As the USAF confirms its intent to buy more F-15EX Eagle IIs, Senators Budd and Shaheen have launched three new bills ...

Despite being nearly 70 years old, the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is still the backbone of the US Air Force's (USAF) aerial ...

The USAF is likely to keep the Rivet Joint flying past 2050, 90 years after entering service. The absence of a planned ...

After arriving in late March, twelve A-10C Thunderbolt IIs from Michigan’s 107th Fighter Squadron successfully departed RAF Lakenheath on Apr. 8 towards the U.S. Central Command region. The twelve ...

The special operations transports were supporting the effort to rescue a downed American aviator when they apparently became stuck in soft sand and had to be abandoned and destroyed by US forces near ...

Iran has struck radar systems, satellite communications and mission-critical aircraft at US bases across Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

The Cold War-era Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane is getting a major tech upgrade. BAE Systems is improving its defense system so the plane can better detect and protect itself from modern radar and ...

The so-called AWACS plane, which has a rotating radar disc mounted above its fuselage, is used to spot distant threats and ...

A US Air Force Boeing KC‑135 Stratotanker declared an emergency on Saturday while flying from Israel to RAF Mildenhall due to ...

The Air Force must upgrade its KC-135 tankers to give aircrews more battlespace awareness, say former air-mobility leaders who warn that more tragedies might follow a recent deadly crash. Navy Capt.