The Air Force has spiked plans to activate a new command that was pitched as a key part of the service’s efforts to modernize its capabilities and stay competitive against China in a future conflict.

Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) closed out 2025 with a series of decisive victories, sustaining combat airpower against ...

The Air Force is dropping large portions of the previous administration's "reoptimization" plan, but keeping other aspects such as an emphasis on training airmen to do multiple jobs, or being ...

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, former head of Air Combat Command and Pacific Air Forces, as the Air Force's next chief of staff. (Tech. Sgt. Nick Wilson/U.S. Air Force) The ...

New Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force David Wolfe, shown here at Nellis Air Force Base in 2024, when he was command chief master sergeant of Air Combat Command. (Airman 1st Class Brianna Vetro/U.S.

WASHINGTON — Air Force Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach and his wife had planned to retire to Florida this year and begin the next chapter of their lives. “But then I received a call to continue my service.

Pilots aboard an F-16C Fighting Falcon and an F-15E Strike Eagle each controlled two XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned aircraft in an air combat training scenario. In a groundbreaking test which has been ...

To help advance the development of a data-driven and automated kill chain, the U.S. Air Force’s 805th Combat Training Squadron, or Shadow Operations Center-Nellis (ShOC-N), completed Experiment 3, a ...

Command Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green was fired Monday as the top enlisted leader of Air Force Special Operations Command for a "loss in confidence." The top enlisted leader for the 20,000-person ...

The U.S. Air Force has modified its plans to relocate the 492nd Special Operations Wing to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Here, Air Force operators with the 492nd Special Operations Wing conduct a free ...