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Off-Road Reaper: Air Force MQ-9 Roughs It for ACE Exercise

Jan. 7, 2025

Over its 20 years of service, the MQ-9 Reaper drone has typically landed on paved runways, where it is rearmed and refueled by a large group of maintainers and support staff. But a recent Agile Combat Employment exercise saw Air Force Special Operations Command land an MQ-9 on a dirt strip…

Space Force Eyes New Jam-Resistant Tactical SATCOM Options

Jan. 7, 2025

Competing prototype payloads developed by Northrop Grumman and Boeing meant to demonstrate secure, jam-resistant tactical communications for the Space Force are set to launch in 2025.

Has China’s Secret H-20 Stealth Bomber Broken Cover?

Jan. 6, 2025

China may be flying its new H-20 stealth bomber, possibly seen in new imagery circulating on Chinese social media. If the imagery is authentic, the aircraft is not the expected flying wing but has large tail control surfaces.

F-16s, F-15s, and A-10s Conduct Airstrikes Against ISIS in Iraq

Jan. 6, 2025

The U.S.-led coalition and Iraqi forces stepped up their campaign against Islamic State fighters over the past week, including a confrontation with militants holed up in an Iraqi cave, U.S. Central Command said Jan. 6.

This Little-Known Air Force Team Flies Dangerously In the Name of Safety

Jan. 6, 2025

The Air Force’s 375th Operations Group Detachment 1 is a group of 27 pilots, mission specialists, flying crew chiefs, and other staff who perform a little-known mission upon which military aviation relies: combat flight inspection, or CFIN.

‘Air Force One’ Plane to Transport Carter for State Funeral

Jan. 6, 2025

The U.S. Air Force VC-25 aircraft commonly known as Air Force One is scheduled to transport former President Jimmy Carter for the final time this week for services in Georgia and Washington, D.C., before he is laid to rest Jan. 9.

How Air Force Special Warfare Can Improve Its ‘Soft’ Skills

Jan. 3, 2025

Air Force Special Warfare can improve how it teaches candidates teamwork, stress tolerance, and other nontechnical attributes, according to a new RAND report.

Air Force Tests Subscale Model of Blended-Wing Body Jet, on Track for First Flight in 2027

Jan. 3, 2025

The Air Force is collecting data from flight tests of a subscale version of its Blended-Wing Body demonstrator, and using that data to revise the full-scale aircraft’s control software and final configuration—the first flight of which remains on track for 2027. Full-scale test parts, including wings, are in fabrication.

Laughlin Bids Farewell to Its Final T-1 Trainer

Jan. 3, 2025

The final T-1 at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas left last month for the Boneyard, continuing a steady drawdown of the Air Force’s trainer for “heavies.”

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