Three B-2 Spirit bombers made their return for the first Red Flag exercise of 2024 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., this week, alongside the U.K.’s Royal Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force. More than 30 units and 2,000 personnel are participating in ...
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The Air Force’s E-4B 'Doomsday' fleet—designed to give senior U.S. leaders a flying command post to control forces in the case of a national emergency or crisis—consists of just four aircraft, with one always on alert. That doesn't leave a lot of time for maintainers ...
The Space Force held its first-ever “Red Skies” exercise last month—48 years after the first-ever Air Force “Red Flag”—simulating orbital combat and putting Guardians to the test.
The Space Force is contemplating major changes for how it develops its enlisted corps and large civilian contingent, top officials said Dec. 12 at the Space Force Association’s Spacepower Conference, after the service made several changes to how it develops officers.
The Michigan Air National Guard’s 127th Air Refueling Group recently put together what may be a first of its kind in the Air Force: a training program that teaches KC-135 tanker crews how to perform specialized fueling operations (SFO): ground-based procedures that could help gas ...
The wide range of skill sets involved in SR means there are plenty of rabbit holes for Airmen to dive down.
The way we will fight in the future is significantly different from the way we fought in the past from fixed bases.
A reserve unit in Alabama is training the first generation of uniformed maintainers who will help keep the incoming fleet of MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters up and running. The 908th Airlift Wing, located at Maxwell Air Force Base, sent Airmen to Picayune, Miss., where civilian ...
On the morning of Nov. 11, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., carrying more than 100 satellites into orbit. Only one of those satellites, however, was designed, built, and operated by students—FalconSAT-X, the latest small satellite developed by ...