1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (490+ words) Strategic guidance from the command in charge of Air Force training lays out a plan to train all Airmen in artificial intelligence and build “Digital Airmen” across the force’s training and education enterprise. Lt. Gen. Clack J. Quinn, the head…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (397+ words) The Space Force has selected a site in north Texas as the preferred location for the final site of its new Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability, the service announced Sept. 9. Pending final approvals, construction on the new radar and accompanying…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (720+ words) One year into a new campaign to boost readiness rates for the B-1B Lancer and B-52H Stratofortress bombers, Air Force Global Strike Command is claiming some early wins and planning to forge ahead with more improvements. The Air Force no longer releases…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (314+ words) U.S. Space Command maneuvered satellites across low-, medium-, and geosynchronous orbits in an exercise early this month, advancing the command’s push to master dynamic operations in space. SPACECOM announced the completion of Apollo Maneuvers 2026 in a Sept. 8 release, a month after…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (855+ words) The Department of the Air Force’s new equal opportunity and harassment policy, rolled out to comply with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s directives, redefines key terms and empowers commanders to dismiss complaints they deem not actionable. The new rules also bar…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (682+ words) After months of delays from a factory strike, the first F-15EX fighter jet the U.S. Air Force will permanently base overseas left Boeing’s facilities in St. Louis on Aug. 28. Eventually, the aircraft will fly to Kadena Air Base in Japan and join…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (514+ words) The Air Force’s decision to more than double its purchase of F-15EX Eagle II jets may bolster the service’s fighter fleet, but it also comes with risks and questions officials will have to manage in the years ahead, a new…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (438+ words) The Air Force’s new nuclear security helicopter, the MH-139A Grey Wolf, achieved initial operational capability in August—a significant milestone in the service’s effort to replace its Vietnam War-era UH-1N Hueys but years later than originally planned. In an Aug....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (362+ words) With 30 days to go before the end of fiscal 2026, Congress passed a continuing resolution Sept. 1 to extend current spending levels through Dec. 11—putting on hold the Pentagon’s request for $1.5 trillion in spending authority. The House of Representatives and Senate had…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (717+ words) The Air Force has issued a $100 million contract to combine its long-disjointed systems for managing aircrew readiness with software that is expected to reach initial operational capability next year, starting with the T-6A Texan II and the C-17 Globemaster III. The new software,…...