Air Force

The U.S. Air Force is exploring how it will oversee its share of the F-35 Lightning II program in light of the Defense Department’s recent decision to give the military […]

A U.S. Air Force competition to buy light-attack aircraft might formally begin in as few as five months, according to an industry source. The service has told aircraft manufacturers that […]

Privately owned drones routinely violate restricted airspace over military bases, ships and airfields and the Pentagon wants more authority to shoot them down, Defense Secretary James Mattis on May 9 […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has resumed delivering F-35 Lightning IIs to the U.S. Department Defense after a corrosion problem halted those shipments for over a month. The “acceptance hold,” which was […]

The U.S. Air Force plans to conduct a “safety review” of its aviation operations later this month to address a recent series of mishaps, including a WC-130H Hercules crash last […]

The second phase of the U.S. Air Force’s light-attack aircraft experiment was set to begin May 7 at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, according to service officials. The […]

EVERETT, Wash. – Boeing [BA] expects to receive a U.S. Air Force contract later this year to begin developing future upgrades for the new KC-46A Pegasus tanker, according to a […]

SEATTLE – Boeing [BA] has finished 95 percent of the testing it must conduct with its new KC-46A Pegasus tanker before it can start delivering the refueling jet to the […]

Open architecture is reducing the cost and time needed to develop and deploy critical Air Force capabilities, but officials want to see further agreement with industry on standards, according to […]

Fifty House members have signed a letter urging defense panel leaders to fund the purchase of 18 Boeing [BA] KC-46A tankers in fiscal year 2019, three more than the Air […]