Gen. David Goldfein, the Air Force’s 21st Chief of Staff, was officially sworn in during a July 1 ceremony at the Pentagon. Goldfein, who was confirmed on June 29, replaced the now retired Gen. Mark Welsh as Chief. “My commitment...

Three F-35A Lightning IIs deployed from Luke AFB, Ariz., to RAF Fairford, UK, for the Royal International Air Tattoo, landing the evening of June 30 after a seven hour, 45-minute flight from JB Langley-Eustis, Va. The aircraft will participate in...

The Air Force has declared a Nunn-McCurdy breach on its embattled Global Positioning System Next-Generation Operational Control System, meaning the program exceeded the 25 percent cost overrun threshold. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James declared the breach on June 30...

Airstrikes from remotely piloted aircraft have killed between 6?4 and 116 people since 2009, the White House announced Friday in a long-awaited report. The civilians and up to 2,581 members of terrorist groups were killed in 473 airstrikes, the White...

The Air Force on June 30 kicked off a high stakes battle between General Electric and Pratt & Whitney for the next-generation adaptive engine, awarding each company $919.5 million and $873.2 million respectively to begin their designs. The total value...

When US Africa Command requested refueling aircraft to continue its support of Operation Atlantic Resolve, help came from an Air Force Reserve Command unit 3,000 miles away. KC-135s and airmen from the 459th Air Refueling Wing flew from JB Andrews,...

Under the aggressive guidance of instructors from the Army’s 25th Infantry Division’s Jungle Operations Training Center, Air Force engineers and security and communications specialists endured a week of punishing but valuable training in how to survive and fight in the...

With 110-degree heat drawing torrents of sweat from under their heavy combat gear, three special operations airmen jumped from a hovering UH-60 Blackhawk and raced across a grassy field to recover “downed fliers” and bring them safely to the rescue...

Air Force special operations crews are being recognized for a daring June 22 rescue of two critically burned fishermen off the coast of Bermuda. Airmen with the 720th Special Tactics Group at Hurlburt Field, Fla., responded to a request from...

Dutch F-16s returned from a deployment to fight ISIS in Iraq and Syria on June 30. Dutch F-16s returned to Volkel Air Base, where Defense Minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert said despite the deployment, the “struggle continues” against ISIS, according to a...