1950 Jan. 14, 1950. General of the Air Force Henry H. “Hap” Arnold dies of a heart ailment at Sonoma, Calif. Jan. 23, 1950. USAF establishes Research and Development Command, eight months later it was redesignated Air Research and Development...
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1990 Jan. 25, 1990. The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird high-altitude, high-speed reconnaissance aircraft is retired from SAC service in ceremonies at Beale AFB, Calif. SR-71 crews flew more than 65 million miles, half at speeds above Mach 3. Cold War From...
When Congress asks the Air Force what else it would buy if it got more funding than it requests in Fiscal 2020, one of the answers will be program "accelerations," service acquisition chief Will Roper said Monday at AFA's Air, Space & Cyber Conference.
President Trump on Wednesday posthumously awarded the nation's highest honor for valor in combat to Chapman in a crowded White House ceremony.
Lyons said the US must treat cyber like any other operational domain, saying it's critical the United States understands the capabilities and intentions of its adversaries.
Thornberry said the Uni?ted States is being threatened by a range of Russian capabilities
The Air Force's limited and stressed fleet of tactical airlifters means US Transportation Command has had to increase the number of private contractor flights, the head of TRANSCOM told lawmakers on Thursday.
Air Education and Training Command has lost more than 11,000 training sorties since the T-6 fleet was grounded on Feb. 1.
The budget move is part of an Air Force space budget that is eight percent higher than the proposal for Fiscal 2018 |