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The US Air Force wants to get rid of over 200 aircraft - here's what it wants to send to the boneyard
The substantial proposed cuts to the Air Force's fleet include dozens of legacy fighter jets and at…
Ryan Pickrell
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US Air Force's biggest planes need to do more than carry things in the next war, air-mobility general says
"We really have to think about how we're going to use the airplanes in the future," Gen. Jacqueline…
Christopher Woody
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The Air Force put on a display of airpower with fighter jets in Alaska on one of the shortest days of the year
An "Elephant Walk" is meant to verifying a unit's ability to rapidly generate combat airpower and d…
Senior Airman Keith Holcomb, …
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Russia releases video of another intercept of US aircraft over a hotspot for military activity in Europe
The encounter is only the latest in a part of Europe that is seeing increasing military activity am…
Christopher Woody
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Boeing is ramping up inspections after the US Air Force rejected its new KC-46 tanker planes again
"We are currently conducting additional company and customer inspections of the jets and have imple…
Benjamin Zhang
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The Air Force says the struggling KC-46 tanker program has completed the final tests needed for delivery
"I am encouraged by the team's progress in putting another significant milestone behind us," Goldfe…
Christopher Woody,Reuters
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Boeing and the Air Force have reached an agreement on the long-delayed KC-46 tanker, but Congress is already eyeing the next thing
Other issues include the operation of the remote vision system, which is used to guide the boom; pr…
Christopher Woody
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A US supersonic bomber dropped 500-pound bombs in its first live-fire bombing drill on the Korean peninsula in 7 years
It's the first time the B-1B Lancer has joined a live-fire drill on the Korean peninsula since 2017…
Chris Panella
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A US Air Force spy plane built in 1962 had to make an emergency landing in Qatar. It's the latest in a string of incidents for the ancient fleet of aircraft.
The Air Force's RC-135 spy plane flies all over the world. It's been 110 times more likely to exper…
Taylor Rains
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Satellite photos show how the US Air Force is reclaiming a WWII-era airfield from the jungle to prepare to dodge Chinese missiles
The US Air Force has a plan to spread out to new bases to avoid incoming attacks. Now it's working …
Christopher Woody
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A US Air Force flight spent 2 hours drawing a phallic pattern in the air near several Russian military facilities
The KC-135 Stratotanker departed Crete at around 2:15 p.m. UTC, before drawing the phallus for two …
Matthew Loh
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Calling them objects, not balloons, for a reason says Pentagon on shooting unidentified object
The object was shaped like an octagon with strings hanging off it and did not appear to be carrying…
ANI
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A TikTok star is accused of killing 2 men to keep an affair between one of them and her mom a secret
Mahek Bukhari has been accused of murdering Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin and Saqib Hussain by running …
Lindsay Dodgson
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US Air Force secretary says the service needs to get rid of aircraft that don't threaten China
"If it doesn't threaten China, why are we doing it?" the Air Force secretary said at a recent defen…
Ryan Pickrell
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Problems with Boeing's new refueling tanker could cause a much bigger headache for the Pentagon
"Because that delay is built in and because ... the Air Force had already planned on the retirement…
Christopher Woody
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How the Air Force's 'tank drivers' keep tankers full of fuel and in flying shape
Tucked away behind US Central Command and MacDill Air Force Base, Florida's traditional hangars lie…
Airman 1st Class Ryan C. Gros…
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Photos and videos show why only 360 people have become NASA astronauts
For two years, NASA trains its astronauts, including have them work underwater and learn desert sur…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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3 men were rescued from an uninhabited Pacific island after they got stranded and wrote 'SOS' in the sand
The men were missing in the Micronesia archipelago for nearly three days when their distress signal…
Michelle Mark,Associated Press
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US F-22 stealth fighters intercepted Russian bombers that came 'within 20 nautical miles' of Alaska
NORAD dispatched fighter jets and support aircraft to intercept two Russian aircraft formations fly…
Ryan Pickrell
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As Sweden's and Finland's NATO bids move forward, the alliance is already eyeing their fighter jets
Sweden and Finland will bring "quite a bit of capability and capacity to the alliance from Day One,…