AFSOC Commander Calls Reports of AC-130J Problems Overblown Critics should look at recent problems with the Air Force's newest AC-130J gunship as routine the command's top general said.
Air Force Readies Competition to Re-Wing A-10s The service is requesting that defense companies submit ideas on how best to develop new wings for the A-10 fleet,
Air Force Chooses AT-6, A-29 for Secondary Light Attack Experiment The Air Force has selected two aircraft in its "light attack experiment" to undergo more demonstration fly-offs.
The Air Force's 'Ultimate Battle Plane' Has A Major Gun Problem The AC-130J Ghostrider's fire control systems "performed inconsistently when accounting for changing ballistic conditions."
Air Force Searching for New Company to Re-Wing A-10s The service plans to launch a new competition for the re-winging work.
A-10 Pilots Report Hypoxia-Like Incidents at Davis-Monthan AFB More than two dozen A-10s didn't fly in late November after two pilots reported hypoxia-like symptoms.
'Saving Guys on the Ground': A-10 Documentary Shows Stunning Mission Check out some stunning footage from the 2014 mini-documentary "Grunts in the Sky: The A-10 in Afghanistan."
Another Light Attack Offering Joins Air Force's OA-X Fly-Off Another aircraft will fly at the Air Force's OA-X light attack competition next week.
Congress Eager for Results of Air Force's Light Attack Aircraft Demo Senators said they are hopeful the OA-X procurement strategy may improve how future weapons systems are acquired.
Lawmakers Back $400 Million for Possible A-10 Successor Key lawmakers support providing the Air Force with $400 million to explore buying a new light attack aircraft for missions in...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...