Four B-52 bombers and more than 200 Airmen from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., arrived at Andersen Air Force Base on Guam on March 30 to kick off the service’s latest Bomber Task Force deployment in the Indo-Pacific.
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The Air Force plans to spend more than $9 billion through the end of the decade to keep the F-22 capable until its successor, the Next-Generation Air Dominance family of systems, becomes available. New sensors and fuel tanks dominate procurement, with other funding going to ...
The Air Force’s final MC-130H Combat Talon II made its last flight April 2, Air Force Special Operations Command announced. The last of the aircraft, Tail Number 89-0280, took off from Hurlburt Field, Fla., crewed by members of the 15th Special Operations Squadron and AFSOC ...
BAE Systems has received a $491 million F-35 electronic warfare suite production contract from Lockheed Martin to outfit Block 4 jets in 2024. Program director Lt. Gen. Michael Schmidt says the Tech Refresh 3 that will underwrite the upgraded EW will be ready by then.
The Air Force is experimenting with having transport planes like the C-5, C-17, and C-130 haul hundreds of thousands of pounds of gas downrange. But experts say that while using transport jets to carry gas could be helpful in a pinch, the already-overburdened fleet likely ...
A GAO official told the House Armed Services Committee that the Pentagon still doesn’t have a portfolio-wide plan for tactical aviation, which would help itself and Congress identify true priorities and avoid duplication of effort. He also said the agency is worried that the F-35’s ...
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Gen. Duke Z. Richardson leads Air Force Materiel Command, and recently released a new strategic plan for AFMC.
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