Special Operations Command needs to re-look at the number of Sky Warden "Armed Overwatch" aircraft it wants to buy, as it didn't adequately evaluate how many it really needs, the Government Accountability Office said. The Pentagon concurred with GAO's recommendation that the program be slowed ...
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An Air Traffic Control (ATC) Airman at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. recently saved the life of a civilian Cessna pilot and his passenger when the pilot experienced an in-flight emergency.
U.S. Air Force B-2 bombers teamed up with the U.K.’s Royal Air Force F-35 Lightning IIs to fly across Europe’s North Sea in a single-day exercise. A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing at RAF Mildenhall, U.K., providing air-to-air refueling for the mission. ...
Congress finally passed the National Defense Authorization Act and sent its 3,000 pages to the White House for President Biden’s signature. The annual defense policy bill was approved with overwhelming bipartisan support, as the Senate and House voted it through on Dec. 13 and 14, ...
Airmen at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, paid tribute to eight Airmen who died in a CV-22 Osprey crash last month with a special box of gifts as part of the annual Operation Christmas Drop.
The Air Force is poised to get a new top enlisted Airman, as Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass prepares to pass the baton to Chief Master Sgt. David A. Flosi, selected as the next CMSAF this week. Here are seven ...
After a pause, the Pentagon will try again to cut an F-35 Performance-Based Logistics Contract with Lockheed Martin, defense officials told a congressional panel. The company didn’t offer enough cost or performance savings, and government negotiators were overwhelmed with the amount of data to review ...
The Air Force is combining components from two damaged F-35 aircraft to craft a single operational fighter, a first-of-its-kind project anticipated to yield significant cost savings.
The Alabama Air National Guard’s 187th Fighter Wing received its first F-35 fighters last week, becoming the third Guard unit to get the fifth-generation aircraft and adding a new chapter in the wing’s storied legacy. Nicknamed the “Red Tails” in honor of the trailblazing Tuskegee Airmen, ...
