The United States Air Force and Royal Netherlands Air Force enhanced their fifth-generation interoperability during F-35 Lightning II operations at NATO’s Ramstein Flag 2025 exercise on 4 April.
At RAF Lakenheath, a specialist team from the 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron is carrying out precision work critical to the mission-readiness of the U.S. Air Force’s only fifth-generation fighter squadrons in Europe and Africa.
The U.S. Air Force has marked a milestone in its VENOM (Viper Experimentation and Next-gen Operations Model) programme, as the final F-16 Fighting Falcon scheduled for autonomous modification arrived on 1 April.
For the first time, U.S. Marine Corps F-35 pilots and U.S. Air Force F-22 pilots trained together as a joint combat force in the Navy’s Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) at Naval Air Station Patuxent River.
With this collaboration, users of Microsoft Flight Simulator can expect an unprecedented level of audio realism when flying the F-16C.
The 56th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Base flew its final F-16 Fighting Falcon sortie on 24 March, officially concluding the U.S. Air Force's use of the aircraft at the Arizona base.
The U.S. Air Force inducted its first F-35 Lightning II aircraft into the Euro-Mediterranean Airframe Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul, and Upgrade (MRO&U) facility in Cameri, Italy.
Boeing and Lockheed Martin developed two experimental X-planes under DARPA contracts as part of efforts to reduce risk for the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) platform.
Lockheed Martin, which previously developed the F-22 and F-35 fighters, expressed disappointment at not being selected for the NGAD programme.
Boeing has been awarded a major contract by the United States Air Force to design, develop and deliver the military’s next-generation fighter aircraft.
On 3 March, the U.S. Air Force announced the official designation of two prototype uncrewed fighter aircraft under its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) programme.
The United States Air Force has awarded the contract for its Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) platform, officially naming the new fighter jet the F-47.
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