Military

The tactical combat drones were rapidly developed earlier this year by the U.S. Air Force specifically for the Ukrainian fight.

The Air National Guard is assessing the impact of the beddown of F-15EX and F-35A fighter squadrons at four locations as the service prepares to retire aging F-15C/D aircraft.

Airbus’ A330 MRTT (Multi Role Tanker Transport) has been certificated to conduct automatic air-to-air refueling (A3R) boom operations during daylight, making it the first tanker in the world with the designation, according to the aircraft manufacturer. The Spanish National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA) certificated the A3R system following a collaboration with the Republic of […]

Navy Lt. Amanda Lee will become the aerial acrobatics team’s first female F/A-18E/F demonstration pilot in the coming season.

The concept of pairing comparable unmanned drones with the B-21 Raider stealth bomber is not ‘cost effective,’ said a top Air Force official in an interview.

Sweeping $840 billion defense bill includes purchase of more than five dozen new F-35 fighters.

The U.S. Air Force has completed another flight test of an ultralight, electronic vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in Florida in what the service says is a first step toward incorporating the unmanned aircraft into operations at a military airfield. The 10-minute flight of LIFT’s Hexa eVTOL occurred recently at Duke Field (KEGI), an […]

The U.S. Air Force stealth bombers flew to Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley for training and strategic threat deterrence missions.

Editor’s Note: In October 2010, Sgt. Jonathon Blank of U.S. Marine Corps 1st Force Reconnaissance Company lost both his legs in an improvised explosive device blast while deployed in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Blank recently obtained his Skydiving A License, the certification required for jumping without supervision, through a program offered by non-profit Operation Enduring Warrior […]

U.S. Air Force F-35s have been forward deployed to join fighters from France and Belgium to conduct air patrols over the Baltic Sea Region, NATO announced Friday. Deployment of the fighters taking part in NATO’s Air Shielding mission along the Alliance’s eastern flank comes days after President Joe Biden announced the U.S. intended to ramp […]