US Air Force

Silent Arrow will scale up its cargo drone technology for a variant capable of carrying 1,000 pounds of payload a distance of more than 300 nm.

While the cause of the accident remains unknown, military investigators suspect a potential materiel failure played a part.

Air Force Special Operations Command said no survivors were likely and that efforts are now focused on recovering remains and aircraft debris.

The test of the Beta Technologies electric aircraft examined battery usage and ground logistics.

An F-16 was refueled during a proof-of-concept demonstration while en route from Osan Air Base, South Korea, to Singapore.

The Red Hawk jet will replace the 1960s-era T-38 trainer and was designed to train both fighter and bomber pilots.

Retired lieutenant colonel James H. Harvey III was the military’s first Black fighter jet pilot to fly in Korean airspace and the winner of the original ‘Top Gun’ competition, the Air Force said.

At one point during the incident, the J-11 fighter jet was within 10 feet of the bomber.

Four fighters and 120 Air Force personnel will operate out of Keflavik Air Base.

Sunday’s drill was the first joint aerial exercise of its kind and occurred as a response to nuclear threats by North Korea.