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.
There Will Be 450 F-35s in Europe by 2030, NATO Commander Says There are currently more than 600 F-35 aircraft operating from nearly 30 locations worldwide, according to Lockheed Martin.
The New Air Force One Plane May Fall a Year Behind Schedule, Air Force Says Boeing Co. is behind schedule on two new Air Force One aircraft.
Vice President's Plane Malfunction Casts Light on Air Force C-32 Woes The U.S. Air Force has no plans to replace its small fleet of Boeing 757s despite a series of high-profile breakdowns in...
Air Force's Mismanagement of KC-46 Tanker Program Is Costing It $100 Million, IG Says The KC-46 Pegasus has had many issues, including how the boom connects and disconnects when refueling aircraft.
Air Force Could Ditch Oldest F-35 Jets as Part of Fighter Downsizing, General Says Older versions of the premier stealth jet may be retired instead of receiving expensive upgrades.
Biggest Navy Exercise in a Generation Will Include 25,000 Personnel Across 17 Time Zones Aircraft carriers, submarines, planes, unmanned vessels, and about 25,000 personnel will participate in Large Scale Exercise...
$14 Billion Contract Marks Start of New Push to Build US F-16 Fighters for Partner Nations The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $14 billion contract to Lockheed Martin to build new F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets for...
Supreme Court Rules Unanimously Against Time Limits on Combat-Related Disability Pay Attorneys for a class-action suit representing 9,000 veterans argued that a legal interpretation limiting retroactive Combat...
Bragg Soldiers Who Cheered Trump's Political Attacks While in Uniform Were Checked for Allegiance, Appearance As President Donald Trump viciously attacked his perceived political foes, he whipped up boos from the gathered troops...
ICE Arrests Louisiana Mother of 9-Week-Old, Wife of Marine at Immigration Hearing Since immigration agents detained his wife in New Orleans last month, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran has ferried the couple's 9...
The Marines Are in Los Angeles Around 200 Marines armed with rifles, riot control equipment, gas masks, roughly 20 hours of civil disturbance training and...
Sailor in Custody After Body of Missing Norfolk Seaman Found in Wooded Area A female sailor who went missing from a destroyer based in Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia has been found dead, the Naval...
