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Hundreds of older F-15 Eagles and F-16 Raptors are likely on the fast track to the aircraft boneyard.

The Air Force has valiantly breathed life into the decades-old E-3 Sentry platform, but as top service officials recently suggested, it can no longer wait for the jump to space-based systems, the authors write in this op-ed. The Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Bradley Bowman, Maj. Lauren Harrison and Ryan Brobst argue that as Russia and China progress on their own rival systems, the Air Force must act quickly. Defeating adversaries in the future will require the U.S. military to det...

When the F-35A receives its full nuclear certification, the Air Force will have a second stealth aircraft in its fleet that can carry nukes.

But despite the urgent need for change, this transition won’t happen overnight.

A LOCKHEED Martin boss has refused to explain a video splashed on social media showing a UFO saucer-like aircraft being wheeled into a top-secret US m

The Colorado Air National Guard’s 140th Wing will see a shuffle in leadership Sunday as a new colonel assumes command.

28 More than 2,200 Airmen, Marines, Sailors and Guardians across 15 squadrons from 17 different states will participate in Red Flag 21-3 here, July 19 through Aug. 6. Red Flag is an air combat training exercise organized at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and hosted on the Nevada Test and Training Range, the U.S. Air Forces premier military training area with more than 12,000 square miles of airspace and 2.9 million acres of land. According to Staff Sgt. Karmyn Allen, 414th Comba...

MTSU names 2021-22 Distinguished, Young Alumni, True Blue Citations of Distinction honorees Jul 21, 2021 at 04:34 pm by WGNS Torrance Esmond, right, is the 2021-22 MTSU Distinguished Alumnus. Honorees also include top row, from left, U.S. Air Force Col. Joel Cook (Military Service), Rebecca Foote (Achievement in Education MTSU faculty), Civil Air Patrol Col. Barry Melton (Service to Community); and bottom row, from left, Dr. J. Mitchell Miller (Achievement in Education non-...

US Air Force to Launch Operation Pacific Iron 2021 in July, Including a Large Fleet of F-22 Raptors Posted on Operation Pacific Iron 2021 is scheduled to take place within the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s area of responsibility in July to showcase the U.S. air force’s strategic flexibility, according to Pacific Air Forces. The announcement comes as U.S.-China tensions continue to simmer over the issues of Taiwan and the South China Sea. The exercise involves more than 35 aircraft and approx...

First Air Force takes command of Det 3 rescuers as part of new Space Command mission Photo By MICHAEL DOUGHERTY | First Air Force, the named air component to U.S. Space Command, assumed command of...... read moreread more Photo By MICHAEL DOUGHERTY | First Air Force, the named air component to U.S. Space Command, assumed command of Detachment 3, Space Launch Delta 45 (formerly the 45th Space Wing) ...