This article is only available in PDF format. Read the article.
Air Force Special Warfare can improve how it teaches candidates teamwork, stress tolerance, and other nontechnical attributes, according to a new RAND report.
Related Content
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.”
When Lt. Col. Dustin Johnson was ordered to deploy to the Middle East last year, he and his fellow F-22 Raptor pilots prepared for an unusual challenge. As America’s premier air superiority fighter, the F-22 was designed to take on advanced enemy aircraft, capable of maneuvering stealthily and cruising at supersonic…
Two new Chinese military aircraft flights revealed on the internet suggest China has a new medium bomber in development, as well as a smaller, fighter-class aircraft that could be a technology demonstrator or even an uncrewed combat aircraft, according to industry experts.
From pararescuemen to paralegals, the Air Force is expanding bonus opportunities for Airmen in certain career fields who reenlist in 2025. The service expanded its Selective Retention Bonus to 89 Air Force Specialty Codes on Dec. 16. That’s up from 73 a year ago and 51 the year before that.
Air & Space Forces Magazine traveled the the globe in 2024 to cover the biggest stories involving the U.S. Air Force and Space Force, from Ukraine to the Middle East, from Florida to California. Now, as we head into 2025, here are some of the stories that we'll be keeping…
We looked back on the past 12 months to find the stories that resonated the most with you, our audience, and these 10 topped the list. Maybe you missed one the first time around, or perhaps you’d like to revisit a favorite.
A provision in the fiscal 2025 defense policy bill will require the Defense Department to include the military occupational specialty of service members who die by suicide in its annual report on suicide deaths, though it remains to be seen how much data the department will actually disclose.