The Air Force, for the first time in its history, has deployed its three bombers to the Pacific, all landing on the Andersen AFB, Guam, flightline. B-1s from Ellsworth AFB, S.D., deployed to Guam as part of the Continuous Bomber...
The Air Force needs to do more to address its shortage of fighter pilots, such as increasing flight time at home, in addition to giving pilots more money to stick around. The service is looking to increase the bonus for...
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein declared Wednesday that after being forced by budget constraints to find “operational efficiencies,” particularly in manpower and conventional airpower accounts, it is “time to revitalize the squadron as the warfighting core of...
Gen. Tod Wolters on Thursday received his fourth star and took command of US Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa during a ceremony at Ramstein AB, Germany. Wolters took command from Gen. Frank Gorenc, who is retiring after running USAFE...
The State Department has approved a possible sale of precision-guided munitions to NATO, and in turn nations in the US-led coalition fighting ISIS, to increase the arms available in the fight. The total sale, pending Congressional approval, would be $231...
The threat pilots face during exercises over Nellis AFB, Nev., will soon have a new look. Last week, the 64th Aggressor Squadron unveiled a new ‘splinter’ paint scheme for their F-16s. The pattern of white, gray, and blue patches with...
An exercise underway at Hill AFB, Utah, is giving pilots the chance to employ precision-guided munitions, but also maintainers the chance to work with weapons they don’t normally see at home stations. Aircraft from a number of Air Force bases...
A task force formed by House Republicans found senior leaders at US Central Command altered intelligence reports on ISIS to present findings that were “consistently more positive than analysis produced by other elements of the Intelligence Community.” The task force’s...