#United States Air Force
Why Air National Guard Units Are Among The First To Get The Air Force's New F-15EX
The story a how a new fighter's roll out breaks all precedents.
Why The Air Force Is Sending F-15EXs To Seymour Johnson & Strike Eagles To A B-2 Stealth Base
The F-15EX is becoming an increasingly important part of the Air Force's future force structure and is considered comple...
Why The US Air Force Wants To Fly CCA Drones From Bare Airfields, Not Big Bases
The USAF gets closer to the arrival of combat-ready Loyal Wingman drones.
6 Military Aircraft That Struggled In Early Combat But Became Wartime Legends
From troubled beginnings to wartime legends, these aircraft overcame mechanical, technological, and tactical failures to...
5 Fastest Fighter Jets In Service Today
A closer look at the world's highest performance warbirds.
Why Congress Authorized Nearly $650 Million To Keep The E-7 Wedgetail Program Alive
The new surge of funding to modernize the USAF's 'eye in the sky.'
The World’s Largest Air Forces By Annual Budget
A closer look at the world leaders in air power spending.
A Storm Grounded This C-17 For 17 Months Because No Supplier Would Build 1 Panel
How the USAF pioneered a new computer-aided fabrication process.
Israel's Boeing 707 Tanker Era Nears End: The Replacement Aircraft That Hauls Roughly 15% More Fuel
Israel's new KC-46A Gideon tankers replace aging Re'ems and provide a modern foundation for long-range airpower.
5 Design Choices That Explain Why The F-35 & F-22 Handle Threats Completely Differently
The F-22 and F-35 share stealth technology, but five key design choices make them very different fighters.
How Lockheed Turned A Wrecked YF-12 And A Test Fuselage Into The Only SR-71C
The weirdest variant of the Blackbird.
The Gulf War Lesson That Explains Why America's Guam Bomber Base Is So Vulnerable
The strategy behind the USAF's choice to not fortify Andersen AFB.
The $60,000-Per-Hour Math Behind Moving A Third Of America's B-1B Fleet To England
Moving one-third of America's B-1B fleet to England cut flight times, reduced costs and transformed Fairford into a key ...
The 1970s STOL Prototype Duel The US Air Force Canceled Then Quietly Turned Into The C-17
The dead-end that led to an icon of global airlift for the USAF.
The SR-71 Blackbird's Final Flight Set 4 Speed Records In Just 64 Minutes
A closer look at the final day that the legendary jet streaked through America's skies.
The US Air Force Bomber Fleet Has Shrunk From 500 To 140 Jets As Demand Hits Record Highs
The US Air Force has far fewer bombers than it did at the end of the Cold War, but these aircraft are being deployed mor...
Here's How Many B-21 Raiders Northrop Grumman Plans To Produce Annually
The USAF's plans to spool up a sixth-generation bomber armada.
How The US Air Force Is Extending The A-10's Retirement To 2030
The A-10 was built to hunt tanks. So why is the Air Force using it to protect a nuclear submarine from modern maritime t...
Why The SR-71's Most-Cited Link To The F-47 Is Actually The Wrong One
Why the sixth-generation NGAD is no son of the Blackbird.
Helicopter Vs. Fighter: The Cold War Exercise That Shocked The US Air Force
J-CATCH revealed that attack helicopters could outfight fighter jets at low altitude, changing US military doctrine for ...