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January 8, 2015

NATO: 3 US troops killed in Afghan insider attack

An Afghan wearing a security forces uniform turned his weapon against U.S. troops Saturday, killing three in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, in another apparent attack by a member of the Afghan forces against their international allies.

January 8, 2015

Remains of Memphis soldier missing since 1969 to be buried at Arlington

An Air Force Major who was killed in a crash and listed as missing in action for more than 40 years will finally be laid to rest when he is buried at Arlington National Cemetery Sept. 23.

January 8, 2015

Super-secret drone runs test flights over Area 51, report says

A new, super-secret stealth drone - constructed to fly over heavily-defended, hostile areas - is now running test flights at the Air Force’s infamous Area 51 site in Nevada – and could be in military service by 2015, according to Aviation Week.

January 8, 2015

Air Force: Bird strike caused wreck of $8 million jet

U.S. Air Force investigators have confirmed that a bird strike caused an $8 million jet to crash in Texas during a training flight in July.

January 8, 2015

Nuclear missile program faces uncertain path after Air Force admits flaws, works to fix them

Faced with one of its biggest challenges in years — repairing a troubled nuclear missile corps — the Air Force has taken an important first step by admitting, after years of denial, that its problems run deep and wide.

January 8, 2015

Radar ‘Blimps’ to Monitor Washington-area Skies

The first of two radar-detecting blimps is slated to rise up over Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland on Friday as part of a three-year exercise testing the integration of an Army air surveillance system with the North American Aerospace Defense Command. The 80-yard long, radar-fitted surveillance balloons, floated to an altitude of up to 10,000 […]

January 8, 2015

Airman, Woman Killed, 2 Children Injured in Vehicle Rollover

An airman from Hill Air Force Base and a woman died Saturday in a single-vehicle rollover near the "B" on the Bountiful hillside.

January 8, 2015

Air Force Breaks 30-Year Record for GPS Satellite Launches

The Air Force deployed four global positioning satellites into space this past year — the most it has put up in a single year in more than three decades. But the constellation that helps more than 3 billion worldwide users — military and civilian — get from Point A to Point B also enables the […]

January 8, 2015

Air Force secretary says Hagel's resignation should not slow plan to fix what ails nuke force

The Air Force's top official says Chuck Hagel's surprise resignation as Pentagon chief won't steal momentum from his plan -- announced only 18 days ago -- to make top-to-bottom changes in how the nuclear Air Force is managed.

January 8, 2015

Pentagon Implements F-35 Engine Fixes

Engineers with the Pentagon’s F-35 program are implementing a series of short- and long-term fixes to the aircraft’s engine problems.