Air Force

The bonuses range from $15,000 to $50,000 per year for signed contracts extending service commitments from three to 12 years.

U.S. and Japanese dive teams located the sunken fuselage of the Air Force Osprey that crashed Wednesday.

The center is expected to open for government and commercial use in late 2024, beginning with a single site at Syracuse Hancock International Airport (KSYR).

The $2.3 billion deal increases Boeing’s current orders for the aerial refuelers to 153 aircraft.

U.S. military Osprey operations continue despite Japan’s call to temporarily ground the tiltrotor aircraft.

Japan said it would suspend operations of its fleet of 14 Ospreys until the cause of the crash was clarified.

The mishap occurred during a routine training mission offshore of Yakushima Island, Air Force Special Operations Command said.

The manufacturer is developing what it claims will be the first zero-emissions, hydrogen-powered compound helicopter on the market.

The devices, developed in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory, will also include night eyewear that allow more natural light.

The company calls the aircraft a turbogenerator-hyrbid electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft—hVTOL, for short—and claims it’s the first of its kind to fly.