A pair of B-1B Lancers from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., will participate in a joint exercise with the Indian Air Force this week—a rare appearance for the bomber in India and the first time it has participated in an exercise over the country.
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The Army and Air National Guard need to sharpen their strategies for promoting safety and mitigating risk in helicopter units, the Government Accountability Office wrote in a report released April 12. From fiscal year 2012 to 2021, there have been 298 accidents involving National Guard ...
The aging E-3 AWACS fleet got a little smaller last week, as the first of 13 aircraft the Air Force is planning on retiring this year took off from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., for the last time. Before the E-3, aircraft 0560, departed for the ...
U.S. and Philippine officials will hold “focused discussions” about a plan for the Philippine Air Force to buy a fleet of multirole fighter aircraft, according to a Pentagon fact sheet—one of several weapons systems the two countries discussed during a recent dialogue. The multirole fighter talks were ...
The Air Force plans only very modest spending on the B-1 and B-2 bombers through the future years defense plan, shifting its focus to the brand-new B-21 and the upgraded B-52.
NATO allies will conduct a massive air exercise in Germany this June on a scale unseen since the end of the Cold War, military officials said. Some 220 allied aircraft and 10,000 personnel will take part in Air Defender 23, against the backdrop of Russia’s ...
Airmen used a C-17 Globemaster III as a command-and-control platform in an experiment which could give commanders more options downrange.
F-15E Strike Eagles deployed to Kadena Air Base, Japan in April, joining F-35s to bolster the Air Force’s fighter fleet on the strategic island in the western Pacific. Meanwhile, the F-16CMs and F-22s that were previously forward deployed to Kadena have returned home, according to ...
Formal developmental flight testing of the Boeing T-7A Red Hawk will likely get underway this summer, as recent ejection seat tests appear to have been resolved, company and USAF sources said. The developmental testing will support a Milestone C low-rate initial production decision in the ...
