Having Beaten Our F-15s Last Year

Sept. 7, 2005

Having Beaten Our F-15s Last Time: The Indian Air Force plans to pit its fighters against USAF airpower in the next Cope India exercise, coming up in November. Stay tuned.

B-52s Practice Bombing Missions in Estonia, Finland, and Italy as Busy Bomber Task Force Continues

March 10, 2025

U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortresses continued a busy bomber task force deployment to Europe by participating in multiple drills with NATO partners last week, including simulated weapons targeting exercises and a live munitions drop in Finland.

Florida Air National Guard Starts Stealth Upgrade with First F-35s

March 10, 2025

The Florida ANG's 125th Fighter Wing welcomed its first three F-35A jets on March 4 as the Air Force aims to make the fifth-gen fighters the “primary aircraft securing the southeastern U.S.”

As First F-35 Block 4 Updates Start to Roll Out, Block 5 List Is Taking Shape

March 10, 2025

As Lockheed Martin prepares to release the first F-35 Block 4 software updates this summer, the company and the Joint Program Office are already well into analyses that will decide what will comprise Block 5 and later upgrades, Lockheed’s F-35 program manager said. For now though, some of the new…

How One Air Force General Explains Information Warfare—Using Football

March 7, 2025

Maj. Gen. Larry Broadwell, deputy commander of the 16th Air Force, used an elaborate, sports-themed analogy for understanding information warfare at the AFA Warfare Symposium.

SDA Delays Next Launches, This Time to Late Summer

March 7, 2025

The Space Development Agency is delaying the start of launches for its next batch of satellites until late this summer, citing supply chain issues that caused late deliveries.

X-37B Spaceplane Showed New Techniques in Latest Flight

March 7, 2025

X-37B, the Space Force’s secretive spaceplane, returned to Earth early March 7 after more than a year in orbit, touching down at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., the service announced on social media, saying the spacecraft “successfully deorbited and landed” at 2:22 a.m. local time.

Space Force Secretly Tested Sensors that Alert When China Is Watching

March 7, 2025

The Space Rapid Capabilities Office quietly launched prototype payloads on a satellite two years ago to help operators know when the spacecraft is being tracked by China’s space surveillance network—a capability the office is now exploring for the rest of the Space Force.

WATCH: Going Deeper on the Significance of Space Warfighting

March 7, 2025

Space superiority emerged as a major theme of the 2025 AFA Warfare Symposium, and retired Space Force Col. Jennifer Reeves, now a senior fellow with the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, goes deeper on the significance of that theme and what it means moving forward for the Space Force.

WATCH: Taking Stock of Arctic Defense with Houston Cantwell

March 7, 2025

Air & Space Forces Magazine sat down with retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Houston “Slider” Cantwell, now a senior fellow with the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, at the AFA Warfare Symposium to talk about the his research and panel discussion on Arctic defense and how the U.S. is combatting…

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