President John Kennedy, right, meets in the Oval Office at the White House with U.S. Air Force Gen. Curtis LeMay, second from right, and reconnaissance pilots who flew the Cuban missions. Third from the left is Maj. Richard Heyser, who took the first photos of the Cuban missiles. CIA
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Almanac: Historic Major Command Leaders
July 15, 2022
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The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier entered the Caribbean Sea, the U.S. Navy said Nov. 16, as the U.S. continues to build up its military might in the region, largely through airpower.
The six-week government shutdown did not affect the hours flown by Air Force pilots, a service spokesperson told Air & Space Forces Magazine—avoiding what could have been a major blow at a time when flying hours are already lower than they have been in decades.
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org NATO is abandoning its effort to buy E-7 Wedgetails to replace...
With the 43-day government shutdown officially over, Air Force and Space Force civilian workers are no longer furloughed, but it may take time to get every employee paid and back in the office, service officials advise.
A new way of counting the Air Force's fighters gives a better idea of how many are available for action but could undercut how comprehensively they're funded, experts said.
Air Force Chief of Staff Kenneth S. Wilsbach is allowing Airmen to wear unit pride T-shirts on Fridays and aircrew to wear nametags with their callsigns daily. The morale-boosting gesture is one of his first official acts as Chief and comes at a time when the Pentagon is cracking down…
Multiple B-52 Stratofortresses landed at Morón Air Base, Spain, on Nov. 8 for the Air Force’s first Bomber Task Force rotation of fiscal 2026 in Europe.
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The Air Force is projecting relatively limited growth for its main F-35 fleet for the rest of the decade, according to the new fighter roadmap it provided to Congress. That roadmap also calls for the overall fighter fleet to shrink for two more years before starting to grow.
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