March 7, 2019 Air Force fast tracks new war machines The Air Force is implementing a new weapons strategy to fast-track a number of high-priority systems to war, including satellite sensors, hypersonic weapons, B-52 engines, nuclear missiles and combat sensors.
March 6, 2019 Air Force deploys new handgun as it modernizes weapons The Air Force has started deployment of its new M18 Modular Handgun System.
February 22, 2019 Air Force revs up production of precision bomb dubbed 'world’s largest sniper' The Air Force is revving up production of the air-dropped, precision-guided BLU-129 bomb increasingly in demand by warzone commanders - so accurate, lethal and precise, it is called “the world’s largest sniper accuracy.”
February 21, 2019 Single F-35 'kills' dozens of enemy fighters in AirWar live combat 'scenario' As 60 enemy fighters closed in on a US Air Force 4th Generation fighter aircraft, blinding the jet with electronic warfare attacks, an experienced pilot faced unseen life-threatening attackers closing in -- during an air-combat Red Flag exercise closely replicating actual warfare scenarios.
February 18, 2019 'Boneyard' in the desert recycles, refurbishes over 3,000 military-grade planes from military, NASA The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) is the only place in the country authorized to store military-grade planes.
February 5, 2019 F-35 pilot describes how cutting-edge plane is a key weapon in America's arsenal Lockheed Martin F-35 Pilot Billie Flynn is a former F-18 Pilot who flew attack missions over Serbia. Here he gives a pilot's view of war in the F-35.
January 31, 2019 Air Force may expand, speed up purchase of F-35 fighter jets While senior Air Force leaders are calling for a “fast” pursuit toward production and delivery of its stated F-35 objectives, there are some voices now raising the question as to whether the rates should be sped up even more -- potentially even increasing the overall numbers for the program.
January 17, 2019 Air Force adjusts attack strategies to prep for fighter jet-fired laser weapons The U.S. Air Force is refining its combat strategy, tactics and concepts of operation to accommodate the rapid emergence of laser weapons, technologies which promise to alter the landscape of modern warfare and substantially expand the envelope of attack possibilities for fighter jets.
January 11, 2019 The 5 most exciting defense stories to look out for in 2019 The U.S. military has been modernizing the armed forces in preparation for a potentially new era of warfare around the corner.
January 8, 2019 Air Force sets sights on 6th-generation fighter jet prototypes 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.
