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Share Article United Launch Alliance and SpaceX will move on in the Space Force’s National Security Space Launch pro­gram, tem­porar­i­ly knock­ing out Northrop Grumman and Blue Origin as they [...]

Share Article Tall or small, the Air Force wants to ensure that Americans of more shapes and sizes can fit into its future air­craft. The ser­vice on Aug. 4 updat­ed its guid­ance on the [...]

Share Article Most of the Defense Department’s uni­formed and civil­ian per­son­nel and their fam­i­lies muse com­plete a risk assess­ment and self-quar­an­tine for 14 days before [...]

Share Article More than a year after the Air Force released its “Science and Technology 2030” strat­e­gy, the offi­cer in charge of car­ry­ing it out says the future should come [...]

Share Article Share Article Lt. Gen. David D. Thompson is nom­i­nat­ed to for­mal­ly become the Vice Chief of Space Operations, the Space Force’s second-high­est offi­cer, and is up for [...]

Share Article An F‑15 from Kadena Air Base, Japan, dropped an “eagle claw” at some point during a train­ing flight Aug. 4, and the 18th Wing is look­ing into what caused the part to fall. [...]

Share Article Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, twice U.S. nation­al secu­ri­ty advis­er, unelect­ed states­man of inter­na­tion­al affairs, and advis­er to six U.S. pres­i­dents, died [...]

Share Article Three U.S. Air Force C‑17s, plus anoth­er from the multi­na­tion­al Strategic Airlift Capability group, on Aug. 6 began car­ry­ing aid to Lebanon after a mas­sive [...]

Share Article Some of the Air Force’s most advanced, secre­tive air­craft flew togeth­er in a large-scale event this week to vet the service’s meth­ods for destroy­ing enemy air defens­es, [...]

Share Article Share Article The Air Force Weapons School plans to start grad­u­at­ing its first KC-46 experts in three years under a new weapons instruc­tor course, the ser­vice said Aug. 5. [...]