Over the next 20 years, the aviation industry will face a massive gap in staffing—617,000 pilots and 679,000 maintenance technicians—putting even more pressure on the Air Force, which is already struggling to keep its own pilots, according to a new...

Germany is looking at different locations for its Tornado aircraft and service members as a dispute between the country and Turkey has prevented lawmakers from being able to visit Incirlik Air Base. Germany early this year deployed Tornado ECR reconnaissance...

The first Japanese F-35A took its maiden flight on Aug. 24 in Texas. The aircraft, called AX-1, took off from the Lockheed Martin assembly plant in Fort Worth and flew for about an hour and a half, Lockheed announced. The...

The new prime minister of Libya’s Government of National Accord met with top officials from US Africa Command this week as US aircraft continued to support GNA troops fighting ISIS. Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj met with AFRICOM Commander Marine Corps...

Six airmen from the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 177th Fighter Wing were sent to the hospital Aug. 25 after being exposed to chemicals from an F-16’s emergency power system. The airmen were working on the aircraft at about 2:30...

Communications systems upgrades are coming to the Air Force’s tactical air control party vehicles, C4ISRnet reported Aug. 25. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center awarded iGov a $52.5 million contract to perform the work, slated to be complete by...

Bioenvironemental engineers from the 94th Mission Support Group at Dobbins ARB, Ga., have teamed up with scientists from the Georgia Department of Health (GDH) to combat mosquitoes that could be carrying the Zika virus, according to a release. The team...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) on Aug. 25 announced the first class of graduates from its streamlined Unmanned Aircraft System Flight Training Academy, which is based in North Dakota. The company’s training academy offers “a dramatic reduction in the...

US Pacific Command recently concluded Operation Pacific Angel, a multinational collaborative effort to bring medical care and school improvements to two communities in Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka, according to a release. In coordination with ongoing efforts by the US...