The Air Force’s Ground Based Strategic Deterrent, which will eventually replace the service’s aging intercontinental ballistic missiles, received milestone A approval on Aug. 23, moving the program into the next phase of acquisition, according to a release. GBSD will now...

SpaceX has invited the Air Force to take part in the company’s investigation into what caused its Falcon 9 rocket to explode early on Sept. 1. “While this was not a National Security Space launch mission, the [service] will continue...

Fourteen F-35As deployed to Volk Field, Wis., last month, marking the largest deployment to date for the fifth generation strike fighter. The 33rd Fighter Wing personnel developed how to deploy and sustain a squadron of F-35s during Exercise Northern Lightning,...

The US and Philippine air forces held a conference at JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Aug. 29-31 to synchronize air power planning. Philippine Air Force Vice Commander Maj. Gen. Conrado Parra, Jr., a delegation of eight Filipino airmen, Pacific Air Forces...

The Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 202nd Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group was activated on Aug. 28 in a ceremony at Otis ANGB, Mass., according to a release. The group is made up of three squadrons whose mission is to “conduct...

The Air Force Research Laboratory is working to combat the ageing process in the Air Force’s fleet of B-52 Stratofortress bombers, according to a release. Scientists in the AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate are concerned about early signs of metal...

The National Museum of the US Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, will go back in time a century in October to commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I. The museum on Oct. 1-2 will host the “World War...