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August 25, 2020

Billions wasted? Iraqi pilots claim pricey F-16 program is falling apart

Nine years ago, just before the Obama administration pulled the plug on a troop presence in Iraq, Baghdad signed a landmark $4.3 billion, U.S.-backed Lockheed Martin deal to bolster its burgeoning Air Force with their very own fleet of F-16 fighter jets. The first batch arrived three years later, under the guise that the force would stand on its own two feet.

August 22, 2020

Pentagon: Use of surveillance planes in protests was legal

The use of National Guard reconnaissance planes in four U.S. cities to monitor the widespread protests earlier this year didn't violate rules against the military collecting intelligence on Americans, a Pentagon report has concluded.

August 19, 2020

French air-to-air missile accidentally sent to Florida airport

A French-made air-to-air missile was discovered at a commercial airport in Florida, according to reports.

August 14, 2020

GEICO-backed pilots drop roses over WWII cemetery to mark 75 years after war's end

Fox News was invited by a team of aviators to ride in a vintage WWII airplane Wednesday as it dropped roses over a cemetery in New York to commemorate 75 years after the war's end.

August 12, 2020

Air Force helicopter struck by bullet makes emergency landing in Virginia; FBI investigates

The FBI is investigating the shooting of a military helicopter during a training mission this week in northern Virginia, injuring one crew member who was aboard, officials said Wednesday.

August 7, 2020

Ford, Bush presidential adviser Brent Scowcroft dead at 95

Brent Scowcroft, who played a prominent role in American foreign policy as national security adviser to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush and was a Republican voice against the 2003 invasion of Iraq, has died, a Bush spokesperson said Friday. He was 95.

August 6, 2020

Air Force and Navy air-launch ICBM

U.S. nuclear triad exist to ensure a decisive retaliatory strike.

August 4, 2020

Air Force launches unarmed missile over 4,000 miles into Pacific Ocean

An unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile was launched early Tuesday morning over 4,000 miles from a base in California into the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command announced.

August 4, 2020

Missing sailors rescued from Pacific island after SOS signal spotted in the sand

Three men were rescued from a small, uninhabited Pacific island after writing a giant SOS sign in the sand, the Australian Defense Department said on Monday.

July 25, 2020

Gen. Jeff Harrigian: Air superiority is fundamental for US Air Force, but our enemies are gaining ground

The air superiority our nation has enjoyed for decades is no longer assured. Like freedom, it needs to be fought for.