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...
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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...
Airmen from the 92nd Maintenance Group prepare a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 916th Air Refueling Wing at Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C., for aircrew to disembark at Fairchild AFB, Wash., Oct. 16, 2019. Air Force photo by Amn. Kiaundra Miller. The...
Syrian Democratic Forces commando cadets clear a room during urban operations training in Syria, Aug. 3, 2019. Army photo by Spc. Alec Dionne. The Pentagon is withdrawing most US troops across Syria as Turkey’s invasion across the border to fight...
An RQ-4 Global Hawk receives routine maintenance after being refueled June 12, 2019, at Grand Forks AFB, N.D. Air Force photo by SrA. Elora Martinez. JBSA-LACKLAND, TEXAS—The RQ-4 Global Hawk enterprise has more work ahead to grow into its new...