After decades of nonstop wars and aging planes, the Air Force now fields a force far smaller and more strained than its Cold ...

In 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order restoring the use of Department of War as a "secondary title" for ...

The mission quickly went sideways, however, demonstrating the challenges facing the Air Force. The auxiliary power unit in the tanker with Tail No. 59-1459 started to smoke, forcing the Eisenhower-era ...

The first Air Force jet designed specifically for US presidents, SAM 26000 carried every president from John F. Kennedy to Bill Clinton.

In August 1945, North Field launched the two bombers that carried out the first and only wartime use of nuclear weapons in ...

31 F-16s will shift to Osan Air Base in the second phase of the Air Force’s experiment with supersized fighter units. By Nicholas Slayton Published Aug 2, 2025 3:48 PM EDT The U.S. Air Force is ...