Airmen from the 60th Aerial Port Squadron from Travis AFB, Calif., load cargo onto a McConnell AFB, Kansas, KC-46A Pegasus on Aug. 21, 2019. Air Force photo by SrA. Christian Conrad. The first major test phase for the Air Force’s...
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An MC-130J Commando II taxis on the flight line July 28, 2016, at Kadena AB, Japan. USAF photo by SrA. Peter Reft. Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with information from Kadena AB, Japan. The photo caption also has...
A B-1B from the 34th Bomb Squadron at Ellsworth AFB, S.D., taxis after landing at Prince Sultan AB, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 25, 2019. AFCENT video screenshot. An undisclosed number of B-1B Lancer bombers touched down at Prince Sultan AB,...
USAF plans to purchase two to three of both the Textron AT-6B Wolverine (shown at top) and the Sierra Nevada-Embraer A-29 Super Tucano to continue work on the light-attack aircraft effort. Air Force photos. The Air Force plans to buy...
The Air Force is planning the first flight of its B-21 for December 2021, though that date could slip, the head of the service's Rapid Capabilities Office said. Staff photo illustration by Mike Tsukamoto. The first flight of the B-21...
An F-35A from the 56th Fighter Wing, performs a pass Oct. 1, 2019, at Luke AFB, Ariz. Air Force photo by A1C Leala Marquez The $34 billion contract covering production Lots 12-14 of the F-35 fighter—encompassing some 478 aircraft—should be...
Lt. Gen. L. Scott Rice, left, director of the Air National Guard, and his son Capt. Lee Rice, right, a pilot assigned to the 157th Air Refueling Wing, Pease ANGB, N.H., fly a KC-46A Pegasus Aug. 8, 2019. Air National...
Blue Air Training will provide close air support training services to the Air Force under an Oct. 18, 2019 contract, largely using its A-90 Raider light-attack turboprop aircraft. Photo courtesy of Blue Air Training.? The Air Force is moving forward...
An RQ-4 Global Hawk, assigned to the 319th Operations Group, Det. 1, Andersen AFB, Guam, lands at Yokota AB, Japan, Aug. 5, 2019, for a rotational deployment. The movement maintains operations for Global Hawks during months of inclement weather endured...
