Air Force

The Trump Administration’s proposed 2018 defense budget falls short of the dramatic boost to military spending he has repeatedly promised, focusing instead on beefing up near-term combat capabilities while setting […]

The Hypersonic International Flight Research Experimentation (HIFiRE) program, a U.S.-Australian effort to improve understanding of high-speed flight, plans to conduct its next flight test “in the next couple months,” according […]

The U.S. Department of Defense, which is conducting a congressionally mandated review of potential improvements to its space organization, plans to send a report on its findings to Capitol Hill […]

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) on May 18 unveiled two technology efforts it is working on to disrupt and capture small, hostile drones. The first system, or spiral, which […]

U.S. Air Force efforts to develop the new B-21 Raider bomber aircraft are proceeding as planned, according to the head of Air Force Global Strike Command. ”We’re where we said […]

The U.S. Air Force’s first overseas training deployment of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35A Lightning II went smoothly and provided an opportunity to test the new fighter jet’s procedures and […]

Heather Wilson, a former congresswoman and Air Force officer, was sworn in as the 24th Air Force secretary during a May 16 ceremony at the Pentagon. Wilson said her priorities […]

The U.S. Air Force and industry are implementing a series of modifications to the F-35A ejection seat and helmet to remove a potential safety hazard for lightweight pilots, service officials […]

Boeing [BA] will assemble the U.S. Air Force’s T-X training jet at its St. Louis plant if it wins the competition to be the prime contractor, the company announced May […]

The U.S. Air Force is moving ahead with developing a replacement for its Air Force EC-130H Compass Call electronic-attack aircraft now that Congress has provided funding through the recently enacted […]