USAF Pilots Now Training on Cheap Brazilian Turboprop the Afghans Are Flying
14 Oct 2024, 08:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The United States Air Force Test Pilot School gets its first newly assigned planes in three decades, three Embraer A-29 Super Tucano
USAF Retires Last McDonnell Douglas DC-10-Based Aerial Tanker
30 Sep 2024, 08:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force (USAF) held a decommissioning ceremony for the KC-10 Extender aerial tanker, plane to be replaced by the KC-46A Pegasus
Thunderbolts Fighter Attack Squadron Gets a F-35C, First East-Coast Marine Unit to Do So
26 Sep 2024, 10:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 251 Thunderbolts becomes the first unit of its kind on the East Coast to field the F-35C
U.S. Air Force Tells the Entire World Where It Will Park Its Newest Nuclear Bomber
16 Sep 2024, 06:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The USAF officially names two more Air Force bases from where the new B-21 Raider nuclear bomber will operate, brings the total number to three
Stellantis-Backed Midnight eVTOL Is the Face of USAF Things to Come
16 Aug 2024, 09:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / eVTOL maker Archer announced it has delivered the first Midnight aircraft to the U.S. Air Force for testing as part of a $142 million contract
USAF Gives Boeing $2.56 Billion for New AWACS Aircraft Others Have Been Using for Years
14 Aug 2024, 11:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing a 2.56 billion contract for the rapid prototipying of two E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft
Helicopter Meant to Protect ICBMs Is Now Officially in Production, USAF Gets the First One
7 Aug 2024, 13:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American defense contractor Boeing announced it has delivered the first of many MH-139A Grey Wolf to the U.S. Air Force (USAF)
U.S. to Teach Avenger Drones to Fly Against American Pilots
1 Aug 2024, 11:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American defense contractor General Atomics said it is working to give the MQ-20 Avenger drone the means to play the role of aggressor in pilot training
Rusty-Looking F-35 Looks Like It Narrowly Missed the Moon During Cali Air Show
30 Jul 2024, 12:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team aircraft and its pilot are seen here flying under the rising Moon during the Capitol Air Show in Sacramento
USAF's UFO-Looking Nuclear Bomber Is Getting Ready to Fight Tomorrow's War Today
19 Jul 2024, 10:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Northrop Grumman announced this week another upgrade for the B-2 Spirit nuclear bomber, making it future-proof
Pic of Air Force One Over Mount Rushmore Belongs on a Post Stamp
16 Jul 2024, 14:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force released an image showing one of the two Air Force One planes, tail number 28000, flying over Mount Rushmore
This Simple Electric Airplane Made USAF History
16 Jul 2024, 10:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force announced the first historic flight of the ALIA electric aircraft in the service of the military branch
Fireworks Exploding Behind a C-130J Super Hercules Are the Proper Way to Celebrate America
9 Jul 2024, 07:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The USAF released a pic of a C-130J Super Hercules sitting under exploding fireworks during 4th of July celebrations in Japan
USAF Turns a Glider Aircraft Into a Cheap, Flying Surveillance Truck
5 Jul 2024, 08:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force released the initial details on a new kind of surveillance drone it calls Unmanned Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft (ULTRA)
USAF Tanker Stays Airborne for 45 Hours, First of Its Kind to Move Once Around the World
5 Jul 2024, 07:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A Boeing KC-46A Pegasus flying with the 22nd Air Refueling Wing performed the the "world’s first non-stop, KC-46A westbound circumnavigation endurance flight."
U.S. Will Build Combat Drones Like Cars, Here’s the First One Flying
1 Jul 2024, 09:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force (USAF) Research Laboratory (AFRL) released a video showing the first flight of the XQ-67A OBSS demonstrator drone
USAF Spends $34M to Cut the Number of People Needed to Fly the B-52 Stratofortress
17 Jun 2024, 11:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force awarded defense contractor L3Harris a $34 million contract to find ways of cutting the crew needed to fly the B-52 Stratofortress by one
U.S. Fires ICBM at Target 4,200 Miles Away in a Routine Display of Force
5 Jun 2024, 10:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The American military conducted a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile test on June 4, shot a missile from California
Flying B-21 Raider Nuclear Bomber Makes It Look Like Aliens Have Arrived
23 May 2024, 07:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force released the first official images of the B-21 Raider nuclear bomber in flight, project on track for mid-2020s operational status
USAF Builds From Scratch and Flies Autonomous Drone in 24 Hours, Must Be Some Record
7 May 2024, 10:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force (USAF) says it may just have found a way to build and fly small, multi-purpose autonomous drones in under 24 hours