Air Force

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) and the U.S. Marine Corps have agreed to “present a united front” to industry on the need to overcome […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—United Launch Alliance (ULA) submitted a bid for the Air Force’s Global Positioning System III-3 (GPS III-3) launch mission, potentially giving the service competition for launch it so […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Air Force’s Agile Combat Support (ACS) Directorate, which oversees about 400 programs and a $7 billion annual budget, is looking for ways to reduce equipment […]

A U.S. Air Force U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Beale Air Force Base in northern California during a training mission Sept. 20, the service said. The […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–It could take the Air Force more than a year to better refine its Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) cost estimate as service Secretary Deborah James said she wants […]

The Air Force needs more new aerial refueling tankers than the 179 Boeing [BA] KC-46s it plans to buy and is considering incremental upgrades and a follow-on KC-Z aircraft to […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The 13 F-35As grounded late Friday could be out months as the Air Force and prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] work toward finding a solution, according to a […]

The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] $87.6 million in follow-on production of Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) kits, the company said Monday. The Paveway II Plus […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The Air Force is considering declassifying further parts of the B-21 Raider program, but a key service official warned that the program would not be entirely declassified. Air […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The U.S. Air Force revealed Sept. 19 that the service’s new B-21 bomber will be named the “Raider” in honor of Jimmy Doolittle’s Raiders. The Air […]