Six US troops were killed when a suicide bomber attacked their vehicle near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on Dec. 21. Three additional NATO troops were killed, according to a Resolute Support statement. “We are deeply saddened by this loss,” Resolute Support...
The F-35 program delivered all 45 of the fighters it was supposed to deliver in 2015, reprising its 2014 performance, when it delivered all 36 of the jets planned in that year, the Joint Strike Fighter System Program Office announced...
Boeing has filed a 133-page brief with the Government Accountability Office detailing the company’s grievances regarding the Air Force’s selection of Northrop Grumman for the Long-Range Strike Bomber contract. The Air Force filed its report with the GAO on Dec....
The first NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance aircraft, an RQ-4 Global Hawk variant, touched down at Edwards AFB, Calif., on Dec. 19 to begin six months of testing. The “successful initial flight kicks off the program’s flight test program and represents...
Representatives from the Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy convened the first interservice board to develop intelligence training for the F-35, the Air Force announced. The Air Force’s Intelligence Realistic Training Review Board meets twice a year to modify the...
The Air Force has canceled the 2016 season of Tops in Blue, in part because of feedback from airmen, according to a release. An internal survey indicated widespread awareness of Tops in Blue, and about half of airmen surveyed said...
The first class of Afghan A-29 Super Tucano pilots graduated from training Dec. 18 at Moody AFB, Ga., while two maintenance trainees remain missing. The eight pilots “will help establish a secure, stable, and unified country,” said Col. John Nichols,...
Air Force Reserve Command has realigned three units within its numbered air forces, according to a release. The 932nd Airlift Wing at Scott AFB, Ill., was reassigned from 4th Air Force to 22nd AF. The 1st Aviation Standards Flight in...
