2022
Newest Air Force E-11A BACN Networking Jet Deploys To Saudi Arabia
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 20, 2022
Crashed B-2 Still Blocking Whiteman AFB’s Runway, Spirit Fleet Grounded
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Dec 19, 2022
Mayhem Hypersonic Strike-Recon Jet Contract Awarded To Leidos
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 16, 2022
What Joint Direct Attack Munitions Could Do For Ukraine
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 15, 2022
B-1B Bomber’s New Ultra Long-Range Focus Hints At Future B-21 Ops
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 14, 2022
This Is What Lockheed’s Stealth Bomber Would Have Looked Like
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 12, 2022
Runway At Whiteman AFB Remains Closed After B-2 Bomber Accident
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Dec 12, 2022
Success! Air Force’s First Hypersonic Weapon Completes Full Test With Flying Colors
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 12, 2022
B-2 Stealth Bomber Damaged During Emergency Landing
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 10, 2022
B-21 Raider Test Pilots Talk About Its Upcoming First Flight
By Howard Altman / Updated Dec 4, 2022
This Is The B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber (Updated)
By Howard Altman / Updated Dec 2, 2022
F-15Es Brandish Live Munitions During Drills With Israel Aimed At Iran
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 2, 2022
Behold 40% Of B-2 Bomber Fleet Executing An ‘Elephant Walk’
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Nov 29, 2022
First B-21 Raider Test Jet Aims To More Closely Mirror Production Examples
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Nov 28, 2022
Raytheon’s Weapon Triad Targets A Future Of Air Dominance
By Jamie Hunter / Updated Nov 28, 2022
Check Out The New Twin M240 Door Guns For HH-60 Rescue Helicopters
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Nov 23, 2022
Autonomy With Limits Essential For Future Drones Air Force Generals Say (Updated)
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Nov 19, 2022
Luke’s Last F-16 Squadron Sends Its Block 25 Vipers To The Boneyard
By Jamie Hunter / Updated Nov 14, 2022
XQ-58A Valkyrie Drone Has Joined Eglin Air Force Base’s Test Wing
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Nov 11, 2022
What It’s Really Like Going From Flying Air Force F-15s To Airline 737s
By Jamie Hunter / Updated Nov 10, 2022