Air Force crews flew over France this week in C-130 transport planes decked out in black-and-white “invasion stripes” for the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
The Air Force F-16 Viper Demonstration team rolled out a new paint job on May 15 celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first flight of the YF-16, the prototype that took off by accident from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. on Jan. 20, 1974.
As the Air Force changes, so do its schools, and nowhere is that more apparent than the Air Force Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., which celebrates its 75th anniversary this week.
The new nine-part TV series, “Masters of the Air,” masterfully captures the grueling reality of life in the U.S. Army Air Force’s 100th Bomb Group during the daylight bombing campaign over Europe in World War II. But Americans watching the series on Apple TV+ might ...
On the eve of the end of one war, a World War II bombardier relived a little of the final day of his own conflict leading up to its anniversary Sept. 2. Jack Klotz, 96, who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces from 1943 ...
Operation Desert Storm, the six-week conflict that redefined modern warfare and introduced elements such as stealth, large-scale use of precision weapons, and space support, began 30 years ago Sunday. The operation shaped the world's militaries, which underwent a “revolution in military affairs” in its aftermath.
May 8 marks the 75th anniversary of the official end of the war against Nazi Germany. In 1945, the Allied powers accepted unconditional surrender from representatives of Adm. Karl Dönitz, the hand-picked new leader of Germany upon the April 30 suicide of Adolf Hitler. “Our ...