May 11, 2022 | By
Mike Tsukamoto Unless you were too young—or perhaps not yet even born—we all remember 9/11: Where we were, what we were doing, what we did next. Two decades hence we are still recollecting, still coming to grips with what happened that day and what has transpired since. ...
The improbably shaped B-2 Spirit is the most recognizable aircraft in the Air Force inventory and very possibly the least understood.
Senators Float $1.1 Billion for Air Force in Disaster-Relief Bill A group of senators tucked $1.1 billion for Air Force operations, maintenance, and construction into a broader disaster-relief funding bill introduced this week. Lawmakers would allow the service to stretch...
The Air Force Association's annual Air Warfare Symposium runs Feb. 27-March 1, in Orlando, Fla. The theme of this year’s conference is “Innovation: Future Force Faster.”
Launching the 1st Air Commandos: An Interview with 103-Year-Old Dick Cole Retired Lt. Col. Dick Cole, now 103, best known as the last surviving member of the famous Doolittle Raiders, later flew “the hump”—the Himalaya Mountains—supplying US troops in China...
In a rare interview about the 1st Air Commando Group, retired Lt. Col. Dick Cole discusses the first-ever aerial invasion, flying troops and supplies into Burma from March 1944 to November 1945, and the unique precursor to today’s USAF special operators.
2017 marks 70 years since the United States Air Force was established as an independent military service, but many of USAF’s entities trace their history back much further. In fact, 65 of today’s Active Duty, Air National Guard, and Air...
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