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F-35s from Misawa Deploy for First Red Flag in Alaska

Aug. 26, 2026

The 13th Fighter Squadron from Misawa Air Base, Japan, deployed its new F-35A fighters to a major exercise for the first time, sending them to Pacific Air Forces’ premier air combat training event: Red Flag-Alaska.

Air Force Football to Sport B-21 Themed Uniforms vs. Navy

Aug. 26, 2026

For its latest special uniform celebrating the heritage of airpower, the U.S. Air Force Academy football team is looking to the future: the B-21 Raider.

Space Force Plans ‘Scorecard’ to Evaluate Programs’ Commercial Integration and More

Aug. 26, 2026

The Space Force is exploring ways to incentivize acquisition leaders to leverage more commercial innovation across their programs, including a new “scorecard” to quantify their efforts.

SOUTHCOM Conducts First Drug Boat Strike Under New Counter-Cartel Task Force

Aug. 25, 2026

U.S. Southern Command recently announced its first lethal strike on a suspected narco-trafficking vessel in two months, and the first under a newly formed permanent counter-cartel task force. The U.S. is also reportedly planning to transfer MQ-9 drones to Colombia to bolster its counter-cartel efforts.

Air Force Plans Support Contract That Could Keep RQ-4s Flying Into 2030s

Aug. 25, 2026

The Air Force is planning to award Northrop Grumman a contract that could allow the RQ-4 Global Hawk to keep flying into 2033. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center posted a presolicitation notice Aug. 17 saying it plans to award Northrop a sole-source contract for development, modernization, retrofit, and…

Airman Among 8 Killed in Crash at Remote Alaska Radar Site

Aug. 25, 2026

2nd Lt. Leah A. Borsich, an Air Force civil engineer, was among the eight people killed when a contractor plane crashed near a remote Alaskan radar site last week, officials announced Aug. 24.

Sexual Assault Rates Decline in Latest Pentagon Survey Following Reforms

Aug. 25, 2026

Sexual assault across the military decreased last year, according to the Pentagon’s latest official figures released Aug. 21.

Air Force ‘Closely Following’ Navy’s New Long-Range Air-to-Air ‘Malice’ Missile

Aug. 24, 2026

A new Navy missile could fill a long-range air-to-air need for the U.S. Air Force’s fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-generation fighters. The Navy’s portfolio acquisition executive for munitions posted information on the AIM-424 Long Range Air-to-Air Missile online on Aug. 22, the same day it unveiled the project at the service’s…

White House Policy Sets Goal of Supporting 1,000 Rocket Launches a Year by 2030

Aug. 24, 2026

A new White House policy calls for the Pentagon to craft plans for additional space launch facilities to support a projected increase in launch demand that could see the U.S. supporting as many as 1,000 launches by 2030, more than a fivefold increase from 2025.

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