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.
January 8, 2015 A-10’s Delayed Retirement Threatens to Push Back F-35 Program Program officials warned the Air Force's and Marine Corps's F-35 variants could have their timeline pushed back by weeks.
January 8, 2015 US officials see signs of rebuilding in Iraqi army after sectarian divisions and breakdowns Iraq's fractured army has begun to regroup and stage modest, localized attacks on the Islamic State militants who routed them last spring and summer, but they are unlikely to be ready to launch a major counteroffensive for many months, senior U.S. military officials say.
January 8, 2015 Air Guard Members Awarded for Outstanding Conduct MADISON, Wis. -- Four Airmen with the Wisconsin Air National Guard's 128th Air Refueling Wing received Air Force Association awards Sept. 18 at the 2014 Air and Space Conference and Technology Expo...
January 8, 2015 Progress Continues on Safer, 500-pound Bomb PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. -- The U.S. armed services, which aim to achieve widespread use of safer munitions less prone to accidental detonation, are closer to attaining that objective with the 500-p...
January 8, 2015 Report: F-22 Raptors Launched Airstrikes in Syria U.S. Air Force F-22 stealth fighter jets were part of the opening wave of American-led airstrikes in Syria against the Islamic State, according to a news report. Julian Barnes of The Wall Street Journal included that dramatic bit of information in his story about the rapidly evolving military mission against the al-Qaeda-inspired terrorist group: “Using Navy Tomahawk cruise […]
January 8, 2015 Air Force: 'So help me God' in oath is optional; Nevada airman had challenged language Air Force officials say they're changing their policy on enlistment oaths and will allow airmen to omit the words "so help me God" if they choose.
January 8, 2015 Air Force May Certify SpaceX for Launches by December NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Air Force may in December certify the start-up rocket-maker Space Exploration Technologies Corp. to compete to launch military and spy satellites, a general said. “I root for SpaceX to come into the competition,” Gen. John Hyten, head of Air Force Space Command, said during a speech Tuesday at the Air […]
January 8, 2015 Air Force Plans Major Step in Long Range Strike Bomber Program The Air Force plans to award a contract to build its new bomber to a single vendor by next spring or summer as part of its ongoing effort to engineer a stealthy long range bomber that can evade advanced air defenses, service leaders said Sept. 15 at the Air Force Association Air and Space Conference […]
January 8, 2015 Military officials: Jet in Virginia crash was based in Massachusetts; status of pilot unknown Military officials say the jet that crashed in western Virginia was an Air Force F-15C based in Massachusetts, and the pilot's status is unknown.