Weaponized Aggressor Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon Looks Ready to Wreak Havoc
21 Jun 2021, 09:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / F-16 Fighting Falcon with the 64th Aggressor Squadron flies during a USAF Weapons School Integration drill in Nevada earlier this month
USAF F-15E Strike Eagles Look Sharp and Pointy Over Europe
15 Jun 2021, 08:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Two F-15E Strike Eagles deployed in Europe with the 48th Fighter Wing have been photographed mid-air during an exercise earlier this month
Meet Heaviside, U.S. Air Force’s Future Electric and Autonomous Aircraft
14 Jun 2021, 13:28 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / An electric and autonomous aircraft was successfully used in a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory exercise, as part of an eVTOL development program.
Unique Pic Shows Jaguar-Tattooed F-16 Fighter Jet Escorting B-52 Stratofortress
13 Jun 2021, 07:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / USAF photo shows F-16 Fighting Falcons with the Portuguese Air Force escorting a B-52 Stratofortress during an exercise earlier in June
U.S. Air Force Plans to Deliver Cargo Worldwide via Large Commercial Rockets
7 Jun 2021, 12:41 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The U.S. Air Force announced its fourth Vanguard program which aims to use large commercial rockets to repidly deliver cargo across the world.
USAF Pave Hawk Takes a Close-Up Selfie While Landing, Looks Massive
6 Jun 2021, 08:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / An U.S. Air Force Pave Hawk with the 34th Weapons Squadron is shot in a selfie while landing during a training competition held at the Nevada Test range
More Than 115 Aircraft Fought Together in This Year’s Edition of Checkered Flag
3 Jun 2021, 14:24 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The largest Checkered Flag exercise held until now, out of Tyndall Air Force Base, integrated over 115 aircraft and 15 joint squadrons
B-52 Stratofortress Taking Off Is the Stuff of Nightmares. For the Enemy
27 May 2021, 08:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This B-52 Stratofortress was part of the Northern Edge 21 exercise earlier this month, seen taking off from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam
F-15EX on Aerial Refueling Mission Over California Is Pure Visual Delight
26 May 2021, 11:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Photo shows one of two F-15EX with the Eglin Air Force Base in Florida conducting an aerial refueling mission over California
USAF Ready to Move ABMS-Tech Into Operational Phase
24 May 2021, 12:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / USAF says it is ready to move the tech developed as part of the Advanced Battle Management System into operational phase
Amazing Photo Shows American F-35s Meet French Rafales Mid-Air, Not a Rendering
24 May 2021, 09:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Photo shows two USAF F-35A Lightning IIs playing aerial games with two French Air Force Dassault Rafales during an exercise earlier this month
Adaptive Cycle Engine for Fighter Aircraft Might Forever Change Aerial Combat
23 May 2021, 08:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / General Electric-developed XA100 adaptive cycle engine completed testing, provides 10 percent more thrust and 25 percent more fuel efficiency that existing ones
Boeing T-7A Red Hawk Comes Together in Record Time as Next USAF Trainer
14 May 2021, 11:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Saab ships aft section of a T-7A Red Hawk from Sweden over to Boeing in the U.S., Americans combine the two aircraft parts in just 30 minutes
Boeing T-7A Red Hawk USAF Trainer Enters Production, Nod to the Tuskege Airmen
27 Feb 2021, 09:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / USAF awarded Boeing a $9.2 billion contract back in 2018, asking it to provide in return 351 T-7A Red Hawk trainers for its pilots
Republic F-84 Thunderjet Was One of the First Nuclear-Capable American Fighters
21 Feb 2021, 09:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Republic F-84 Thunderjet was the first aircraft to be capable of in-flight refueling, and the first of its kind to be capable of holding a nuclear weapon
USAF Looking for Autonomous Convoys for Its Pilots to Blow Up
21 Feb 2021, 08:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American contractor Mountain Horse working on autonomous systems that could simulate a high-speed moving convoy for USAF pilots to target
U.S. Air Force Gets Serious About eVTOLs
8 Jan 2021, 13:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / USAF is giving a first contract to Metawave Corporation for the development of a high-precision, all-weather sensing solution for eVTOLs
U.S. Air Force Now Training with Combat Robot Dogs
9 Sep 2020, 15:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / USAF tests the so called Advanced Battle Management System that includes robotic dogs of the Ghost Robotics’ Vision 60 variety
SpaceX Launches 20th Rocket with USAF GPS Satellite, Does Not Recover Booster
24 Dec 2018, 11:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Very unlike SpaceX, the company did not attempt to recover the first stage booster after separation due to “mission requirements.”
Elon Musk's Autopilot Hype Fooled the U.S. Air Force into Buying a Tesla Model X
26 Sep 2017, 09:10 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / We all know the Tesla Model X - or any other Tesla for that matter - doesn't really have full self-driving capabilities, but the USAF appears not to