Get ready to go that extra 2,640 feet. After months of rumors, the Air Force confirmed on Wednesday that a new service-wide physical fitness test will include a 2-mile timed run. The service also said ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland—The U.S. Air Force is in a decision-making moment with two phases of its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) effort, looking to make a decision on which companies to continue ...

The United States Air Force is unveiling changes to its Physical Fitness Assessment and a new fitness program for its Total Force Airmen. The program includes scored assessments in cardiovascular, ...

Key Points and Summary - The B-58 Hustler was the world’s first operational Mach 2 bomber, built when the Air Force believed speed and altitude could outrun Soviet defenses. -Entering service in 1960, ...

Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink speaks at the 2025 Air, Space and Cyber Conference at National Harbor, Md. Credit: U.S. Air Force NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Air Force Secretary Troy Meink likened ...

The 431st Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron was activated for the first time since WW2 at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, to operate MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles. 82 years after it was ...

Northrop Grumman is contracted to produce at least 100 of the long-range strike aircraft, which will carry conventional and nuclear weapons. The new bombers will replace the aging B-1B Lancer and B-2 ...

A new solicitation seeks to understand the cost of a stealth tanker that could refuel Lockheed Martin F-35s and other fighters in contested areas. Credit: Senior Airman Robert Nichols/U.S. Air Force ...

(The Hill) — The U.S. Air Force launched a new “Culture of Fitness” initiative, altering the current physical fitness assessments by adding a 2-mile run and making the test biannual for all service ...

Boeing has begun building the U.S. Air Force’s next generation stealth fighter and intends to fly it for the first time in 2028, Gen. David Allvin, the Air Force chief of staff, said Monday. Allvin’s ...

Bombardier Defense has announced the delivery of the U.S. Air Force’s ninth Global 6000 for the E-11A BACN program. The ninth aircraft for the U.S. Air Force’s E-11A Battlefield Airborne ...

A deactivated World War II-era fighter squadron was given new life Monday and equipped with MQ-9 Reaper drones for intelligence gathering across the Indo-Pacific from South Korea. The 431st ...