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 ...
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A USAF F-22 Raptor receives fuel from a KC-10 Extender assigned to the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron out of Al Dhafra AB, United Arab Emirates, on Aug. 28, 2019. Air Force photo by SSgt. Chris Drzazgowski. The F-22 Raptor...
The Air Force is betting near-term capacity to develop a multidomain command and control network. But should just one service foot the bill for a joint requirement
An exclusive interview with USAF acquisition chief Will Roper.
The Rapid Sustainment Office set out to save time and money by investing in new maintenance technologies. After just one year, the results are promising.
The 158th Fighter Wing received its first two F-35 Lightning IIs during an event at the Vermont Air National Guard Base, South Burlington, Vt., on Sept. 19, 2019. Air National Guard photo by TSgt. Ryan Campbell. The unit cost of...
High-power microwave weapons, like the Raytheon system shown here, are being vetted to fry electronics for a variety of uses like base defense. Raytheon photo. The US military has doubled its spending on directed energy weapons over the past two...
A1C Anthony Uelk, on the ladder, along with fellow 932nd Airlift Wing flight line crew chiefs, brave the polar vortex record low temperatures while refueling a C-40 in preparation for a launch on Jan. 31, 2019, at Scott AFB, Ill....
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...