Two B-52s returned home to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., after a Bomber Task Force deployment to Guam. One of the bombers joined a joint drill with South Korea’s air force on its way home.
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WORLD: Modernization: B-52's get new engines and other upgrades; AWACs to the Boneyard.
Pacific Air Forces leaders conducted readiness inspections and spoke about quality of life concerns with Airmen during a sweep of the U.S. Air Force’s two bases in South Korea last week.
The air forces of the U.S., South Korea and Japan held their first ever trilateral aerial exercise Oct. 22. One American B-52 bomber and three U.S. F-16s flew alongside two F-15Ks from the Republic of Korea Air Force, and four F-2s from the Japan Air ...
The U.S. Air Force is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the U.S.-South Korea alliance with a huge display of airpower at the 2023 Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition this week. Most notably, a B-52H Stratofortress is slated to land on the Korean Peninsula for ...
The Air Force has provided new details of flight testing the AGM-181 Long Range Standoff nuclear cruise missile, along with details of its financial progress.
It’s no secret that Rolls-Royce North America has been a trusted partner for the U.S. Air Force going back decades – even before the service was established in 1947. From the company’s factories in Indianapolis, originally the Allison Engine plants,...
The Air Force’s primary platform for air attack against the most heavily defended targets will be the sixth-generation B-21 Raider, featuring a degree of stealth “orders of magnitude” stealthier than the B-2A Spirit it will replace.
The general impression over the past few decades that U.S. air bases were somehow sanctuaries was a historical anomaly. The threat has grown qualitatively and quantitatively.
The Air Force is investigating an incident involving a B-52H Stratofortress that took place at RAF Fairford, United Kingdom, during the Royal International Air Tattoo on July 16. Video of the incident appears to show a bomber knocking down runway lights.
Four B-52 bombers and more than 200 Airmen from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., arrived at Andersen Air Force Base on Guam on March 30 to kick off the service’s latest Bomber Task Force deployment in the Indo-Pacific.
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