All eight of the Air Force’s premier firefighting aircraft will fly from across the western U.S. to southern California this weekend to help fight the wildfires that have been scorching Los Angeles since Jan. 7. U.S. Northern Command has activated eight C-130 transport planes equipped ...
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The second version of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft should have more capability than the first but mustn't be an "exquisite" and expensive platform that would defeat the notion of "affordable mass," outgoing Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said.
The Air Force has cleared a new F-15 electronic warfare system for full-rate production and awarded a $615.8 million contract for contractor Boeing to upgrade the fighter with the systems. The EPAWSS kit is manufactured by BAE Systems, which claims it provides the fighter with “integrated ...
No injuries were reported after an external fuel tank fell off an F-16 fighter into a residential neighborhood outside Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., on Jan. 7, a base spokesperson told Air & Space Forces Magazine. Photos posted online show what appears to be a centerline ...
The appearance of new Chinese combat aircraft in recent weeks—potentially a new bomber and medium bomber, a smaller, fighter-size aircraft, and a new AWACS platform, among others—didn’t influence current Air Force leadership’s recent decisions on the Next-Generation Air Dominance program or the service’s broader strategic ...
Over its 20 years of service, the MQ-9 Reaper drone has typically landed on paved runways, where it is rearmed and refueled by a large group of maintainers and support staff. But a recent Agile Combat Employment exercise saw Air Force Special Operations Command land an ...
China may be flying its new H-20 stealth bomber, possibly seen in new imagery circulating on Chinese social media. If the imagery is authentic, the aircraft is not the expected flying wing but has large tail control surfaces.
The U.S.-led coalition and Iraqi forces stepped up their campaign against Islamic State fighters over the past week, including a confrontation with militants holed up in an Iraqi cave, U.S. Central Command said Jan. 6.
The Air Force’s 375th Operations Group Detachment 1 is a group of 27 pilots, mission specialists, flying crew chiefs, and other staff who perform a little-known mission upon which military aviation relies: combat flight inspection, or CFIN.