Air Force

The Air Force’s chief of staff isn’t considering using stop loss, an order preventing airmen from moving to inactive status, to help stem the tide of pilots leaving the service. […]

The U.S. Air Force authorized extending the service life of the F-16 to from 8,000 to 12,000 Equivalent Flight Hours, producer Lockheed Martin [LMT] said Wednesday. This authorization came after […]

In his first turn briefing the press at the Pentagon as Defense Secretary, Jim Mattis said the recent retaliatory strike against Syria for its use of chemical weapons on civilians […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] along with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Air Force Test Pilot School, and the Calspan Corporation demonstrated successful manned/unmanned teaming, Lockheed Martin said Monday. The […]

The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $3.6 billion, 17-year contract to AECOM [ACM] URS Federal Services for remotely piloted aircraft services, the Pentagon announced April 6. URS, of Germantown, […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.–The Air Force is months away from standing up its new three-star deputy chief of staff for space (A-11) position, according to the service’s top space officer. Air […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.–The Air Force’s top space officer is comfortable with the idea of flying military payloads on used rockets, granted they fulfill the normal military caveats for national security […]

Air Mobility Command (AMC) is set to take delivery of 15 KC-46 aerial refueling tankers a year once production begins and that rate should be sustainable while older tanker platforms […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.–The Air Force is standing up a new three-star deputy chief of staff for space position, according to the service’s top space officer. Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) […]

Most Republicans at Heather Wilson’s confirmation hearing to become the next Air Force secretary seemed largely uninterested in probing her alleged ethics missteps, instead saluting her experience and supporting her […]