One of the US Air Force's first official combat drones has taken to the air after only a year of building and development. General Atomics's YFQ-42A is currently undergoing flight testing in ...

U.S. Air Force Capt. Nathan Feldmann, 55th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, eliminates a simulated target during a red air exercise with an Egyptian Air Force F-16 Fighting ...

The US Air Force's fleet is continuing to shrink and age with newer fighters delayed or still in development. A new Mitchell Institute report examines decades-old challenges facing the service. US ...

Dwindling spare parts stores and potentially deteriorating elements could present a challenge as the Air Force attempts to keep Minuteman III nuclear missiles operational until 2050. (U.S. Air Force) ...

Airmen look at a GBU-57, or the Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb, at Whiteman Air Base in Missouri, 2023. (U.S. Air Force via AP) The U.S. Air Force last week awarded defense firm Applied Research ...

President Dwight Eisenhower flew on Columbine III, a Lockheed VC-121E, for most of his presidency. The plane was named after the state flower of Colorado, his wife Mamie Eisenhower's home state. It ...

President Harry Truman used The Independence, a Douglas VC-118, as his Air Force One plane. The aircraft entered service in 1947, retired in 1953, and became a museum piece in 1965. Visitors at the ...

The planned NGARS system would allow American aircraft to refuel in contested airspace—giving the US Air Force a major edge over its great-power rivals. The Next Generation Air Refueling System (NGARS ...

If those boots were made for walking, they can now be a couple of inches shorter. Air Force officials are — err — walking back a July uniform order that mandated combat boots across the force be at ...

A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit, center, from the 72d Test and Evaluation Squadron assigned to the 53rd Wing, a Royal Norwegian Air Force P-8 Poseidon, center back, and four Royal Norwegian Air Force F-35 ...