For more than three decades, the HH-60G Pave Hawk served as a critical part of the Air Force’s combat search and rescue mission, carrying generations of rescue Airmen into some of the world’s most challenging environments to recover those in need. From combat zones in Afghanistan and Iraq, to California communities devastated by disasters, the
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed at Spangdahlem Air Base in western Germany on Tuesday afternoon, September 22. The aircraft, assigned to the 480th Fighter Squadron of the 52nd Fighter Wing, crashed at around 2:30 p.m. local time while returning to the base. The pilot ejected from the aircraft and was taken for […]
Aviation24.be•Bart Noëth22 Sept
An F-16 fighter jet crashed near Spangdahlem Air Base, the US Air Force installation in Germany’s Eifel region,…
AeroTime•Clement Charpentreau22 Sept
CAE USA has received a $300m contract to continue delivering the US Air Force’s C-130H Aircrew Training System services.
New Vengeance aircraft joins the service’s Experimental Operations Unit in Nevada for regular evaluation of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft
Air Data News•Ricardo Meier22 Sept
SUFFOLK, United Kingdom — A U.S. Air Force Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker made an emergency diversion to Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall on Monday morning after declaring an in-flight emergency while cruising over French airspace on Monday Septembre 21, 2026. The military aerial refueling aircraft, operating under callsign MC724 and registration 60-0366, departed from Aviano NATO […]
US Air Force could operate some Boeing aerial refueling aircraft for almost a century as replacement of the Cold War-era tanker proceeds slowly
Air Data News•Ricardo Meier21 Sept
General Atomics FQ-42A and Anduril FQ-44A will fly alongside fourth- and fifth-generation fighters during Emerald Flag in December
Air Data News•Ricardo Meier19 Sept
Iran on Thursday accused the U.S. of fabricating its account of how it rescued an Air Force colonel whose F-15E fighter jet was shot down over Iran in April, calling the claims “fictional and unacceptable.” The service member, referred to by his mission call sign of Bravo, recounted his story of survival earlier this week…
The Hill•Ellen Mitchell17 Sept
Potential new variant could build on the export-oriented Block 70/72 as USAF studies ways to increase fighter capacity, report says
Air Data News•Ricardo Meier16 SeptGeneral Atomics and Anduril aircraft are the first designs of the CCA program, which could put at least 500 semi-autonomous combat aircraft into service by 2032
Air Data News•Ricardo Meier15 Sept
US Air Force bases are home to aircraft that have served for decades, continuing to perform vital missions long after entering service.
The military must work on how to combat fast and reckless enemy AI agents that don’t necessarily operate with the same oversight, according to experts.
Within two years, the Air Force will establish a new career field focused on defending American air bases worldwide.
US Air Force estimated a US$1 billion investment at Ellsworth in 2021, while preparations continue to receive the first Raider in 2027
Air Data News•Ricardo Meier14 Sept
The incident highlights escalating U.S.-Iran tensions, impacting market perceptions but not prompting immediate airspace closure by Iran.
CryptoBriefing•Estefano Gomez14 Sept
The USAF initiated the North Star Readiness Campaign to raise the number of mission-capable B-52 Stratofortress and B-1 Lancer bombers.
Offer for Tokyo’s SHIELD coastal defense program follows German partnership and recent US Air Force evaluation of the unmanned combat aircraft
Air Data News•Ricardo Meier8 Sept
Electronic warfare version of the C-130 Hercules ends more than four decades of operations as its mission transitions to the EA-37B
Air Data News•Ricardo Meier4 Sept
The final EC-130H Compass Call sortie was flown by the US Air Force on September 2, 2026, closing out more than four…
AeroTime•Clement Charpentreau4 Sept
