Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a Boeing 747-8 jet from Qatar that President Donald Trump plans to use as Air Force One, the Pentagon said May 21.
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The Air Force might want to buy more than the planned fleet of 100 B-21 bombers, particularly if the coming B-52J upgrade proves more challenging than anticipated, Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin told the Senate Armed Services Committee.
The Air Force has started planning modifications to the 747-8 to be gifted to the U.S. by Qatar into a suitable presidential transport, promising that the jet would meet all the basic requirements of the mission, Air Force Secretary Dr. Troy E. Meink said May ...
Air Force Reserve Command is running out of cash to give pilots the flying practice they need to stay ready for operations.
Pakistan's kill chain of Chinese-origin weapons was likely a bigger factor in shooting down an Indian fighter than the jets' relative strengths, an expert said.
McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., conducted a major relocation of its tanker fleet ahead of the severe weather impacting the Midwest and Southern United States through May 19.
Deliveries of Boeing’s KC-46A Pegasus tanker to the U.S. Air Force have restarted following a roughly three-month pause imposed after cracks were found in at least two brand-new aircraft. The problem was only the latest in a series that have plagued the 767-derivative.
There is a new capability to repurpose a damaged F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter after the U.S. military, the South Korean Air Force, and Lockheed Martin helped remove and reattach its wings.
Multiple U.S. Air Force F-15 fighters have deployed to the strategic outpost of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean to protect the myriad of assets deployed there, including B-52 strategic bombers.