Im Falle einer nationalen Notlage soll ein »Doomsday Plane« den USA als fliegende Kommandozentrale dienen. Die Luftwaffe tauscht nun ihre Flotte aus – gegen alte Passagiermaschinen.

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base's 335th Fighter Squadron receives fuel in the U.S. Central Command region, April 20, 2024. (Air Force) Six bases will test ...

U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall flies inside the cockpit of an autonomous X-62A VISTA jet above Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on May 2, 2024. (U.S. Air Force via AP) It is time to ...

As part of the Air Force’s sweeping overhaul to prepare for a fight against China, the service will start testing a new deployment model at bases around the country. Six bases will host ...

The Department of the Air Force was created with the signing of the National Security Act of 1947. The Air Force’s missions are broken down into Air and Space Superiority, Global Attack, Rapid ...

Startling video (via The Daily Mail) shows the moment two pilots ejected from their fighter jet, leaving one dead and another fighting for his life in the hospital. Bangladesh Air Force pilot Asim ...

Chantemekki Fortson, mother of Roger Fortson, a U.S. Air Force senior airman, holds a photo of her son during a news conference regarding his death, Thursday, May 9, 2024, in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.

Defense News offers premier news and analysis of global air warfare programs and technologies to keep military and industry decision-makers informed. DIU and the Air Force want to use ETV in large ...

The U.S. Air Force was officially founded on 18 September 1947, and in the decades since it has established itself as an air force second-to-none. Yet the Air Force's history and heritage goes ...