2024 USAF & USSF Almanac: Leaders

The 500th F-35A built for the U.S. Air Force is on duty with the Florida Air National Guard, the service and contractor Lockheed Martin confirmed Aug. 21. It's the latest big number for the F-35 fleet. In September 2024, Lockheed delivered its 1,000th F-35 fighter, including all variants and all…

Airmen with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron captured videos emerging into the eye of Hurricane Erin and dropping new weather research technology.

U.S. Air Force F-16s intercepted a Russian spy plane operating off the coast of Alaska, North American Aerospace Defense Command said in a statement late Aug. 20. U.S. Air Force F-16s intercepted a Russian spy plane operating off the coast of Alaska, North American Aerospace Defense Command said in a…

Twenty-five faculty members—about 5 percent—have left the U.S. Air Force Academy so far this year, including those who opted into the federal Deferred Resignation Program, retired, or were not renewed for another term. Nearly 10 percent of the academy’s 1,500 or so civilian jobs were identified for elimination in 2025,…

The Air Force is conducting another round of market research for its proposed next-generation tanker, specifically asking industry for ideas on the airframe—a wide-open question with major implications for the future fleet. 

The Department of the Air Force has issued new guidance laying out the steps it will take to involuntarily separate transgender Airmen and Guardians from military service.

Moving 10 tankers to refuel six C-17s en route to a paratrooper drop in Australia took nearly 24 hours of work by a team of planners at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.

Five and a half years in, the Space Force officially has its own dress and appearance policy. But a big revamp is likely coming soon.

The Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile will have its first test flight this fall, a yearlong delay from previous plans, according to Air Force budget documents. A possible plan to delete some test flights to save time and money seems to have been dropped.