KC-10 Tankers, B-1 Bombers Can Slowly Be Retired, Lawmakers Say The Air Force must maintain 50 primary mission KC-10A aircraft in 2021, legislation says. It must keep 24 combat-coded B-1s.
Big Changes Are Coming to Air Force Bomber Missions. Here's Why Change has come to the way the U.S. Air Force provides bomber support to geographical combatant commands.
Not Just Fighter Jets: Air Force Bombers Will Take to Skies for Health Care Salute Flyovers aren't just for the Air Force Thunderbirds and the Navy Blue Angels demonstration teams.
In Surprise, Air Force Picks Raytheon to Build New Cruise Missile The service wasn't expected to choose a final contractor for the Long Range Stand Off weapon until fiscal 2022.
After 16 Years, Air Force Ends Continuous Bomber Presence on Guam The Air Force has ended its 16-year mission to keep strategic bombers in Guam to reassure allies and act as a deterrent.
The B-1 Bomber Is Not Done Serving the US Air Force The B-1 remains a combat-proven airframe capable of meeting today's combatant commanders' needs.
The B-52 Will No Longer Carry Certain Nuclear Weapons. Here's Why The B-52 Stratofortress will no longer carry the B61-7 and B83-1 nuclear gravity bombs as it prepares to carry the new long...
Air Force Sends B-52 Bombers to Diego Garcia Amid Middle East Buildup: Report Reportedly, the bombers will be "available for operations against Iran if ordered."
Aging B-1 Bomber May Soon Have to Restrict the Way it Flies The B-1B Lancer bomber, a plane designed with the ability to fly fast and low to the Earth in order to avoid enemy radars...
The Air Force Could Retire These 8 Fighter Planes and Bombers Some think that getting rid of the old stuff to make room for the new makes sense.
How Marines Took an Airfield in the Philippines in a Show Against China On April 30, three combined littoral reconnaissance teams made up of roughly 30 U.S. and Philippine Marines each, flown by...
Army Eliminates Online Training Requirement for Noncommissioned Officers, Saying It's Too Burdensome The Army has eliminated a significant part of its online training for enlisted troops -- a learning program that has drawn...
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Air Force Pilot Who Died After Aircraft Ejection Seat Misfire Identified by the Service Capt. John Robertson, an instructor pilot from the 80th Operations Support Squadron at Sheppard Air Force Base, was injured...
Must-Pass Defense Bill Includes 4.5% Military Pay Raise on Top of 15% Increase for Junior Enlisted Troops The recommendation from the House Armed Services Committee in its draft version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or...