USAF (Page 6)

Updated on Sep 9, 2019

B-21

“B-21s With Air-To-Air Capabilities,” Drones, Not 6th Gen Fighters To Dominate Future Air Combat

Updated on Sep 6, 2019

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick

The AIM-9X Sidewinder May Finally Evolve Into A Completely New And Longer-Range Missile

Updated on Sep 4, 2019

Air Force Wants Super Realistic Mock Launchers So It Can Replicate An S-300 SAM System

Posted on Sep 3, 2019

F-35

Check Out These Photos Of USAF B-2s And RAF F-35Bs Flying Together For The First Time

Posted on Aug 30, 2019

F-117

51 F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Jets Remain In Inventory, None Destroyed Since 2008 (Updated)

Updated on Aug 29, 2019

HAWC

Air Force Reveals Tests Of Supposed Record-Setting Scramjet Engine From Northrop Grumman

Updated on Aug 13, 2019

F-35

U.S. F-35s Won’t Hit 80 Percent Mission Capable Goal Amid Spare Parts Supply Problems

Updated on Jul 18, 2019

AC-130

AC-130J Ghostrider Gunships Have Flown Their Very First Combat Missions

Posted on Jul 11, 2019

One Company Is Putting A New Spin On How To Yank Downed Pilots Out Of Enemy Territory

Updated on Jul 10, 2019

F-22

F-22 Raptors Deploy To Qatar For The First Time Ever Amid Iran Tensions

Posted on Jun 28, 2019

USAF Wants To Network Its Precision Munitions Together Into A ‘Golden Horde’ Swarm

Posted on Jun 26, 2019

There is no official replacement for the F-22 Raptor, says the head of Air Combat Command. That could be another blow to the withering Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program.

F-22

Air Force Admits F-22 Raptors Won’t Hit 80 Percent Mission Capable Target On Time

Updated on Jun 24, 2019

Meet The AIM-260, The Air Force And Navy’s Future Long-Range Air-To-Air Missile

Posted on Jun 22, 2019

Air-launched hypersonic cruise missiles

Northrop And Raytheon Have Been Secretly Working On Scramjet Powered Hypersonic Missile

Updated on Jun 18, 2019

KC-46

Watch Boeing’s New KC-46 Tanker Make An Aggressive Arrival To The Paris Air Show

Updated on Jun 17, 2019

F-35

Lockheed Eyes Giving F-35s More Gas With Drop Tanks And That’s A Very Good Thing

Updated on Jun 15, 2019

B-52

B-52 Bomber Flies For The First Time With New Hypersonic Missile Under Its Wing

Updated on Jun 13, 2019

The Air Force Found Airmen Boozing It Up In A Nuclear Missile Alert Facility In Wyoming

Updated on May 28, 2019

Northern Edge

F-15C Eagle’s New Infrared Search And Track Pod Spotted At Huge Exercise In Alaska

Posted on May 18, 2019

HH-60

The Air Force’s New HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter Has Taken Flight For The First Time

Updated on May 18, 2019

B-52

A B-52H Nicknamed “Wise Guy” Becomes The Second To Ever Come Back From The Bone Yard

Updated on May 15, 2019

Middle East

F-35A Pictured On “Deterrence Mission” Over Middle East With Peculiar Single Missile Loadout

Updated on May 14, 2019

USAF Fighter Pilots Are Now Flying With These Converted M4 Rifles In Their Survival Kits

Updated on May 11, 2019

Syria

Secret Hellfire Missile With Sword-Like Blades Made Mysterious Strike On Terror Leader In Syria

Updated on May 10, 2019

USAF F-35As Will Get Navy’s New Air Defense Busting Missile Amid Talk Of Anti-Ship Variants

Posted on May 7, 2019

U.S. Navy

New Lockheed Concept Shows Navy F-35C Armed With Hypersonic Cruise Missiles

Updated on May 7, 2019

The Air Force Just Shot Down Multiple Missiles With A Laser Destined For Fighter Aircraft

Updated on May 3, 2019

U.S. Air Force T-6A Turboprop Training Plane Crashed Near Lake in Oklahoma

Posted on May 1, 2019

Russia

Russia’s New Surveillance Plane Just Flew Over Two Of America’s Top Nuclear Labs

Updated on Aug 15, 2019

U.S. Homeland

These Are The Briefings President-Elect Trump Got On The F-35, Air Force One, and Nukes

Updated on Dec 1, 2019

KC-135

More Than A Dozen Air Force KC-135s and KC-46s Flee Kansas Base Ahead Of Bad Weather

