Two U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers flew from the mainland U.S. to participate for the second ever trilateral aerial exercise with South Korea and Japan on Dec. 20—the latest in a surge of bomber exercises over the Korean Peninsula in 2023.
Air
At 247 feet long and with a 222-foot wingspan, the C-5M Super Galaxy is the largest aircraft in the U.S. military—and, as a crew at Travis Air Force Base recently proved in the skies over northern California and Oregon, America’s largest flying gas station.
In the wake of a CV-22 crash off the coast of Japan last month that killed eight Airmen and other deadly incidents involving the Osprey, the House Oversight Committee has opened an investigation into the tilt-rotor aircraft and is requesting extensive documentation from the Pentagon.
The B-2 Spirit bomber will make its highly anticipated return to the Rose Parade and the Rose Bowl Game in southern California on Jan. 1, 2024—the latest in a series of bomber flyovers of football games this fall and winter.
A provision of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act will require the Secretary of the Air Force to develop a force design for the Air Force and Space Force projected through 2050—a sweeping review of the capabilities, organizational structures, policies, and more that the services ...
Congress won't allow the Air Force to retire its T-1A Jayhawk trainer until the service shows it can effectively train new pilots by simulator alone, according to the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. The Air Force also may be allowed to accept new T-7 trainers ...
The U.S., Australia, and the U.K. joined forces for "Global Dexterity," a two-week exercise in the Pacific that saw C-17 transport crews from all three nations work together to practice mobility operations from Nov. 27 to Dec. 8. Air and ground crews from each country ...
The Air Force took delivery on the third and final WC-135R "Nuke Sniffer" aircraft, completing its transition from its two-aircraft WC-135C/W fleet. The aircraft sample the air for particles and gases indicating nuclear activities. There are few missions like it anywhere else in the U.S. ...
Special Operations Command needs to re-look at the number of Sky Warden "Armed Overwatch" aircraft it wants to buy, as it didn't adequately evaluate how many it really needs, the Government Accountability Office said. The Pentagon concurred with GAO's recommendation that the program be slowed ...