A B-1B Lancer bomber crashed as it was attempting to land at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., on Jan. 4. All four crew members ejected safely from the aircraft and survived, Ellsworth Air Force Base said in a statement.
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The U.S. conducted a rare drone strike in Baghdad on Jan. 4 that killed a leader of an Iranian-backed militia, in an effort to deter further attacks on American forces in Iraq and Syria. The Pentagon described the strike, which took place at noon local ...
Andersen Air Force Base on Guam is preparing for potential infrastructure upgrades to host up 12 Singaporean F-15 fighters, following a 2019 agreement between the two nations. The proposal, as detailed in a December release, would see around 209 acres of Guam reshaped over the ...
The Air Force is buying more than 1,500 GBU-53/B StormBreaker Small Diameter Bomb IIs for itself, the Navy, and FMS customers.
The Air Force is moving toward Initial Operating Capability with the F-15EX, as the third and fourth examples of the fighter joined the test fleet at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.
Aerial photographer Mark Holtzman had just a few heartbeats to capture a B-2 Spirit bomber and the football stadium at the perfect angle in one frame, all while flying at 100 miles per hour in one direction as the B-2 flew about 200 miles per ...
After a monthslong wait, the Air Force has a new No. 2 officer. Gen. James C. “Jim” Slife was sworn in as the Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force and received his fourth star on Dec. 29. Slife will now help guide the ...
Two U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers flew from the mainland U.S. to participate for the second ever trilateral aerial exercise with South Korea and Japan on Dec. 20—the latest in a surge of bomber exercises over the Korean Peninsula in 2023.
At 247 feet long and with a 222-foot wingspan, the C-5M Super Galaxy is the largest aircraft in the U.S. military—and, as a crew at Travis Air Force Base recently proved in the skies over northern California and Oregon, America’s largest flying gas station.
