The new nine-part TV series, “Masters of the Air,” masterfully captures the grueling reality of life in the U.S. Army Air Force’s 100th Bomb Group during the daylight bombing campaign over Europe in World War II. But Americans watching the series on Apple TV+ might ...
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Eaker was an outstanding pilot. He had a degree in journalism, and he used that expertise to write and promote the cause of airpower.
The base where the F-16, the Air Force’s iconic multirole fighter jet, took its accidental first flight in 1974 celebrated the 50th anniversary of the event with two commemorative tail flashes: one for the prototype YF-16 and one for the 416th Flight Test Squadron, which ...
Robert D. Gaylor, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force from 1977-1979, has died at the age of 92. Gaylor advised two Chiefs of Staff and former Secretary of the Air Force John Stetson on the USAF’s enlisted corps.
The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio—long renowned for its massive collection of aircraft and aviation history—turned its focus to the enlisted personnel who have fueled the service for 76 years for its latest feature, the Enlisted Force Exhibit.
Every President of the United States from the end of World War II in 1945 to the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s was a military veteran.
As he put it: “Bombers drop bombs. Fighter pilots fight. It was simply the way it was meant to be.”
Tuskegee Airman James Harvey III was honorarily promoted to colonel during halftime of the Air Force vs. Army game on Nov. 4.
A compendium of facts and figures about the Air & Space Forces Association.
