No one was hurt when a C-17 caught fire after landing April 9 at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Seven crew members and one passenger were returning from an overseas mission when the C-17 landed at the base and caught fire, causing substantial damage to the ...
An MQ-9 pilot pulled a wrong lever as the Reaper was taking off in Syracuse, N.Y., causing the remotely piloted aircraft to lose fuel supply and crash in June 2020, according to an Air Force investigation. The MQ-9 was “significantly damaged” at a cost of ...
The Air Force's new mission statement is familiar, all-encompassing, and joins two parallel aspects of the service's 74-year history: “To fly, fight, and win … Airpower anytime, anywhere.” The new mission statement focuses on air alone, now that the Space Force is independent, and emerged ...
The Air Force is experimenting with the use of 5G technology to provide mobile, distributed command and control and it eventually hopes to be able to do away altogether with fixed location air operations centers, according to the service’s deputy chief technology officer. "Today’s air ...