US Air Force retires KC-10 Extender, making way for Boeing KC-46
A first McDonnell-Douglas KC-10A Extender was flown to the Davis Monthan storage facility in Arizona. The U.S. Air…
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An acronym for the United States Air Force. Topics related to the USAF’s aircraft, operations, and personnel.
U.S. Air Force orders eight pre-production Boeing F-15EX fighters
The U.S. Air Force officially signed the first order for eight Boeing F-15EX Advanced Eagle fighter jets on…
F-16 fighter jet crashes in New Mexico, pilot injured
A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. The pilot managed…
U.S. Air Force and Navy pilots: one and same thing?
It is well-known that not everyone can become a U.S. Air Force or Navy pilots. At first, candidates…
Air Force One: how Boeing 747 became the VC-25A
This article was originally published on AeroTime News on August 23, 2019. Just recently, the United States Air…
Pilot of crashed South Carolina F-16 fighter jet pronounced dead
A United States Air Force F-16CM Fighting Falcon crashed at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, during a…
Pilot missing after USAF F-15C disappears above North Sea
An F-15C fighter aircraft of the US Air Force 48th Fighter Wing disappeared above the North Sea on…
C-130 Hercules substantially damaged in runway excursion
A C-130H Hercules transport plane of the United States Air Force overran the runway of Camp Taji base…
USAF accidentally drops hypersonic missile during test
A hypersonic missile under development accidentally separated from a B-52 aircraft during tests in the United States, according…
Boeing demonstrates capacities of latest F-15 variant [Video]
The Boeing F-15QA, to be delivered to Qatar in 2021, made its first flight in the skies of…
Boeing to receive $882 million in withheld USAF payments
The United States Air Force has reached two agreements with Boeing, one regarding the final corrections to the…
U.S. Air Force reports new Boeing KC-46 critical deficiency
The Boeing KC-46 Pegasus tanker is marred by yet another technical problem. The United States Air Force has…
Flawed Boeing KC-46A tanker catches Israel interest
The State Department officially informed the Congress of its intention to proceed with the sale of 8 Boeing…
Boeing tests nightmare scenario onboard T-7A Red Hawk [Video]
To demonstrate the reliability of the T-7A Red Hawk, Boeing tested the limits of its new advanced training…
Pentagon confirms new “Trump” paint job for Air Force One
In accordance with the United States President Donald Trump’s wishes, the new livery of the upcoming U.S. presidential…
U.S. forces recover bodies and black boxes from E-11A crash site
Two bodies and the flight data recorders from the USAF E-11A plane that crashed in Ghazni, eastern Afghanistan,…
Mysterious crash in Afghanistan could be USAF plane
Initially thought to be a passenger flight, the aircraft that crashed in Ghazni region, Afghanistan, now appears to…
USAF set to replace its “Doomsday plane”
The United States Air Force is actively looking for a replacement to the E-4B Nightwatch also known as…