Updated on Apr 18, 2019

F-35

U.S. Air Force F-35A’s First Combat Deployment To The Middle East Has Begun

Updated on Apr 15, 2019

Americas

Puerto Rico Air Guard’s C-130 Airlifters And Flying Role Are Being Taken Away

Updated on Apr 12, 2019

USAF Secretary Gives Ominous Warning That Show Of Force Needed To Deter Space Attacks

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Apr 12, 2019

KC-46

This Is What The Boom Operator’s Station On The New KC-46 Tanker Actually Looks Like

Updated on Apr 3, 2019

F-16

Armada Of B-52s And F-16 Escorts Just Flew Off Norway Resulting In These Gorgeous Photos

Updated on Mar 30, 2019

F-22

The USAF’s Plan To Move F-22 Training Could Make Langley Air Force Base Raptor Central

Updated on Mar 29, 2019

B-1

The Air Force Has Grounded Its B-1B Bomber Fleet For The Second Time In A Year

Posted on Mar 28, 2019

Air Force Wanted To Turn Skunk Works’ Mach 3 Capable Recon Drone Into A Nuclear Bomber

Updated on Dec 1, 2019

KC-135

Air Force Considering Making Its Next Tanker A Drone With A Podded Refueling Boom

Updated on May 3, 2019

Skyborg

USAF Plans For Its “Skyborg” AI Computer Brain To Be Flying Drones In The Next Two Years

Updated on May 19, 2020

U.S. Navy

The Navy’s “Operational” F-35C Is Fully Mission Capable Less Than Five Percent Of The Time

Updated on Mar 20, 2019

F-35

Air Force To Turn Navy Air Defense Busting Missile Into High-Speed Critical Strike Weapon

Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)

Updated on Mar 19, 2019

The USAF’s Plans To Buy Six Aircraft As Part Of Its Never Ending Light Attack Experiment

Updated on Mar 13, 2019

U.S. Marine Corps

Marines Lay Out Plans For Their Own MQ-9 Reaper Drone Force In New Budget Request

Posted on Mar 13, 2019

The USAF Is Finally Ditching The Last Of Its Cold War Revolvers For New Semi-Auto Pistols

Updated on Jun 23, 2020

F-117

Pocket Force Of Stealthy Avenger Drones May Have Made Returning F-117s To Service Unnecessary

Updated on Dec 1, 2019

Airman Schools Mark Cuban On How Military Procurement Is A Mess In Four Simple Words

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Mar 1, 2019

X-37B

The Tragic Tale Of How NASA’s X-34 Space Planes Ended Up Rotting In Someone’s Backyard

Updated on Aug 13, 2020

RC-135

That USAF RC-135 Rivet Joint Caribbean Spy Flight Was Far More Common Than Most Think

Posted on Feb 16, 2019

F-16

It Has Been One Hell Of An Important Two Weeks For U.S. Military Aviatrixes

Updated on Feb 4, 2019

USAF’s New Excuses For Delaying Light Attack Aircraft Program Sound Like A Death Sentence

Updated on Feb 1, 2019

U.S. Marine Corps

USMC’s Older F-35Bs May Only Be Able To Fly Around A Quarter Of Their Expected Service Life (Updated)

Updated on Feb 1, 2019

U.S. Homeland

CIA And Skunk Works Secretly Planned To Turn The A-12 Spy Plane Into A Space Launch Mothership

Updated on Dec 1, 2019

KC-135

USAF Chief Just Said Next Air Refueling Tanker May Fly In Space… Huh?

Updated on Jan 29, 2019

Nuclear Power

The U.S. Military Wants Tiny Road Mobile Nuclear Reactors That Can Fit In A C-17

Updated on May 20, 2019

Docs Show US To Massively Expand Footprint At Jordanian Air Base Amid Spats With Turkey, Iraq

Updated on Jan 14, 2019

KC-46

USAF Finally Accepts Its First KC-46A Tanker, But The Design Still Needs Years Worth Of Fixes

Posted on Jan 10, 2019

U.S. Army

The Mysterious Saga Of America’s Hunt For A Stealth Special Operations Transport, Part 2

Updated on Dec 1, 2019

U.S. Homeland

The Mysterious Saga Of America’s Hunt For A Stealth Special Operations Transport, Part 1

Updated on Dec 1, 2019

Ukraine

Ukrainian Il-76 Airlifter That Was Tracked Across U.S. Delivered Radar Asset To Utah Air Base

Posted on Jan 4, 2019

U.S. Army

USAF T-38 Talon Community Suffers Again As Jet Skids Off The Runway At Virginia Airport