First Titan IV Space Booster Launches

March 8, 1991

The first Martin Marietta Titan IV heavy-lift space booster to be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., lifts off. The booster carries a classified payload.

Two Dover Airmen Sentenced in Multimillion-Dollar Cyber Fraud Scheme

Oct. 6, 2026

A federal judge recently sentenced one Airman and a former Airman to a combined 15 years in prison and ordered them to pay $1.36 million in restitution for a two-year cyber fraud scheme they perpetrated while serving on Active-Duty at Dover Air Force Base, Del.

OA-1K Goes Off Runway at Oklahoma Airport; Crew Safe

Oct. 6, 2026

An OA-1K Skyraider II belonging to Air Force Special Operations Command went off the runway while landing at a small Oklahoma City airport Oct. 5 and is waiting to be moved, according to officials and flight tracking data.

Air Force’s Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile Has First Flight Test

Oct. 6, 2026

The U.S. Air Force has conducted the first flight test release of its developing hypersonic cruise missile, with that test taking place in Australia.

Air Force Finalizes Decision to Put F-35s at Oregon Base Starting in 2027

Oct. 6, 2026

More than two dozen F-35 Lightning II fighters are heading to Kingsley Field, Ore., after Air Force Secretary Troy Meink signed the official record of decision to base the jets there on Oct. 5, clearing the last bureaucratic hurdle for the Air National Guard base to host the service’s third…

Air Force Honors EOD Community with ‘Visible Recognition’ of New Beret

Oct. 5, 2026

Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians and officers will soon join an exclusive club of troops allowed to sport a beret marking their special community and service.

Vandenberg Eyes New Launch Support Facilities, Possible On-Site Manufacturing

Oct. 5, 2026

The Space Force is looking for industry feedback on its plans to create a new “Mission Development Zone” at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., to support launch providers with space for additional payload processing capacity, test and assembly facilities, and potentially rocket and spacecraft manufacturing infrastructure.

Northrop’s Talon Blue Collaborative Combat Aircraft Makes First Flight

Oct. 5, 2026

Northrop Grumman’s Talon Blue YFQ-48A Collaborative Combat Aircraft took its first flight Oct. 3, heightening the competition for the Air Force’s future combat fleet.

As Air Force Goes Big on Autonomy, Are Cargo Drones Next?

Oct. 5, 2026

The Air Force’s plans to field 1,000 semi-autonomous fighter and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance drones within just a few years made headlines at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber conference last month. But beyond the service’s signature Collaborative Combat Aircraft and Massed Modular Aircraft programs, a half-dozen or so firms are pitching…

All B-1 Bombers Leave RAF Fairford in Hasty Departure from UK Base

Oct. 4, 2026

All 12 American bombers deployed in Britain rapidly returned to the U.S. on Oct. 4 following security concerns about a potential Iranian threat to their base in the U.K.

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