The Air Force will stand up a new unit next year to shape how the service fights with one-way attack drones.
Russia-Ukraine
Several B-52 Stratofortresses just completed a deployment to Spain that included training missions over the Middle East and Africa.
Multiple B-52 Stratofortresses landed at Morón Air Base, Spain, on Nov. 8 for the Air Force’s first Bomber Task Force rotation of fiscal 2026 in Europe.
The Pentagon’s new counter-drone task force will play a direct role in arming Airmen with new weapons to defend Air Force agile combat employment, or ACE, air bases in austere locations against enemy drone attacks, the director of Joint Interagency Task Force 401 said Oct. ...
“On Oct. 6, the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies was visited by one of Ukraine’s top F-16 fighter pilots, known by his call sign ‘AB.’ His visit offered a rare and candid glimpse into the ongoing transformation of Ukraine’s Air Force and the pivotal role ...
North American Aerospace Defense Command detected and tracked Russian warplanes flying in the Air Defense Identification Zone off the coast of Alaska on Sept. 24.
NATO scrambled its first fighter Sept. 13 under its new plan to bolster its defenses against Russian air incursions that was put into place after an array of Russian drones flew into Polish airspace last week, the officials from the alliance’s military command said.
NATO is bolstering defenses on its eastern border with Russia following the intrusion of Russian drones into the alliance's airspace in Poland last week. The alliance launched a new operation called Eastern Sentry on Sept. 12 in response with an immediate focus on air defense, ...
Russian drones were shot down by NATO fighter jets over Poland, alliance officials told Air & Space Forces Magazine Sept. 10, marking the first time that allied aircraft assigned to protect the alliance’s eastern flank have used force to defend NATO airspace.
