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September 5, 2018

F-22 refines dogfighting and air-to-air combat tactics

The Air Force F-22 has been refining its dog-fighting skills, assessing technical upgrades and testing air-to-air combat tactics during a Red Flag exercise in Nevada earlier this year – designed to improve attack maneuvers and solidify emerging communications technologies and sensors, service officials said.

August 24, 2018

Air Force preps for massive cyberattacks on large weapons systems

The Air Force is massively revving up efforts to defend stealth fighters, nuclear-armed missiles, air-launched weapons and crucial combat networks from crippling wartime cyber attacks by taking new steps with a special unit put together to find and fix vulnerabilities.

August 23, 2018

Is there new 'hackproof' cyber defense? Air Force, industry test new system

The Air Force is working with industry to test an emerging cybersecurity technology which has not as of yet been “hacked,” despite massive amounts of attempted penetrations.

August 23, 2018

New Air Force B-2 ‘earth penetrating’ nuclear weapon changes combat strategy

The Air Force’s B-2 Stealth bomber has test-dropped 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.

August 21, 2018

New Air Force light attack plane moves quickly toward combat

The Air Force has entered the next phase in its development of a new, combat-ready Light Attack aircraft designed to maneuver close to terrain, support ground combat operations and operate closely with U.S. allies in an irregular warfare scenario.

August 21, 2018

US Air Force zooms ahead on 2 new hypersonic weapons plans

The arms race is picking up considerable speed, and the United States doesn't want to get left behind.

August 17, 2018

Air Force to fly F-15s, F-22s and F-35s controlling attack drones from the air

The Air Force and DARPA are now testing new hardware and software configured to enable 4th and 5th Generation aircraft to command drones from the cockpit in the air, bringing new levels of autonomy, more attack options and a host of new reconnaissance advantages to air warfare.

August 14, 2018

F-35 gets computer-enabled automatic ground collision avoidance

The Air Force will soon operate F-35s with fast-evolving collision-avoidance technology

August 6, 2018

Air Force revs up massive migration to cloud technologies

The Air Force is working with the Department of Defense and industry to accelerate widespread migration to cloud technology to enable faster decision-making, AI implementation, rapid data organization and improved IT security, Pentagon leaders said.

August 3, 2018

Air Force remains silent after huge meteor hits near US military base

A meteor hit the earth and exploded with 2.1 kilotons of force last month, but the US Air Force has made no mention of the event.