Two F-16Cs assigned to the Oklahoma Air National Guard’s 138th Fighter Wing collided midair over Kansas on Oct. 20, 2014, after a student pilot failed to maintain a visual on the instructor pilot and deconflict their flight paths, according to...
The first class to undergo Air Force Global Strike Command’s revamped B-52 initial qualification training arrived at Barksdale AFB, La., last week, according to a Feb. 19 release. The new syllabus, which was based on recommendations from the bomber force...
A group of technology “squads” exploring off-the-beaten-path approaches to keep the US military’s technology edge—the Long-Range Research and Development Program Plan of the Pentagon’s “third offset” strategy—will report in March, and their findings will inform the Fiscal 2017 defense R&D...
Even though the Air Force is already well inside the F-22 replacement cycle, the Pentagon doesn’t expect to be “pockets empty” when the Raptor reaches retirement age, Pentagon systems engineering chief Stephen Welby said Friday. “We have 30-year aircraft plans,”...
An Iraqi-led military force of some 20,000 troops are preparing to retake Mosul from ISIS terrorists this spring, said a US Central Command official, speaking to Pentagon reporters via satellite on background Feb. 19. The official said military planners would...
The military campaign against ISIS terrorists in Iraq and Syria is proving successful so far, a US Central Command official said on Feb. 19. Current operations have severely hampered two of three “centers of gravity,” meaning ISIS can no longer...
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) has asked US Transportation Command boss Air Force Gen. Paul Selva to provide additional information regarding the decision to continue using International Auto Logistics to ship service members cars overseas for deployments despite an on-time delivery...