Starting in the late 2020s, the Air Force’s fleet of B-52 bombers will transform with new engines, a new radar, updated communications and navigation equipment and more. What was the B-52H will become the re-designated, upgraded B-52J. At one of only two operational B-52 bases ...
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The Air Force and BETA Technologies finished a three-month stint of flight testing with its “Alia” electric aircraft at Duke Field, Fla., the contractor announced Jan. 29—which included several milestones for electric aviation within the Department of Defense.
“Several” B-1Bs from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. have moved to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, along with about 250 Airmen, to train and operate while the Ellsworth runway is closed due to investigation of a Jan. 4 B-1 crash at the base.
A single crew controlled three MQ-9 Reaper drones in a major step forward as Air Force Special Operations Command’s prepares for possible near-peer conflict. On Dec. 6, a standard crew of a pilot and sensor operator with the 27th Special Operations Wing at Cannon Air ...
The Mitchell Institute conducted a wargame and associated studies to assess how a family of uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft could increase the lethality, survivability, and capacity of the Air Force’s air superiority forces for operations in highly contested environments.
AFA chartered its recruiting task force in 2023 to identify how AFA members and Chapters could support the Air Force Recruiting Service which has the smallest footprint among all the service branches.
What is common throughout the AFA chapter structure is the relentless pursuit of the AFA mission: to ADVOCATE, to EDUCATE, and to SUPPORT.
WORLD: People: BAH rises 5.4%; CMSAF Bass concerned about Airmen's compensation; Kadena Maintainers win DOD honors.
WORLD: Safety: Deadly Osprey Crash; B-1 crash at Ellsworth.