The Air Force announced locations for two new F-15EX squadrons and a new F-35 unit on April 18, all within the Air National Guard. The preferred location for the new F-35A squadron is Barnes Air National Guard Base, Mass., while the F-15EXs are slated for Naval ...
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Lockheed Martin won’t make its goal of 156 F-35s in 2023 due to engine delivery delays and continuing development and testing of the Tech Refresh 3 update, which underwrites the Block 4 upgrade. However the company expects a Performance-Based Logistics Contract by the end of ...
The U.S. and South Korea began another round of air drills April 17, just a few days after U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers flew over the Korean Peninsula, as the two countries follow through on their pledge to conduct more joint air exercises.
Air Force leaders often promote the skill of America’s Airmen as the U.S. military’s most powerful, if intangible, advantage. Officials at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, found a way to highlight the human element of airpower recently: an elephant walk with its aircraft and Airmen. ...
The Air Force has begun to retire its A-10 Thunderbolt IIs. An A-10 from the 74th Fighter Squadron at Moody Air Force Base, Ga, arrived at the Boneyard on April 5, the service said. The aircraft is the first of 21 A-10s that will be ...
A pair of B-1B Lancers from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., will participate in a joint exercise with the Indian Air Force this week—a rare appearance for the bomber in India and the first time it has participated in an exercise over the country.
The Army and Air National Guard need to sharpen their strategies for promoting safety and mitigating risk in helicopter units, the Government Accountability Office wrote in a report released April 12. From fiscal year 2012 to 2021, there have been 298 accidents involving National Guard ...
The aging E-3 AWACS fleet got a little smaller last week, as the first of 13 aircraft the Air Force is planning on retiring this year took off from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., for the last time. Before the E-3, aircraft 0560, departed for the ...
U.S. and Philippine officials will hold “focused discussions” about a plan for the Philippine Air Force to buy a fleet of multirole fighter aircraft, according to a Pentagon fact sheet—one of several weapons systems the two countries discussed during a recent dialogue. The multirole fighter talks were ...