The name “Frank Luke” has been bestowed on not one, but two air bases. No other American airman can claim that distinction. Ford Island AS, Hawaii, became Luke Field in 1919. In 1941 the Army shifted the name to a...
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Airmen from Hill AFB, Utah, recently completed their first six-month combat deployment with the F-35. On Nov. 1, airmen from the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings returned home to Hill after moving to Al Dhafra AB, United Arab Emirates. Joint Strike Fighters and airmen deployed ...
The Air Force is planning experiments and briefing senior leaders on progress toward its “arsenal plane” idea, looking at multiple aircraft options to fly with a large weapons cache to back up strike assets. An arsenal plane would be a multi-engine platform that accompanies remotely ...
Two Air Force pilots on Sep. 27 flew F-35Bs from the amphibious assault ship USS America in the Eastern Pacific, marking the first time airmen flew the Marine Corps variant of the Joint Strike Fighter at sea.
USAF airmen assigned to the 409th Air Expeditionary Group watch as a C-130J Super Hercules taxis in at Nigerien Air Base 201, Agadez, Niger, on Aug. 3, 2019. The C-130 landing marked the next step in airfield evaluations by starting...
A B-52 is flanked by four Saudi Arabian F-15Cs as it flies over Prince Sultan AB, Saudi Arabia, on Nov. 1, 2019. Air Forces Central Command Twitter video screenshot. US aircraft continued their high-profile operations in Saudi Arabia on Nov....
Gen. Benjamin Davis Jr. served as commander of the Tuskegee Airmen and was the Air Force's first African-American general. USAF photo. The US Air Force Academy in Colorado on Nov. 1 will rename its airfield in honor of the late...
An exclusive interview with USAF acquisition chief Will Roper.
Mobility forces practice for peer conflict.