Less than half the Air Force’s combat flying units are currently ready to go to war against highly capable adversaries, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said on Wednesday. “Here’s a worrying statistic … a little bit less than half...

Newly trained pilots just out of undergraduate flight training will be assigned to fly remotely piloted aircraft as a stopgap measure to relieve an RPA pilot shortage, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James announced. “We’ll have 80 undergraduate pilot training...

Re-engining the B-52—a perennial dream of those heading Global Strike Command—is being “looked at again,” but no one should hold his breath for it, Air Force acquisition chief William LaPlante said in an interview. “I know that this has been...

A high-level Pentagon panel on electronic warfare recently met to “inventory” the various major systems available in the EW field and to plan a Defense Department-wide approach to correct “under investment” in it, Air Force acquisition chief William LaPlante said...

The Air Force inactivated Antigua Air Station, which has served as one of the primary range and control instrument sites for space and launch vehicle tracking support, during a July 7 ceremony on the island, according to a July 13...

The tenth GPS IIF satellite successfully launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., on July 15, according to a release. The satellite will join the constellation of 31 operational GPS satellites already on...

The Air Force activated the 314th Fighter Squadron during a July 14 ceremony at Holloman AFB, N.M. The squadron, which first activated in July 1942, is tasked with training the next generation of F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots. Lt. Col. Andrew...