Air Force

By Michael Sirak The Air Force has been using its new MQ-9A Reaper armed unmanned aircraft in missions over Afghanistan since late September, the service said yesterday. The General Atomics […]

By Jen DiMascio Lawmakers are calling on the Air Force to continue to oppose the idea of dividing between two contractors an award for its next-generation aerial refueling tankers. Separate […]

By Michael Sirak The Air Force says the first of its Boeing [BA]-built Wideband Global Satellite Communications (WGS) spacecraft was successfully launched into orbit on Wednesday, beginning the process of […]

By Michael Sirak FT. WALTON BEACH, Fla.–The Air Force wants to move out more aggressively in the fielding of lasers and high-powered microwaves and, to support this, intends to increase […]

The Air Force-led review of an anomaly that occurred during the June flight of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket has determined the cause to be a faulty […]

The Air Force-led review of an anomaly that occurred during the June flight of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket has determined the cause to be a faulty […]

By Michael Sirak The Air Force is committed to ensuring that none of the three of the industry teams vying to supply its next-generation rescue helicopter will view itself at […]

By Michael Sirak The Air Force is planning to conduct a demonstration of the RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned sensor aircraft next year in the Pacific to showcase the platform and […]

The Air Force said yesterday that it intends to launch the first of its new communications satellites, the Boeing [BA]-built Wideband Global Satellite Communications (WGS) system, into orbit next Tuesday. […]

The Air Force Special Operations variant of the V-22 Osprey this week will begin its operational test and readiness review (OTR&R)–a comprehensive examination of all the developmental testing done on […]