China’s rise, Iranian terror, and Russian belligerence point to the enduring need for deterrent airpower. Scale matters. The U.S. Air Force may not need to match China plane for plane, but it cannot continue to shrink to a shadow of its former size. Airpower is ...
Air Force
Gallery of Weapons
The Air Force has five Institutional Commands focused on the recruit, train, and equip function of the department, and 10 Service Component Commands focused on meeting the needs of the nation’s joint combatant commands.
Air Force Leaders Through the Years.
Department of the Air Force — Organization Chart The Department of the Air Force includes the Air Force & Space Force.
Rank Insignia of the Air Force and Space Force.
U.S. Air Force Wings 2026 147 active-duty wings · Click any card for details There are 147 Active-duty wings in the U.S. Air Force. There are 37 wings in the Air Reserve and 90 wings in the Air National Guard....
A non-exhaustive list of acronyms and abbreviations found in the 2026 Almanac.
Awards and Decorations Shown in order of precedence.
The Air Force on June 17 identified the eight crew members who died in a fiery B-52H Stratofortress crash at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., two days earlier.
The Air Force is offering a few early hints of what it’s looking for in its next-generation replacement for the C-5 and C-17, including the ability to fly in and out of makeshift airfields on austere battlefields.
The Pentagon fulfilled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's promise to slash the number of Religious Affiliation Codes used by the military to track the volume of members adhering to different religions and to shape the chaplain corps to support them. The change reduces the number of ...
