Employing a variety of air assets from 13 nations and seemingly striking targets with precision and impunity, NATO enjoyed overwhelming air superiority ...

The US Air Force is upgrading its aircraft to stay relevant in a fast-changing threat environment, but those upgrades are ...

March Air Force Base in California was founded in 1918 as Alessandro Flying Training Field to prepare pilots for World War I. During the Cold War, it became a significant Strategic Air Command base, ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The origins of the USAF lie in a decision made just four years after the Wright ...

The Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy - the largest aircraft in the US military arsenal - was flying towards Hawaii while cruising ...

Air Force leaders gave an update on the B-21 Raider, a futuristic aircraft that is expected to become the United States' next nuclear stealth bomber. The aircraft can deliver both "conventional and ...

The United States Air Force is widely considered the most powerful in the world. The Air Force is well-funded, well-manned, and extremely well-trained. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement?

Deterrence is emerging as a theme for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, but questions remain about the administration’s ability to deliver and maintain the nation’s nuclear deterrent. At the Air ...

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It has been nearly six years since the United States Space Force was established, when President Donald Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020 into law. The sixth and ...

Over a thousand years ago, the Viking leader Erik the Red discovered a new land after being exiled for murdering his neighbor. To entice his fellow Vikings to settle the icy island, he called it ...