Air Force

California-based Viasat has received a $90 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract from United States Air Force (USAF) Life Cycle Management Center at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio to provide USAF special […]

The Air Force plans to partner with combatant commands in a series of tests conducted several times a year, with the goal of increasingly demonstrating ways to connect U.S. military […]

Saab began production on the Air Force’s forthcoming T-7A Red Hawk trainer jet earlier this month, the company said Jan. 21. The Swedish-based company started assembly production of its portion […]

The Air Force officially ended the B52-H’s mission to carry nuclear gravity bombs late last year, according to an updated operating military manual making the rounds online this week. Air […]

Air Force Gen. John “Jay” Raymond was sworn in as the first chief of space operations to lead the nascent U.S. Space Force Jan. 14, becoming the first-ever Space Force […]

 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Air Force delivered the sixth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) protected satellite communications system to the 45th Space Wing Jan. 11, providing the final space […]

An Air Force three-star general has been nominated to become the deputy commander of U.S. Strategic Commander, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Jan. 13. Lt. Gen. Thomas Bussiere current serves […]

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is “eagerly anticipating” the fourth flight test of the Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie stealth unmanned aircraft system (UAS) “in the near future,” AFRL spokesman Bryan […]

The 14th Air Force – previously the Air Force component to U.S. Strategic Command for space operations – last month was redesignated as the Space Operations Command (SPOC) under the […]

JOINT-BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. – On a crisp and overcast afternoon in late October, four T-38A Talon trainers and two F-22 Raptors fighter aircraft from Air Combat Command’s 71st Fighter Training […]