NATO has selected the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail as its next Airborne Warning and Control aircraft, and will replace its Boeing E-3 Sentries with the new aircraft by 2035. NATO will buy six E-7s, but may acquire more if other parts of its future surveillance and ...
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The Air Force’s new Chief of Staff vowed to modernize the service’s capabilities quickly so the USAF can deter the growing challenge from China. In a speech in Hangar Three next to the flight line at Andrews during an unseasonably warm morning, Gen. David W. ...
The final E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft left Robins Air Force Base, Ga., on Nov. 15, a spokesperson for the 116th Air Control Wing confirmed to Air & Space Forces Magazine. The airframe first entered service for the USAF in 1991 while still in ...
The Air Force and contractor BETA Technologies started flight testing “Alia,” a sleek, quiet, electric aircraft, last week at Duke Field, Fla. The electric aircraft, delivered to Duke Field on Oct. 26, is owned and operated by BETA crew, but the Air Force’s rotary wing ...
Comprehensive Readiness for Aircrew Flying Training (CRAFT) is helping students fly better, score higher grades, and stay in the training pipeline, an important outcome at a time when the service is struggling to retain pilots.
U.S. Air Force B-1 bombers have flown missions over the Middle East three times in the last week and a half—a surge in activity amid widespread unrest in the region. The flights took place Nov. 5, 8, and 13, and U.S. Central Command did not disclose ...
The acting official in charge of shaping the future Air Force revealed new details about the service’s plans for its fleet of unmanned wingmen Nov. 15, including the prospect that some of the drones may be aerially refueled to increase their range. The service is ...
There was a secret, multi-agency X-plane program to explore future fighters that paved the way for the Next-Generation Air Dominance program, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall revealed at the POLITICO Defense Summit on Nov. 14.
The Pentagon released declassified videos of its most recent airstrikes in eastern Syria, a move that provides fresh detail on the targets that were struck Nov. 12 and the damage to the sites.
