An Air Force command is temporarily barring the use of issued Sig Sauer sidearms amid an investigation into the death of an airman at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming over the weekend. The active ...

The age of the piloted fighter aircraft may not be over but the US Air Force has shown that it may be time to start collecting the coats, as it has designated two prototype combat drones as official ...

Key Points and Summary - The U.S. Air Force faces a potential "air superiority gap" due to the small size and maintenance issues of its F-22 Raptor fleet. -While the F-22 remains a qualitatively ...

Operators from Air Combat Command helped the Air Force pinpoint range shortcomings in the planned collaborative combat aircraft program early in the acquisition process. (General Atomics) Whatever the ...

Vermont Air National Guard Capt. Justin Fischer prepares to fly an F-35A Lightning II at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., May 16, 2024. (Staff Sgt. Jana Somero/Air National Guard) The Air Force is ...

The Air Force has started ground testing the Anduril-made YFQ-44A, a semi-autonomous drone known as a collaborative combat aircraft, and could start flying it this summer. (Anduril) The Air Force has ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has cracked down on what he has termed "woke" elements in the U.S. military, and fitness ...

The development of autonomous pilots is moving faster than the Air Force had expected, as a flight last month showed.

Over the past three decades, the Air Force has struggled to modernize its fleets of aircraft and missiles. As the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990s, the Air Force's only bomber modernization ...

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