Military

The aircraft delivery to Lakenheath, England, makes the 495th Fighter Squadron the first USAF F-35A squadron based in Europe.

The command keeps tabs on St. Nick’s Christmas Eve movements by using a webbed network of satellites, heat-seeking sensors and, of course, fighter jets.

The U.S. Air Force successfully dropped a cruise missile armed with a live warhead out of a MC-130J over the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) announced. The December 16 test at Eglin Air Force Base Overwater Test Range in Florida was a demonstration of the Air Force’s Rapid Dragon, […]

Santa came early this year for dozens of island communities in the South Pacific, powered not by nine reindeer, but instead four Rolls-Royce turboprop power plants, each generating 4,700 horsepower. Last week, U.S. Air Force crew members concluded an annual weeklong airdrop of food, tools, fishing equipment, and clothing out the back of C-130 Hercules […]

Security concerns regarding China reportedly are threatening to derail the multibillion dollar agreement.

NDAA could allow the Air Force to retire some of its older aircraft and require the government to take actions to address unidentified aerial phenomena.

The U.S. Air Force wants to soon add to its arsenal remotely piloted air combat vehicles that may be networked and controlled by piloted aircraft.

Six-engined Stratolaunch Roc could be back in the air over California’s Mojave Desert as soon as January.

National Defense Authorization Act heading to Senate for vote. Under it, the Air Force would still be prohibited from retiring its A-10 ‘Warthogs.’

When it comes to building up capabilities in space, China is outpacing the U.S., top military officials warn.