The Air Force expects to get its maintenance manning back to 100 percent by 2020 or 2021, after being short 4,000 maintainers just three and a half years ago. Lt. Gen. John Cooper, deputy chief of staff for logistics, engineering,...
Members of the 33rd Fighter Wing recently shot the first live air-to-air missiles from operational F-35A strike fighters during a Jan. 31 weapons system evaluation at Tyndall AFB, Fla. The AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles were loaded onto four strike...
Lockheed Martin did not file an appeal with the Armed Services Contract Board of Appeals regarding its dispute with the Pentagon over the F-35 Lot 9 contract. In November, the Pentagon terminated negotiations on the lot and simply imposed a...
One of the Air Force’s oldest aircraft has been among its busiest in the Middle East. A U-2 Dragon Lady, flown by a 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron pilot, on Thursday hit 30,000 hours of flight time while supporting US Central...
In the world of asymmetric threats to North America, NORAD is focused on learning to track low-profile aircraft that fly slowly at a low altitude, making it difficult to detect on radar. NORAD officials say the command has made progress...
As NORAD’s mission for homeland defense shifts away from a post-9/11 framework, a key requirement for dealing with the threat of Russian long-range aviation and advanced cruise missiles is persistent, over-the-horizon (OTH) radar. While advanced fighters and ISR aircraft can...
A Royal Netherlands Air Force KDC-10 tanker flew its first mission as part of Operation Inherent Resolve on Feb. 1, refueling multiple aircraft over a five and a half hour period. The tanker completely emptied its fuel during a mission...
Lockheed Martin has completed work ahead of schedule on the first of 12 F-22 Raptors at its Inlet Coating Repair Speedline facility in Marietta, Ga. There are two more Raptors currently at the facility, one that arrived in December 2016...
Air Force rescue airmen from Patrick AFB, Fla., deployed recently for a four-month rotation to Africa and Afghanistan. The airmen and aircraft from the 920th Rescue Wing deployed in two groups: one to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa for...