From the C-141 Starlifter to the C-17 Globemaster III, the USAF's capabilities have evolved over time. What will be the ...

However, not all Air Force bases are expansive hubs filled with combat aircraft and long flight lines. Some of the service’s ...

The Air Force’s newest aircraft, a crop-duster style plane modified to perform armed overwatch and intelligence gathering, was delivered last week to Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on defense, strategy, the profession of arms, and aerospace. The Pentagon’s recent questioning of the Air Force plan to ...

China’s advanced J-10C multirole fighter aircraft and the KJ-500 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) platform—often ...

The United States Navy has signed a $20.3 million contract with Collins Aerospace to upgrade the high-power communication ...

On Apr. 10, 2025, a C-17 from Joint Base Lewis-McChord became the first in the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command to take fuel from a commercially contracted KDC-10B. Omega Air Refueling, based in ...

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin said the service's maintainers have pulled off "miracles" to keep planes in the air, despite a lack of spare parts, manpower and decades-old aircraft. Here, ...

Staff and visitors to the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum are required to wear masks. The Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum has reopened to the general public, the museum announced ...

On Memorial Day 2017, Retired Lt. Col. Jeff Flagg put on his uniform and saluted each person buried at the Omaha National Cemetery. The Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum will feature decorated ...