Retired But Still Flying, the F-117 Nighthawk May Soon Fade to Black How did the "retired" F-117 Nighthawk plane make its way onto a flightline?
Unspecified Maintenance Error After F-22 Was Washed Led to Crash at Eglin The F-22 crash was the first of two nearly back-to-back fighter crashes at Eglin last year.
Special Operations Command Eyes Four Squadrons of Armed Overwatch Aircraft SOCOM commander Gen. Richard Clarke said each squadron would be made up of 15 aircraft, and he expects one would be deployed...
Greece Takes Delivery of 1st of 18 French Rafale Warplanes Greece signed a $2.7 billion deal in January for the Rafale planes, including 12 used and six new aircraft. They are to be...
Russia Unveils New Fighter, Putin Hails Country's Air Power Russia has presented a prototype of a new fighter jet that features stealth capabilities and other advanced characteristics.
New AC-130J Completes First Test Flight After more than a year of modification, the newly created AC-130J Ghostrider took to the sky for the first time as a gunship.
Dutch Navy: Russian Jets Flew Low Over Frigate in Black Sea Defense Minister Minister Ank Bijleveld-Schouten called the Russian actions “irresponsible.”
Cuts to Flight Hours Necessary as Aircraft Sustainment Costs Surge, Air Force General Says According to its fiscal 2022 budget request, the service instead wants to slash flight time by roughly 87,500 hours.
Air Force Plans to Cut 45 Planes from Its Workhorse C-130 Fleet, Upgrade Others The Air Force reiterated budget plans to reduce its C-130 fleet to 255 aircraft in the near future from about 300 currently.
Report: Jet Pilot Had Emergency, Ejected in Crash near Nellis The pilot reported a “flap issue” and then declared an emergency, the NTSB report said.
Why Japanese Tanks Were Doomed in the Pacific Theater Today, the Pacific remains a prominent strategic interest for the U.S. military, but the Marine Corps recently deactivated...
Hegseth Says Wounded Knee Soldiers Will Keep Their Medals of Honor Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he has decided that the 20 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for...
The Italian WWII Frogmen Who Inspired the U.S. Navy SEALs While uniquely American, SEAL doctrine owes a technical and conceptual debt to Italy’s WWII combat divers, who first combined...
New Mexico's Health Care Crisis Is Forcing Military Personnel to Decline Assignments At New Mexico's three Air Force bases — Kirtland in Albuquerque, Cannon near Clovis and Holloman outside of Alamogordo — the...
Democratic Candidate for Governor of New Jersey Pushes Back After GOP Questions Her Service Record Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic candidate for governor of New Jersey in this year’s high-stakes race, is defending her Navy...