A U.S. Navy E-6B Mercury served as the airborne command platform for a simulated Minuteman III missile launch test at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, September 15–17.
The U.S. Air Force is expanding its F-15EX Eagle II fleet to replace aging F-15C and F-15D aircraft while retaining a platform for future modernization.
The award follows Boeing’s recent delivery of F-15EX-22, the first aircraft under the Lot 3 contract.
Boeing said flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base in California has reached the test points needed for the graduates to begin training in a T-7A delivered to Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph.
The U.S. Air Force has brought a mixed-reality F-35A engine run simulator to Misawa Air Base, giving maintainers a way to practise without taking a fighter off the flight line.
New footage appears to show a B-21 Raider test aircraft reportedly known as “Cerberus” departing Edwards Air Force Base and flying over California’s Mojave Desert.
U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighters and an E-3 Sentry operated together in a binational maritime strike scenario over the Bering Sea from Sept. 18 to 22, 2026.
The U.S. Air Force displayed long-range strike and air-superiority capabilities during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Air Force has received its first two Collaborative Combat Aircraft at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, beginning operator-led experimentation with the uncrewed systems.
U.S. Central Command identified the B-2 among the aircraft employed during the operation’s first 72 hours, when American forces struck more than 1,700 targets.
The U.S. Air Force has awarded three companies a combined $17 million to plan an upgrade of secure satellite communications aboard the B-52 Stratofortress.
The mission highlighted Washington’s stated commitment to European security and NATO’s ability to project combat power across the region.
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