Air Force

The U.S. Space Force’s acquisition arm is to gain a ground-level view of programs from subcontractors and suppliers, Frank Calvelli, assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and […]

A new Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) analysis argues that the U.S. Air Force must focus on fielding autonomous or semi-autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) in greater numbers […]

DAYTON, Ohio–The U.S. Air Force has said that it plans to retire its fleet of 44 Boeing [BA] B-1B Lancer bombers by 2031, yet the service is also upgrading the […]

Senate appropriators in a report on their version of the fiscal 2025 defense bill criticize the U.S. Air Force for submitting budget requests containing several billion dollars in what the […]

Boeing [BA] said on Aug. 5 that it has delivered the first MH-139A Grey Wolf production helicopter to the U.S. Air Force to protect the ICBM fields and transport government […]

While the U.S. Air Force says it is restructuring the LGM-35A Sentinel next generation ICBM program and taking back the 2020 engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) decision, Senate appropriators are […]

DAYTON, Ohio–The U.S. Air Force is expecting Boeing [BA] to deliver its second and third T-7A Red Hawk trainers in short order to the service to aid the test program […]

DAYTON, Ohio–Weapons integration, especially for the Indo-Pacific, is a stated priority for Brig. Gen. Erik Quigley, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s program executive officer (PEO) for bombers. “As […]

DAYTON, Ohio–As the U.S. Air Force considers its next steps on the manned Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter in light of a “pause” announced here this week by Air […]

The pilot of the CV-22—Gundam 22 (G22)–that went down last Nov. 29 in an exercise off Japan radioed the pilot of a companion CV-22—G21–that “we’ve got chips” in the left-hand […]