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“We created the A6 to ensure communications and cyber systems are available, secure and aligned with warfighter priorities.
At the 2025 Royal International Air Tattoo, US aircraft like the B-1B and U-2 showcased American airpower and diplomacy, possibly marking the U-2’s final appearance before retirement.
The U-2’s retirement is driven by a complex interplay of operational costs, concerns about its performance in contested airspace, and a strategic pivot towards unmanned and space-based systems.
Steven Parker began his Air Force career at the age of 17, and following basic and military police training, found himself enforcing the law at McConnell Air Force Base, but things quickly changed ...
Some A-10 Warthogs could get a reprieve from total retirement as Congress moves to reverse some of the Pentagon’s most dramatic Air Force cuts in its proposed fiscal 2026 budget. The Pentagon ...
The Air Force and Space Force each hit their 2025 recruiting goals with months to spare, the Air Force announced Tuesday.
France formally retired the last of its Boeing KC-135 tankers on 30 June, bringing to an end an operational run with the type which began in 1964.
The Air Force has released its report on an aircraft accident at Sheppard Air Force Base that resulted in the death of an instructor pilot.
A “playful” online petition urging the Air Force to name Chief Master Sgt. Jeremiah Grisham as its next top enlisted leader was intended as a tribute to the airman, not a critique of the ...
The Air Force plans to use leftover funds from the LGM-35A Sentinel nuclear missile program to help pay for refurbishing a Qatari-donated plane into a new Air Force One presidential transport ...
The B-52 Stratofortress has been flying for the Air Force for seven decades. New upgrades to keep it flying, though, have faced challenges.