The US Air Force Just Hit Its 1,500-Pilot Goal, But The Real Shortage Will Take 20 Years To Fix
Why the USAF's training victory is just the first hurdle.
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page 1 of 4Why Restarting A 1990s Airlifter Could Be The US Air Force's Fastest Path To 2040s Capability
The US Air Force is considering restarting C-17 production after more than a decade. But can Boeing still rebuild the line before NGAL arrives?
US bombers sent home from RAF Fairford base after suspected terror plot
Aircraft seen leaving at Gloucestershire base following arrest of dual British-Iranian national in central London The US Air Force has pulled its bombers from RAF Fairford following an investigation into an alleged planned terror attack at the base.
The Guardian•Associated Press4 OctInside The $1.4 Billion Program The US Air Force Just Stood Up At Grand Forks To Defend Its Own Bases
The USAF is up-arming its close-in base air defenses.
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How A Pacific Conflict Would Need Every Tanker The US Air Force Owns
The Pacific would demand every tanker the USAF could muster, but how such a conflict would eventually evolve and end is unknowable.
The US Air Force Has 113 KC-46 Tankers & Almost None Are Based In The Pacific
Why the Pegasus doesn't roam very far... yet.
The Real Reason Why The US Air Force Rejected The B-52's Purpose-Built Radome From Its Modernization
The US Air Force is modernizing the B-52 with a new AESA radar while retaining its existing radome.
Why The US Air Force Is Scrapping 119 F-15E Strike Eagles But Keeping The Other 99
The changing of the guard begins.
The US Air Force Just Ended Boeing's Monopoly On Its Most Strategic Bunker-Buster With A $149 Million Deal
The USAF's push to rebuild its stockpile of key ordnance.
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The US Air Force Retired Its Most Capable Tanker & Replaced It With A Downgrade
A troubled transition for the USAF.
USAF receives FQ-42 Vengeance as CCA programme advances
The US Air Force (USAF) has taken delivery of a new FQ-42 Vengeance uncrewed combat aircraft at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada.
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The US Air Force Nearly Nuked the Moon. Amid a New Space Race, Artist Jitish Kallat Revisits the Secret Cold War Scheme
The latest guest artist at the Menil Drawing Institute is fascinated with space exploration and the exploitation of the Moon.
ARTnews•Brian Boucher17 SeptWhy The US Air Force May Keep The RQ-4 Global Hawk Flying Into The 2030s
The need for resilience, a wider ISR portfolio, and immature space-based capabilities mean the RQ-4 will continue to fly to 2033.
Why The US Air Force Is Quietly Retiring Its Entire T-38 Talon Training Fleet Ahead Of Schedule
The Air Force is not yet retiring its T-38 Talons, and it expects to fly them into the mid-2030s, phasing them out as replacement T-7s arrive.
US confirms for first time it has deployed space weapons
The US Air Force Secretary says the weapons are necessary to defend the country against enemy action.
BBC15 Sept
Beyond the Reaper: Rethinking the future of multirole drones
The US Air Force should consider spreading the multirole model across networks of smaller, cheaper drones.
Atlantic Council•Moss Gillespie14 SeptWhy The US Air Force Is Sending A Third Of Its KC-46 Tanker Fleet To The Pacific
The Asia-Pacific is one of the most important regions of planning for the USAF, Marines, and Navy with the KC-46 taking a central planning role.
The US Air Force Just Asked Its Standard C-130J To Do The Ski-Equipped LC-130's Job In Iceland
Standard-configuration Super Hercules are demonstrating that they can do some of the missions that previously required a special-mission LC-130H.
F-22 pilot receives USAF’s highest safety award after belly landing
The US Air Force has presented its highest flight safety award to an F-22 Raptor pilot who landed…
AeroTime•Clement Charpentreau12 SeptThe US Air Force Just Admitted AI Cannot Replace A 2nd Pilot On The B-21 Raider
The USAF isn't ready to go all-in on AI with its latest and greatest warbird.