U.S. Air Force(Page 19)

Latest in U.S. Air Force

Space Force Just Received Its First New Offensive Weapon

Space Force Just Received Its First New Offensive Weapon

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Mar 14, 2020
Door Gunners On The Air Force’s New Grey Wolf Helicopters Need Protection From Sub-Zero Temps

Door Gunners On The Air Force’s New Grey Wolf Helicopters Need Protection From Sub-Zero Temps

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Mar 12, 2020
Edwards AFB Upgrades Point To Unexpected Home For B-21 Raider, Other Secretive Programs

Edwards AFB Upgrades Point To Unexpected Home For B-21 Raider, Other Secretive Programs

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Mar 10, 2020
The U.S. Military Says It Has Supported The Taliban In Fighting ISIS In Afghanistan

The U.S. Military Says It Has Supported The Taliban In Fighting ISIS In Afghanistan

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Mar 10, 2020
Air Force F-16s Are Getting Pylons With Built-In Missile Warning Sensors And Countermeasures

Air Force F-16s Are Getting Pylons With Built-In Missile Warning Sensors And Countermeasures

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Mar 9, 2020
Can And Should B-1B Bomber Crews’ Low-Level Flying Skills Be Saved?

Can And Should B-1B Bomber Crews’ Low-Level Flying Skills Be Saved?

By Stephen Walker
Updated on Mar 6, 2020
Air Force Boss Alludes To Work On New Top Secret Air-Launched Anti-Ship Weapons

Air Force Boss Alludes To Work On New Top Secret Air-Launched Anti-Ship Weapons

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Mar 4, 2020
Concerns About U.S. Military Supply Chains And Readiness Grow As COVID-19 Coronavirus Spreads

Concerns About U.S. Military Supply Chains And Readiness Grow As COVID-19 Coronavirus Spreads

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Mar 3, 2020
Elon Musk Says Era Of Fighter Jet Is Over And F-35 Should Have Drone Competitor

Elon Musk Says Era Of Fighter Jet Is Over And F-35 Should Have Drone Competitor

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Feb 28, 2020
Abrupt End Of Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Buys Points To New Focus On Survivable Drones

Abrupt End Of Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Buys Points To New Focus On Survivable Drones

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Feb 27, 2020
Air Force Names New HH-60W Rescue Helicopters After The “Jolly Green Giants” Of Vietnam

Air Force Names New HH-60W Rescue Helicopters After The “Jolly Green Giants” Of Vietnam

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Feb 27, 2020
Watch NBA Legend Karl Malone Take The Controls Of A B-52 Bomber In Flight

Watch NBA Legend Karl Malone Take The Controls Of A B-52 Bomber In Flight

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Feb 26, 2020
The Air Force And SpaceX Are Teaming Up For A ‘Massive’ Live Fire Exercise

The Air Force And SpaceX Are Teaming Up For A ‘Massive’ Live Fire Exercise

By Brett Tingley
Updated on Feb 26, 2020
General Warns Of Aerial Tanker Shortage As Air Force Looks To Retire 13 KC-135s And 16 KC-10s

General Warns Of Aerial Tanker Shortage As Air Force Looks To Retire 13 KC-135s And 16 KC-10s

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Feb 25, 2020
Internal Air Force Emails Show Confusion And Concern Over Colorado’s Mystery Drones

Internal Air Force Emails Show Confusion And Concern Over Colorado’s Mystery Drones

By Brett Tingley
Updated on Feb 24, 2020
Here Is What Each Of The Pentagon’s Air-Launched Missiles And Bombs Actually Cost

Here Is What Each Of The Pentagon’s Air-Launched Missiles And Bombs Actually Cost

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Feb 19, 2020
Proposed Facility Would Drastically Cut Down Time Required To Arm Bombers On Guam

Proposed Facility Would Drastically Cut Down Time Required To Arm Bombers On Guam

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Feb 18, 2020
B-1B Bombers Can No Longer Fly At Low-Level And Their Annual Flight Hours Have Been Restricted

B-1B Bombers Can No Longer Fly At Low-Level And Their Annual Flight Hours Have Been Restricted

By Stephen Walker
Updated on Feb 14, 2020
This Is How The Air Force Gets Its New Survival Rifle To Fit Under An Ejection Seat

This Is How The Air Force Gets Its New Survival Rifle To Fit Under An Ejection Seat

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Feb 14, 2020
Watch This U-2 Spy Plane Make A Crazy Landing Without Its Flaps Or Speed Brakes

Watch This U-2 Spy Plane Make A Crazy Landing Without Its Flaps Or Speed Brakes

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Feb 13, 2020
Jets Fly Show Of Force During Gunfight Between US And Syrian Troops At Checkpoint (Updated)

Jets Fly Show Of Force During Gunfight Between US And Syrian Troops At Checkpoint (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Feb 12, 2020
Air Force Bails On Tri-Service Hypersonic Weapon Project As Army, Navy Ask For More Money

