Air Force

By Michael Sirak The Air Force is interested in launching a program early next decade to develop a 2,000-pound boosted penetrator munition as an enhanced means of defeating hardened and […]

The Army’s major modernization program, the Future Combat Systems (FCS) will again participate in the Air Force Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment (JEFX) 2008 as it did last year, according to […]

By Michael Sirak DUBAI, United Arab Emirates–The Air Force is looking to build partnerships in the Middle East in the realm of airlift since there is a need both for […]

By Michael Sirak Southwest Asia–Both the United Kingdom and United States now are operating General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI)-built Reaper remotely piloted aircraft over the skies of Afghanistan, and, as […]

By Michael Sirak FORWARD OPERATING BASE, Southwest Asia–The current grounding of the Air Force’s fleet of F-15 fighter jets shows the challenges and dangers of operating an aging inventory, the […]

By Michael Sirak RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany–The Air Force is starting to return F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets to flight duty upon each aircraft passing a one-time inspection, service officials […]

By Jen DiMascio Lawmakers are supporting the Air Force’s position that it needs 20 more F-22 Raptor stealth fighter aircraft, urging the service to extend its current multiyear contract with […]

The Air Force says it intends to task Raytheon [RTN] soon to supply 450 AGM-65 Maverick surface-attack missiles with a new laser guidance section as a near-term means to attack […]

By Michael Sirak Boeing [BA] has joined forces with Northrop Grumman [NOC] to offer the Air Force an affordable and comparatively low-risk solution to installing powerful jamming pods on the […]

By Michael Sirak Raytheon [RTN] beat out Northrop Grumman [NOC] last week in the competition to provide advanced modern radars for the Air Force’s fleet of 224 F-15E Strike Eagle […]