Air Force

The U.S. Air Force may need a significant increase in its drone force to help defend Europe, if Russia tries to invade Eastern European nations beyond Ukraine. Dedicated close air […]

The U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) in Albuquerque, N.M., is hoping to get a budget commitment in fiscal 2026 for 12 Satellite Communications Augmentation Resource (SCAR) antennas. […]

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Aerospace Systems Directorate at Edwards AFB, Calif., wants to gauge the breadth of innovation for future missile propulsion under AFRL’s Rocket Lab Hermes project, […]

Building each U.S. Space Force Counter Communications System (CCS) 10.3 Meadowlands takes a year or two for L3Harris Technologies [LHX] at its Palm Bay, Fla., plant, and several such systems […]

BARKSDALE AFB, La.–Every 450 flight hours, or two years, an early 1960s U.S. Air Force B-52H bomber by Boeing [BA] will come here for 23 days of phased, “bumper to […]

BARKSDALE AFB, La.–As the United States and Iran remain at loggerheads over the Iranian nuclear program, satellite photos this week have shown four B-52H bombers at the U.S.-U.K. base on […]

BARKSDALE AFB, La.–The U.S. Air Force’s 2nd Bomb Wing here is to be the lead wing for acceptance of the RTX [RTX] AGM-181 Long Range Standoff (LRSO) nuclear cruise missile, […]

BARKSDALE AFB, La.–Announced by Boeing [BA] in 2009 and first fielded in 2014, the company’s Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT) upgrade for the B-52H has been to replace old displays […]

BARKSDALE AFB, La.–Tail number 60-041 exited its parking spot, “Whiskey 2,” early afternoon on Tuesday for a planned five-hour flight to allow crew from the 93rd Bomb Squadron and 11th […]

BARKSDALE AFB, La.–U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink is visiting Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) here in his first visit to a service major command. Gen. Thomas Bussiere, the […]