Air Force Bails On Tri-Service Hypersonic Weapon Project As Army, Navy Ask For More Money

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Feb 11, 2020
No, The United States Doesn’t Have An Automatic “Dead Hand” Trigger For Its ICBMs

No, The United States Doesn’t Have An Automatic “Dead Hand” Trigger For Its ICBMs

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Feb 10, 2020
Wanting To Retire B-1B Bombers Is One Thing, Actually Making It Happen Is Another

Wanting To Retire B-1B Bombers Is One Thing, Actually Making It Happen Is Another

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Feb 5, 2020
This Is What Nellis Air Force Base’s Ongoing Red Flag Exercise Looks Like From Space

This Is What Nellis Air Force Base’s Ongoing Red Flag Exercise Looks Like From Space

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Feb 3, 2020
Air Force Isn’t Happy With Boeing’s Plans To Fix The KC-46 Tanker’s Troubled Vision System

Air Force Isn’t Happy With Boeing’s Plans To Fix The KC-46 Tanker’s Troubled Vision System

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Feb 1, 2020
Here’s Our Analysis Of The Air Force’s New B-21 Stealth Bomber Renderings

Here’s Our Analysis Of The Air Force’s New B-21 Stealth Bomber Renderings

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jan 31, 2020
Here’s Why Patriot Missiles Weren’t Protecting US Troops In Iraq And Why They Still Aren’t

Here’s Why Patriot Missiles Weren’t Protecting US Troops In Iraq And Why They Still Aren’t

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jan 30, 2020
E-11A Pilots Died Flying An Aircraft From A Fleet So Small None Are In The U.S. For Training

E-11A Pilots Died Flying An Aircraft From A Fleet So Small None Are In The U.S. For Training

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jan 30, 2020
Highly Specialized Air Force E-11A Communications Aircraft Crashes And Burns In Afghanistan (Updated)

Highly Specialized Air Force E-11A Communications Aircraft Crashes And Burns In Afghanistan (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jan 30, 2020
This Presentation On America’s Secret MiG Squadron By The Man Who Built It Is Incredible

This Presentation On America’s Secret MiG Squadron By The Man Who Built It Is Incredible

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Jan 30, 2020
Details Emerge About The Secretive RQ-170 Stealth Drone’s First Trip To Korea

Details Emerge About The Secretive RQ-170 Stealth Drone’s First Trip To Korea

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jan 29, 2020
The B-52 Almost Got An Ahead Of Its Time Air-Launched Ballistic Missile Named Skybolt

The B-52 Almost Got An Ahead Of Its Time Air-Launched Ballistic Missile Named Skybolt

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jan 23, 2020
Congress Poised To Cancel Non-Nuclear Version Of Air Force’s Future Stealth Cruise Missile

Congress Poised To Cancel Non-Nuclear Version Of Air Force’s Future Stealth Cruise Missile

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jan 19, 2020
Satellite Image Shows First Two B-52 Bombers Have Arrived In Diego Garcia Amid Iran Crisis

Satellite Image Shows First Two B-52 Bombers Have Arrived In Diego Garcia Amid Iran Crisis

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jan 19, 2020
The Air Force’s B-52H Bomber Force Has Said Goodbye To Its Nuclear Bombs

The Air Force’s B-52H Bomber Force Has Said Goodbye To Its Nuclear Bombs

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jan 19, 2020
The Time When A Burning B-52 Nearly Caused A Nuclear Catastrophe “Worse than Chernobyl”

The Time When A Burning B-52 Nearly Caused A Nuclear Catastrophe “Worse than Chernobyl”

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jan 19, 2020
Replacement For F-35’s Troubled ALIS Cloud-Based Brain Rebranded ODIN And Is Still Years Away

Replacement For F-35’s Troubled ALIS Cloud-Based Brain Rebranded ODIN And Is Still Years Away

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jan 17, 2020
The USAF Uses Huge Swords Fit For He-Man And The Thundercats To Honor Officers

The USAF Uses Huge Swords Fit For He-Man And The Thundercats To Honor Officers

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jan 13, 2020
Air Force Displays Model Of Exotic And Potentially Revolutionary Hybrid Electric Airlifter

Air Force Displays Model Of Exotic And Potentially Revolutionary Hybrid Electric Airlifter

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jan 10, 2020
Satellite Images Show The Aftermath Of Iran’s Missile Strikes On Al Assad Air Base In Iraq (Updated)

Satellite Images Show The Aftermath Of Iran’s Missile Strikes On Al Assad Air Base In Iraq (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jan 8, 2020
Check Out These Wicked Shots Of The Air Force’s New Rescue Helicopter In An Anechoic Chamber

Check Out These Wicked Shots Of The Air Force’s New Rescue Helicopter In An Anechoic Chamber

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jan 8, 2020
Pentagon Deploys Six B-52s To Diego Garcia Beyond The Reach Of Iran’s Ballistic Missiles

