November 29, 2018 Vermont colonel forced to resign after flying F-16 to meet love interest: report The former commander of the Vermont Air National Guard was forced to resign in 2015 after taking an F-16 fighter jet for a work trip that doubled as a romantic rendezvous in Washington D.C., according to a report by local website VTDigger.org.
November 28, 2018 Air Force seeks hypersonic attack drones and stealthy deep strike drones for 2030 Hypersonic attack drones traveling at five times the speed of sound, new stealthy drones engineered for strike missions deep into heavily defended enemy territory and drones operated from the cockpit of 5th-generation fighters - are all part of a fast-emerging Air Force vision for the drones of the future, spanning all the way into the 2040s and beyond.
November 25, 2018 Missing Air Force family of 4 found dead in Thanksgiving SUV crash An Air Force family reported missing in Montana on Thanksgiving Day has been found dead in their damaged SUV.
November 13, 2018 Air Force T-38C Talon crashes on Texas base; one dead A military trainer aircraft crashed Tuesday at Laughlin Air Force in Texas, Air Force officials said.
November 13, 2018 Air Force fast-tracks new deep strike bunker buster bomb The Air Force is taking the next steps to test, develop and produce a new class of “more penetrating” bunker buster weapons to enable aircraft to destroy a new level of fortified underground targets.
November 13, 2018 Japanese woman arrested in connection to stabbing death of US airman A Japanese woman was arrested in connection to the death of a U.S. airman last week, who was fatally stabbed while at his off-base residence in Western Tokyo, the Air Force said in a statement.
November 5, 2018 Air Force mascot seriously injured in prank showing signs of improvement It seems the Air Force Academy’s falcon seriously injured during a prank before the annual football game against Army on Saturday, is following the military branch’s motto: Aim high, fly-fight-win.
November 2, 2018 The US Army wants the F-35 for close air support The U.S. Army wants the F-35 to support its ground troops. It’s that simple.
October 24, 2018 F-35 combat missions now have operational ‘threat library’ of mission data files The Pentagon's F-35 is conducting attacks, surveillance operations and combat missions with an updated on-board “threat library” of Mission Data Files engineered to identify enemy threats in key regions around the globe.
