Air Force Grounds Osprey Fleet Indefinitely After Recent 'Safety Incidents' Air Force Special Operations Command has stopped all flights for its entire fleet of CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, citing...
A String of Mishaps Shows How Tricky It Can Be to Keep the Aircraft on Aircraft Carriers The past year has been hard on the carrier aviation community.
Everything You Need to Know About the A-10 'Warthog' Thunderbolt II The Warthog, Hawgs, Thunderbolt II -- whatever you call it, it's the Air Force's flying tank. It's both beloved by ground...
How the US Military Ended Japanese Air Dominance by Destroying the Legend of the Zero At the start of World War II, Japan's Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter was the most vaunted and feared weapon in the enemy arsenal...
Black Female U-2 Pilot Broke Barriers on the Ground and in the Air Air Force Col. Merryl Tengesdal started out in the Navy flying helicopters but ended up becoming the first Black woman to fly...
E-2D Hawkeye, Navy’s Airborne Early Warning Place, Gets Spotlight in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ With its giant flying saucer-like rotating radar dome, the Hawkeye is an odd-looking and ungainly plane.
D-Day Story: Malcolm Edwards I was a bombardier on the B-26 Nick's Chick in the 344th bomb group, 495th squadron. The following are the recollections that...
The Story of How the Soviets Shot Down US Pilot Francis Gary Powers In 1960, the Soviet Union shot down a lone American flying at 80,000 feet above its cities. The secret mission was to gather...
America's First Jet Ace Displayed His Flying Skills in Three Wars Col. James Jabara, who once ate 20 carrots a day to improve his eyesight, was hailed as America's first jet ace and, by some...
The US Air Force's Bid to Develop Nuclear-Powered Aircraft At the height of the Cold War, U.S. Air Force scientists dreamed of a fleet of nuclear-powered aircraft. They almost made it...
Top Enlisted Leader at Air Force Special Operations Command Fired, Facing Investigation Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green, who advised on the readiness, training and quality of life of enlisted air commandos, was...
Army to Soldiers: Reenlist by Monday if You Want to Claim Incentives While it is not unusual for the Army to curtail incentives after meeting its retention goals, the troops were given little...
Former Air Force Commander Punished with 21 Days' Confinement, Forfeiture of Pay After Guilty Plea Col. Christopher Meeker, the former commander of Wright-Patterson's 88th Air Base Wing, was sentenced Tuesday evening after...
New Air Force Academy Mission Statement Drops Educate, Adds a Different Focus The Air Force Academy has rolled out a new mission statement that drops the word "educate" and adds in a focus on winning...
The Army Is Getting Rid of Athletic Trainers The Army is set to phase out its unit-level athletic trainers -- civilian specialists tasked with providing immediate care...