The base is the headquarters of the Twentieth Air Force (20 AF), which is in command of all Air Force intercontinental ...

Few fighters in history match the F-15 Eagle’s record: more than 100 air-to-air kills and zero losses, built across Israeli, American, Saudi, and Japanese operations. -As the U.S. fields the new ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The origins of the USAF lie in a decision made just four years after the Wright ...

Iraq’s invasion of its neighbor Kuwait on Aug. 2, 1990, caused an international coalition to respond with Operation Desert ...

President Trump's controversial decision to accept a luxury jetliner from Qatar and turn it into Air Force One is the latest milestone in 82 years of presidential flying. What to Know About the ...

The United States Air Force remains "the strongest, most capable, and lethal force in the world," Gen. Ken Wilsbach said Nov. 18 at a ceremony ...

The U.S. Air Force took delivery of its 99th and 100th KC-46A Pegasus air-refueling tankers at Travis Air Force Base in ...

Deterrence is emerging as a theme for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, but questions remain about the administration’s ability to deliver and maintain the nation’s nuclear deterrent. At the Air ...

The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is currently under scrutiny by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), the regional accreditor responsible for its degree programs. A formal complaint alleges ...

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) initiated a program in December 1979, known as the Cargo-Experimental (C-X) competition, as a means of finding a new strategic airlift aircraft that was ...

SAN DIEGO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2025 / Cubic Defense, the world’s leading provider of advanced air combat training, announces the firm-fixed-price IDIQ contract award by the USAF. The ...