US approves US$22.3M sale of 67 Hellfire missiles to arm Singapore’s RSAF AH-64D Apache attack helicopter fleet.
US AIR FORCE
The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor remains one of the world’s most capable air superiority fighters, but its pilots do not use the advanced Helmet Mounted Display System (HMDS) that has become a defining feature of the newer F-35 Lightning II.
The US Marine Corps has accepted 6 F-35B jets without radars, fitting ballast in the nose cones to maintain weight and balance. A delayed Northrop Grumman AN/APG-85 radar is the cause, and the Air Force and Navy will face the same situation later this year.
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has completed a landmark weapons testing milestone on the F-35A Lightning II, conducting the first joint Weapon Fill Measurement Vehicle (WFMV) flight test in partnership with the United States Air Force.
Trump unveils a Qatar-gifted Boeing 747-8i as new Air Force One, set for commissioning flights before presidential use.
A US Air Force investigation found that combined mistakes by a KC-46 boom operator and an F-22 pilot snapped a refueling boom, causing roughly $10 million in damage when it fell into the Atlantic Ocean.
The US Air Force has moved the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider into a new testing stage by placing an operational test pilot in the cockpit alongside a developmental test pilot.
A Boeing B-52H Stratofortress bomber crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base, California, on June 15, killing all eight people on board.
The US Air Force’s F-35A recorded the highest full mission-capable rate among all F-35 variants in fiscal 2025, yet only 28.5 percent of the jets could perform all assigned missions at any given time, according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report.
USAF F-35A jets arrive at Misawa Air Base in Japan, taking over the Wild Weasel mission for the 35th Fighter Wing.