Tag: US Air Force
US Air Force’s first T-7A Red Hawk trainer takes shape
In one historic moment, the front fuselage of the first T-7A Red Hawk advanced trainer Boeing and Saab are building for the...
Second B-1B to retire will serve as maintenance trainer at Tinker...
The retired “Spectre” Lancer left the flight line at Tinker for the last time April 10, 2021, as it was retired and towed to a training pad.
US Air Force loads Strike Eagle with 5 JASSMs just to...
The maximum number of JASSMs any fighter can currently carry is two, but an Eglin-based team has managed to modify an F-15E to carry five.
US Air Force stages hypersonic weapon strike demo during Northern Edge
The successful strike demo comes after the less successful first live fire of the hypersonic AGM-183A ARRW earlier this year.
First US B-1B bombers start flying again after fleet-wide grounding
The air force grounded all 57 active Lancers in April after discovering defects on an augmenter fuel pump filter housing during an inspection.
US Air Force begins tests of 3 different pods for Reaper...
A US Air National Guard MQ-9 Reaper is testing three different pods during the Pacific Command’s premier exercise, Northern Edge 2021.
US Air Force unveils heritage Thunderbolt paint scheme for A-10
The historical paint scheme was designed to celebrate the 124th Fighter Wing's 75th anniversary and their lineage to the WWII era 405th Fighter Squadron.
US Air Force issues first approval for manned flights under Agility...
The USAF airworthiness approval will allow Beta Technologies to begin flying its ALIA aircraft in the Agility Prime program.
US Air Force’s Skyborg “loyal wingman” program hits first flight milestone
The milestone comes after the service selected Boeing, GA-ASI, and Kratos in December 2020 to deliver prototypes of the Skyborg autonomous UCAV by May 2021.
More B-52 bombers arrive in Middle East to support Afghanistan drawdown
The withdrawal from Afghanistan is in full swing and the US armed forces have already retrograded 60 C-17 loads worth of material out of the coountry.
