A Chinese fighter on Aug. 19 conducted a “dangerous intercept” of a US Navy P-8 surveillance aircraft flying a “routine mission” some 135 miles east of Hainan Island in international airspace over the South China Sea, Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm....

Defense Department and White House officials sharply rebuked Russia for sending an alleged aid convoy into Eastern Ukraine without obtaining clearance from Ukrainian authorities. Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby called the convoy of some 280 trucks a “violation of...

Air Force Space Command is asking industry to provide information on a potential new booster propulsion and launch system for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle-class spacelifts. In light of ongoing conflicts with Russia, USAF is seeking a domestic alternative to the...

Air Combat Command loaned one of its newer Block 40 Global Hawks to the flight test community at Edwards AFB, Calif., to help with configuration-constrained testing. The Block 40 from Grand Forks AFB, N.D., will join the existing Global Hawks...

Lockheed Martin has completed a critical design review on an upgraded Active Electronically Scanned Array radar for its newest configuration of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, which the Air Force initially wanted. Completion of the CDR proves that Northrop Grumman’s Scalable...

A C-17 assigned to JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, was formally dedicated as the “Spirit of Daniel Inouye,” the late veteran Hawaii senator and Medal of Honor recipient, during a ceremony at the base last week. Of the Air Force’s 223...

Airmen are not usually associated with cattle drives. But, to the delight of service personnel, family members, and others, airmen from the 97th Air Mobility Wing at Altus AFB, Okla., joined citizens from the surrounding communities in riding horses to...