Need for New Tech Grows as Air Force's Bird Strike Mission Expands Wildlife encounters accounted for 418 of the Air Force's 5,109 Class A, B and C mishaps from 2011-2017, according to a study.
Air Force Doubles Down on Hypersonic Weapons Development with 2nd Contract The move comes after Pentagon officials said in recent months they fear the U.S. may be lagging behind in hypersonics.
Air Force Studying Spider Silk for Stronger Body Armor, Parachutes Researchers are looking to arachnids to engineer new synthetic materials that are stronger than Kevlar.
Army Cyber Command Could Get New Name to Highlight Capability Range Lt. Gen. Stephen Fogarty said the U.S. should avoid the temptation to rely too heavily on cyber.
STRATCOM Chief Will 'Die Trying or Kill Somebody' to Get New Helo For the head of U.S. Strategic Command, a new helicopter for missile sites is not only a necessity, it's long overdue.
Haditha: What Do You Do? You've just been blown up. Your buddy is dead. You're angry. You feel vulnerable. You have great power at the end of your...
China Leaving US Behind on Artificial Intelligence: Air Force General China's massive investment in artificial intelligence technologies may soon leave the U.S. at a major disadvantage.
The Air Force Is Sending a Stealth Fighter to Europe. But Which? One of the U.S. Air Force's fifth-generation stealth fighters will head to Europe before summer's end.
Defense Budget Bill May Signal End of JSTARS Recapitalization Effort The push to upgrade the JSTARS fleet may be over as both the House and Senate have chosen to ax the recapitalization plan.
Air Force, NASA Work to Make Deep Space Exploration Possible U.S. scientists are striving toward deep space exploration, and NASA is looking to the U.S. Air Force for help to get there.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...