May 23, 2024 | By
Chris Gordon Multiple Ukrainian pilots have graduated from their F-16 training course at the Air National Guard’s 162nd Wing in Tucson, Ariz., Arizona National Guard spokesperson Capt. Erin Hannigan said. The 162nd Wing is the U.S. Air Force’s training unit for foreign F-16 pilots.
May 23, 2024 | By
Chris Gordon U.S. aid airdrops into Gaza will continue for the foreseeable future even as food aid is delivered to the famished enclave through a new military maritime route, Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, the deputy commander of U.S. Central Command, told reporters May 23.
May 23, 2024 | By
John A. Tirpak The House Armed Services Committee will add three more test-dedicated F-35s to the fleet, reaching the nine the Joint Program Office said it needs to meet test requirements. The move is part of a cluster of efforts the HASC is taking to put the spurs ...
May 23, 2024 | By
David Roza When Senior Airman Roger Fortson was killed by police in Florida earlier this month, several Air Force leaders sought the insight of former Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Kaleth Wright's insight on how to handle it.
May 23, 2024 | By
Greg Hadley Lawmakers are taking several steps to increase oversight of the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program after the Air Force announced earlier this year that it was suffering critical cost and schedule overruns—but there is seemingly little appetite to cancel or curb the program.
May 23, 2024 | By
Greg Hadley The Senate confirmed Melissa Dalton to be undersecretary of the Air Force, the department’s No. 2 civilian job, on May 22. Dalton has served as the assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and hemispheric affairs since March 2022. In that role, she has advised the ...
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May 22, 2024 | By
John A. Tirpak Just over six months after the B-21 Raider made its first flight in November 2023, the Air Force has released three images of the bomber going through testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Together, the three images offer slightly more information about the aircraft ...
May 22, 2024
A B-21 Raider conducts flight tests, which includes ground testing, taxiing, and flying operations, at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., where it continues to make progress toward becoming the backbone of the U.S. Air Force bomber fleet. The B-21 will...
May 22, 2024 | By
Greg Hadley The Air Force released new photos of the B-21 Raider on May 22, offering the first official images of the bomber since it made its first flight last year. The images, which show the bomber taking off, in the air, and in a hangar at Edwards ...
May 22, 2024 | By
David Roza Lawmakers on the House Armed Services Committee voted to create a three-year Air Force test program studying the effects of beards on safety, discipline, morale, and inclusivity, as part of their markup of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act on May 22.
May 22, 2024 | By
Greg Hadley As the commercial and military space sectors continue their rapid growth, the Space Force is planning to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to upgrade its launch facilities—and will ponder expansion to other locations, a top general said May 21.
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May 21, 2024 | By
John A. Tirpak Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, wants to make sure the Air Force and Navy have enough air-to-air missiles for their crewed and uncrewed fighters through the end of the decade and is directing them to submit an annual assessment ...
May 21, 2024 | By
Chris Gordon B-52 Stratofortess bombers kicked off yet another Bomber Task Force mission May 20, with the first aircraft touching down at RAF Fairford, U.K., the Pentagon said. The appetite for bomber task force exceeds capacity,” the head of Air Force Global Strike Command Gen. Thomas A. ...
May 21, 2024 | By
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Chris Gordon Russia launched a counterspace weapon into the same orbit as a U.S. government satellite on May 16, U.S. officials said, as tensions between the two countries in space continue to ratchet up. U.S. Ambassador Robert Wood first disclosed the existence of the Russian counterspace weapon during ...
May 21, 2024 | By
Greg Hadley It’s set to be a busy summer for the Space Force, with the service planning to provisionally stand up its new Space Futures Command and two new Integrated Mission Deltas, according to a senior leader. Lt. Gen. Philip A. Garrant, head of Space Systems Command, offered ...
May 21, 2024 | By
David Roza Of the 29,497 technical sergeants eligible for promotion to master sergeant, 5,500 were selected in the 2024 election cycle, the Air Force Personnel Center announced May 20.
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May 20, 2024 | By
John A. Tirpak Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson, World War II triple ace, storied flight test pilot, and Vietnam air war veteran, died May 17 at the age of 102.