President Donald Trump left Turkey on an older VC-25A Air Force One jet, choosing it over the brand-new VC-25B “Bridge” aircraft that had carried him to Ankara (ESB) for the NATO Summit.
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A large influenza outbreak that has killed one Air Force trainee and sickened 284 recruits at Basic Military Training (BMT), according to the congressman who represents the base.
US approves US$22.3M sale of 67 Hellfire missiles to arm Singapore’s RSAF AH-64D Apache attack helicopter fleet.
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.