$10,000 Toilet Seats and Data Rights: The Air Force's New Dilemma The U.S. Air Force never expected to fly aircraft such as the Cold War-era B-52 Stratofortress bomber for as long as it has.
Tiltrotor Craft That May Replace Black Hawk Prepares for Test Flight A team from Textron Inc. and Bell Helicopter will demonstrate the maneuverability of its experimental V-280 Valor helicopter.
Pilot Who Ejected in April Hornet Mishap Was Senior Navy Officer The pilot who was forced to ditch his F/A-18E Super Hornet after an attempted carrier landing was a seasoned Navy captain.
Seat Belt Error May Have Led to Pilot's Ejection Death While there was no evidence to suggest the belt was faulty, the pilot may not have been properly strapped in, the report...
Senators Want $100 Million for New Marine Corps Light Attack Aircraft The Senate Armed Services Committee has set aside millions for light attack aircraft, but not solely for the U.S. Air Force.
F-22 Raptors Replace F-35As in Pacific for Theater Security Mission The F-22 Raptor has deployed to the Pacific as part of a theater security mission.
Older F-35s 'On Life Support,' But Training Chief Isn't Worried It's not unusual that the Pentagon's newest F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft is already showing signs of aging.
The Military Still Wants a Belly Gun for the V-22 Osprey For years, officials have wanted a forward firing gun under the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey's belly.
Air Force Releases Proposal for A-10 Warthog Re-Winging Program The U.S. Air Force has published its solicitation to defense companies to re-wing more than 100 A-10 Thunderbolt II close-air...
Pilots Eject Safely as T-38 Trainer Crashes in Mississippi The incident marks the second T-38 crash in six months, after a fatal accident in November.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...