MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., seems to have escaped a devastating storm surge predicted to coincide with Hurricane Milton’s landfall in the region on Oct. 9, but a recovery team is still assessing the damage caused by heavy rain and high winds. Most ...
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New F-22 and F-16 fighter jets arrived at Kadena Air Base, Japan, this past weekend, even as the key base continues to hold onto at least a few F-15C Eagles. The F-16s are from the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron out of Shaw Air Force Base, ...
It’s been a full three decades since the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School got a new aircraft, but that streak came to an end when a trio of A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft flew in from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., to their ...
Chauncey McIntosh will become vice president and general manager of the F-35 program at Lockheed Martin starting Dec. 1, the defense contractor announced Oct. 9. He succeeds Bridget Lauderdale, who is retiring after 38 years with the company and nearly four years heading the F-35 ...
Two B-1 Lancers from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, led a simulated close air support exercise with South Korean fighters to maintain “defensive readiness” for both nations last week.
The Air Force evacuated aircraft ahead of another hurricane Oct. 6, just days after trying to get things back to normal. Hurricane Milton, a Category 5 storm, is now forecast to sweep across central Florida on Oct. 9, with MacDill Air Force Base and Patrick ...
Leidos says it is about to begin flight tests of its low-cost Small Cruise Missile, called "Black Arrow." The weapon is being developed in partnership with Air Force Special Operations Command.
The new head of Air Mobility Command, Gen. John D. Lamontagne, wants mobility Airmen ready to go to war with what they have right now.
B-52s touch down frequently at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., but the one that landed Sept. 30 looked a little different. Sporting bright orange paint on the cockpit, wing tips, engine nacelles, and tail, the Stratofortress seemed dressed for an early start to hunting season in ...
