JSTARS Joins the Fight

June 11, 1996

Air Combat Command officially receives its first E-8 Joint STARS aircraft. USAF operated E-8 development aircraft during Operations Desert Storm and Joint Endeavor.

At Pentagon, Trump Leads 9/11 Commemoration on 25th Anniversary

Sept. 11, 2026

President Donald Trump and government and military leaders past and present paid tribute to the victims, survivors, and heroes of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon, marking 25 years since a hijacked plane flew into the building, killing...

Air Force Tests Ground Stations for Commanding CCAs, Eyes Contract Next Summer

Sept. 11, 2026

The Air Force announced Aug. 13 it recently tested prototypes for a portable ground station for commanding and controlling semi-autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft, and a spokesperson now says the plan is to award a contract for the effort next summer.

Air Force BMT Puts Finishing Touches on 1st Airbase Training Range—and Plans for More

Sept. 11, 2026

Under a late summer sun, Air Force basic trainees practice safely rearming a retired F-16 Fighting Falcon at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, with mock AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles. Nearby, a bulldozer levels the ground where the rest of this first new airbase training range will sit.

GA-ASI’s Uncrewed Combat Aviation Portfolio Answers Call for High-End Warfare Capability

Sept. 11, 2026

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), the company that introduced the world to unmanned warfare, has systematically transformed its aircraft lineup to address the defining requirements of modern high-technology warfare: range, persistence, payload, survivability, and scale against advanced adversaries. The...

AETC Launches Blueprint with AI Training for All Airmen

Sept. 10, 2026

Strategic guidance from the command in charge of Air Force training lays out a plan to train all Airmen in artificial intelligence and build “Digital Airmen” across the force’s training and education enterprise.

F-16s That Defended Capital on 9/11 Preserved for History

Sept. 10, 2026

Three F-16s that flew in defense of Washington, D.C., on Sept. 11, 2001, will be retired and preserved as museum artifacts.

Space Force Taps Texas Site for New Deep Space Radar, Targets Operations in 2030

Sept. 10, 2026

The Space Force has selected a site in north Texas as the preferred location for the final site of its new Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability, the service announced Sept. 9.

Global Strike ‘Campaign’ Aims to Speed Up B-1, B-52 Maintenance, Parts Supply

Sept. 10, 2026

One year into a new campaign to boost readiness rates for the B-1B Lancer and B-52H Stratofortress bombers, Air Force Global Strike Command is claiming some early wins and planning to forge ahead with more improvements.

USAF’s Only Aerial Spray Unit Squeezed by Demand, Aging Equipment, Slow Modernization

Sept. 10, 2026

Over the past few months and peaking in August, crews with the 910th Airlift Wing out of Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, have been running nighttime, low-flying missions to kill a ubiquitous and deadly adversary that’s plagued Americans for centuries—mosquitoes.

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