KC-10 Tankers, B-1 Bombers Can Slowly Be Retired, Lawmakers Say The Air Force must maintain 50 primary mission KC-10A aircraft in 2021, legislation says. It must keep 24 combat-coded B-1s.
Big Changes Are Coming to Air Force Bomber Missions. Here's Why Change has come to the way the U.S. Air Force provides bomber support to geographical combatant commands.
Not Just Fighter Jets: Air Force Bombers Will Take to Skies for Health Care Salute Flyovers aren't just for the Air Force Thunderbirds and the Navy Blue Angels demonstration teams.
In Surprise, Air Force Picks Raytheon to Build New Cruise Missile The service wasn't expected to choose a final contractor for the Long Range Stand Off weapon until fiscal 2022.
After 16 Years, Air Force Ends Continuous Bomber Presence on Guam The Air Force has ended its 16-year mission to keep strategic bombers in Guam to reassure allies and act as a deterrent.
The B-1 Bomber Is Not Done Serving the US Air Force The B-1 remains a combat-proven airframe capable of meeting today's combatant commanders' needs.
The B-52 Will No Longer Carry Certain Nuclear Weapons. Here's Why The B-52 Stratofortress will no longer carry the B61-7 and B83-1 nuclear gravity bombs as it prepares to carry the new long...
Air Force Sends B-52 Bombers to Diego Garcia Amid Middle East Buildup: Report Reportedly, the bombers will be "available for operations against Iran if ordered."
Aging B-1 Bomber May Soon Have to Restrict the Way it Flies The B-1B Lancer bomber, a plane designed with the ability to fly fast and low to the Earth in order to avoid enemy radars...
The Air Force Could Retire These 8 Fighter Planes and Bombers Some think that getting rid of the old stuff to make room for the new makes sense.
The Army Has Officially Deployed Laser Weapons Overseas to Combat Enemy Drones A pair of laser weapons has been deployed by the Army to an undisclosed location overseas to blast incoming enemy drones out...
Fired After 6 Months: Army Sacks Commander of Germany Unit Meant to Bolster NATO Against Russia Lt. Col. Eric Ackles, commander of 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, was relieved of command, the service...
Toxic Exposure Screenings: Vets Report Spotty Follow-Up on Questionnaire Meant to Boost Health Care and Benefits Rolled out with great fanfare in November 2022, toxic exposure screenings for all VA patients were mandated by the PACT Act...
Feds Settle Case for $2 Million After Skydiving Plane Took Out Marine Corps Osprey on Runway Nearly four years after a civilian skydiving aircraft collided with a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey sitting on a San Diego runway...
Reports of Mediocre Disability Exams by VA Contractors Prompts Senator's Demand for Answers A prominent Democratic senator is demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs review the quality of its privatized...