November 6, 2019 Air Force maps path to 100 new B-21 bombers The B-52 will be armed with long-range, nuclear cruise missiles… the B-2 will elude the most modern air defenses and the B-1B bomber will fire hypersonic weapons -- if the Air Force’s plan for the next several decades comes to fruition.
October 28, 2019 Air Force’s mysterious X-37B space plane returns to Earth after record-breaking 780 days in orbit The U.S. Air Force’s secretive X-37B space plane returned to Earth on Sunday after completing more than two years in orbit.
October 23, 2019 Pentagon will send more than 50 F-35s to Europe to deter Russia The Pentagon is sending more than 50 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to Europe over the next few years to deter Russia and help NATO prepare for an entirely new kind of warfare.
October 15, 2019 Army mini-explosive drones kill enemy drones They can form swarms of hundreds of mini, precision-guided explosives, overwhelm radar or simply blanket an area with targeting sensors. They can paint or light up air, ground or sea targets for enemy fighters, missiles or armored vehicles, massively increasing warzone vulnerability. The can instantly emerge from behind mountains to fire missiles at Army convoys, infantry on the move or even mechanized armored columns.
October 7, 2019 Air Force bomber plan: B-2, B-52 and B-1 to fly into 2040 The B-52 will be armed with long-range, nuclear cruise missiles… the B-2 will elude the most modern air defenses and the B-1B bomber will fire hypersonic weapons -- if the Air Force’s plan for the next several decades comes to fruition.
September 30, 2019 Air Force's new B61-12 nuclear bomb hits target in testing The Air Force is test-dropping an upgraded, multi-function B61-12 nuclear bomb which improves accuracy, integrates various attack options into a single bomb and changes the strategic landscape with regard to nuclear weapons mission possibilities.
September 29, 2019 US airman stationed in Germany gets 5 years for recording women undress, shower in his house, report says A U.S. airman stationed in Germany was sentenced by a court-martial Thursday to five years in jail for using hidden cameras in his off-base house to record women who were his guests bathing or undressing while he was away, according to a report.
September 27, 2019 New Air Force Research Lab strategy fast-tracks weapons Interview with Tim Sakulich, director of materials and manufacturing Air Force Research Laboratory and executive lead for Implementing the Air Force Science and Technology strategy.
September 24, 2019 Air Force says pregnant aircrew members can fly without medical waiver Pregnant Air Force pilots and no longer need a medical waiver to fly and perform other assigned flight duties, the Air Force said Monday.
September 23, 2019 Air Force prototypes 6th-generation future stealth fighters Drone fighter jets, hypersonic attack planes, artificial intelligence, lasers, electronic warfare and sensors woven into the fuselage of an aircraft are all areas of current technological exploration for the Air Force as it begins early prototyping for a new, 6th-Generation fighter jet to emerge in the 2030s and 2040s.
