Boeing will produce four additional MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters and provide related sustainment for the U.S. Air Force, marking the company’s second production contract for the aircraft in five months.
U.S. Air Force general officers flew training sorties across the western United States Jan. 9–15, demonstrating that command at every level is grounded in the same core competencies required of all Airmen.
North American Aerospace Defense Command and the Continental U.S. NORAD Region will conduct Exercise FELIX HAWK, a live-fly air defense exercise, on January 29, 2026, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. PST in the greater Santa Clara area.
Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) will conduct a multi-day readiness exercise across the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility to demonstrate its ability to deploy, disperse, and sustain combat airpower.
Northrop Grumman CEO Kathy Warden said the company does not expect to begin production of the U.S. Air Force’s Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile in the near term.
A U.S. Air Force EA-37B Compass Call assigned to the 55th Electronic Combat Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, arrived at Ramstein Air Base on 26 January 2026 as the first stop of its scheduled European roadshow.
Raytheon, an RTX business, has been awarded a $197 million contract by the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center for the MS-110 Multispectral Reconnaissance System.
Northrop Grumman expects to reach an agreement with the U.S. Air Force by the end of March to accelerate production of the B-21 bomber, according to Chief Executive Officer Kathy Warden.
U.S. Air Force announced it will begin introducing Air Expeditionary Wing 2.0 this year as an updated version of its legacy deployment construct.
A U.S. Air Force U-2 Dragon Lady assigned to the 99th Reconnaissance Squadron flew over Beale Air Force Base on Jan. 14, 2026, after being launched by Airmen from the 9th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron during Exercise Dragon Shield.
L3Harris Technologies has delivered the first MC-55A aircraft to the U.S. Air Force following integration and mission system testing for Australia’s new Peregrine fleet.
Congress is considering adding major funding increases for Air Force programs in the fiscal 2026 appropriations bill released on January 20, including $900 million to preserve the E-7 airborne early warning and control aircraft and $500 million for the F-47 Next-Generation Air Dominance fighter.
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