The Pentagon’s fiscal 2027 budget request seeks 85 F-35 Lightning II fighters across the joint force, up from 47 in fiscal 2026.…
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The Air Force is planning to invest nearly $1.7 billion to continue modernizing the B-1B Lancer and B-2 Spirit bombers over the next five…
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The Air Force and Space Force would both expand their ranks next year under the Pentagon’s proposed $1.5 trillion 2027…
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U.S. Air Force airmen operated a semiautonomous jet-powered combat drone in a series of sorties recently, boosting the service’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program. The…
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For the third consecutive year, the Air Force hit its active recruiting target—a turnaround since 2023, when the Air Force Recruiting Service fell…
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At 4:40 a.m. local time on Friday, a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle, call sign Dude 44, was downed…
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In an April 6 press briefing at the White House, President Trump and top government officials walked reporters through how the…
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The Pentagon is requesting funds to buy 85 F-35s in its fiscal 2027 budget, 38 of them A vairants for…
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Airman, a person familiar with the operation told Air & Space Forces Magazine. American fighter jets were also involved in…
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PM This is a developing story. A United States F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet has been shot down over Iran,…
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