Three B-52 bombers dispatched from the United States arrived on Wednesday at RAF Fairford, England, for training and exercises with US and allied military forces in Europe, announced Air Force officials. The B-52s did not bring live weapons into Britain,...

One lesson generated from Air Force Global Strike Command’s Force Improvement Program is that officials could do more to broaden the ties between the command’s bomber and ICBM forces at the operations level, said Brig. Gen. Michael Fortney, AFGSC’s director...

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday urged NATO European allies to step up their defense outlays to support the organization’s operations. “Over the long term, current spending trends threaten NATO’s integrity and capabilities,” said Hagel at a news conference at...

The last of 26 Air Force F-35A strike fighters slated for delivery to the F-35 joint schoolhouse at Eglin AFB, Fla., joined the 33rd Fighter Wing there. “The arrival of AF-45 is an incredible milestone for the Air Force as...

The Marine Corps plans to shift F-35B flight training out of the joint-service schoolhouse at Eglin AFB, Fla., to a separate training location at MCAS Beaufort, S.C. When Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 departs next March, only Air Force...

For the eighth year in a row, the 432nd Maintenance Group at Creech AFB, Nev., has exceeded Air Combat Command’s standard for keeping remotely piloted aircraft mission-capable, according to its parent unit, the 432nd Wing. This record of achievement has...

The Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman a contract with a total potential value of $9.9 billion for modernization and sustainment of the B-2 stealth bomber fleet out as far as May 2024. This Flexible Acquisition Sustainment Team II contract is...

Lockheed Martin on Thursday is slated to deliver the first of 36 F-16s it is building for Iraq. Iraqi Ambassador to the United States Lukman Faily is scheduled to attend the June 5 delivery ceremony at the company’s production plant...