Pentagon Deploys Six B-52s To Diego Garcia Beyond The Reach Of Iran’s Ballistic Missiles

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jan 7, 2020
Hill Air Force Base Executes The Mother Of All Elephant Walks With 52 F-35s

Hill Air Force Base Executes The Mother Of All Elephant Walks With 52 F-35s

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jan 6, 2020
Congress Demands Aggressor Jet Modernization Plan Before Adversary F-35s Head To Nellis

Congress Demands Aggressor Jet Modernization Plan Before Adversary F-35s Head To Nellis

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jan 3, 2020
Check Out The Crazy Radar That Lies Beneath The MC-130H Combat Talon II’s Gonzo Nose

Check Out The Crazy Radar That Lies Beneath The MC-130H Combat Talon II’s Gonzo Nose

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Dec 31, 2019
USAF Is Spending Millions To Upgrade Turkey Bases Amid Turkish Threats To Kick Them Out

USAF Is Spending Millions To Upgrade Turkey Bases Amid Turkish Threats To Kick Them Out

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Dec 24, 2019
Air Force Tests Laser Guided Rockets In The Air-To-Air Role To Shoot Down Cruise Missiles

Air Force Tests Laser Guided Rockets In The Air-To-Air Role To Shoot Down Cruise Missiles

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Dec 23, 2019
Here Is How Much Those Decoy Flares Cost That Military Aircraft Fire Off All The Time

Here Is How Much Those Decoy Flares Cost That Military Aircraft Fire Off All The Time

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 21, 2019
Air Force To Conduct Its First Space Launch From Guam Next Year Using A 747 Jumbo Jet

Air Force To Conduct Its First Space Launch From Guam Next Year Using A 747 Jumbo Jet

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Dec 19, 2019
Can The U.S. Military Make An Airplane Invisible To The Naked Eye?

Can The U.S. Military Make An Airplane Invisible To The Naked Eye?

By Brett Tingley
Updated on Dec 19, 2019
Air Force Names Its Newest Helicopters “Grey Wolves” Because They Will Fly in “Packs”

Air Force Names Its Newest Helicopters “Grey Wolves” Because They Will Fly in “Packs”

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Dec 19, 2019
Air Force General Says His Planes Are Keeping An Eye Out For North Korea’s “Christmas Gift”

Air Force General Says His Planes Are Keeping An Eye Out For North Korea’s “Christmas Gift”

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Dec 17, 2019
Global Strike Command Strikes Confusion With New Helicopter Nickname Teaser Tweet

Global Strike Command Strikes Confusion With New Helicopter Nickname Teaser Tweet

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Dec 16, 2019
Check Out This Rare Footage Of Red Eagle MiGs At Tonopah Test Range Airport

Check Out This Rare Footage Of Red Eagle MiGs At Tonopah Test Range Airport

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 16, 2019
Here’s Why An E-6B Doomsday Plane Was Flying Tight Circles Off The Jersey Shore Today

Here’s Why An E-6B Doomsday Plane Was Flying Tight Circles Off The Jersey Shore Today

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 14, 2019
F-35 Cueing Artillery To Take Out Air Defense Site During Test Is A Glimpse Of The Future

F-35 Cueing Artillery To Take Out Air Defense Site During Test Is A Glimpse Of The Future

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Dec 13, 2019
Pentagon Conducts First Test Of Non-Nuclear Capable Ballistic Missile Post-INF Treaty (Updated)

Pentagon Conducts First Test Of Non-Nuclear Capable Ballistic Missile Post-INF Treaty (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Dec 12, 2019
Recently Retired USAF General Makes Eyebrow Raising Claims About Advanced Space Technology

Recently Retired USAF General Makes Eyebrow Raising Claims About Advanced Space Technology

By Brett Tingley
Updated on Dec 12, 2019
F-117 Spotted Playing Stealthy Aggressor Against F-15s And F-22s Over Nellis Range

F-117 Spotted Playing Stealthy Aggressor Against F-15s And F-22s Over Nellis Range

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 10, 2019
RC-135 Rivet Joint Surveillance Jet Emerges With Puzzling New Modification

RC-135 Rivet Joint Surveillance Jet Emerges With Puzzling New Modification

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 6, 2019
Censored Craft Near Hangar Appears In Satellite Image Of Secretive Tonopah Test Range Airport

Censored Craft Near Hangar Appears In Satellite Image Of Secretive Tonopah Test Range Airport

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
NKC-135R Tanker From Edwards AFB Flew This Peculiar Night Mission Over Area 51

NKC-135R Tanker From Edwards AFB Flew This Peculiar Night Mission Over Area 51

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
Declassified: US Honors Swedish Pilots For Escorting Stricken SR-71 To Safety During Cold War

Declassified: US Honors Swedish Pilots For Escorting Stricken SR-71 To Safety During Cold War

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Dec 1, 2019