The Air Force’s next generation tanker has shown it can pump gas. The KC-46A Pegasus on Jan. 24 conducted its first aerial refueling, transferring fuel through its boom to an F-16C during a test flight from Edwards AFB, Calif., the...
Defense Secretary Ash Carter spent much of the past week in the spotlight, pressing for the coalition to ramp up its fight against ISIS and trying to garner support for an operation that has been slowly advancing in the past...
In May 2014, in the midst of a Pentagon review of the nuclear enterprise, the Air Force experienced a mishap that resulted in $1.8 million in damage to an intercontinental ballistic missile, the Air Force announced Jan. 22. The Minuteman...
The Florida Air National Guard will begin flying and maintaining CV-22 Ospreys alongside the Active Duty 1st Special Operations Wing, setting up a new association at Hurlburt Field, Fla., officials announced. The classic association will “capture separating aircrew to provide...
Air Mobility Command is working with the Federal Aviation Administration and the airline industry to address a major shortfall in the number of pilots flying in the US. Representatives from AMC, the FAA, airline trade associations, academia, and multiple airlines...
The Taiwanese air force Pilot killed in a Jan. 21 F-16 crash near Luke AFB, Ariz., has been identified as 31-year-old Maj. Kao Ting-cheng, a student at Luke’s international training program who had clocked 865 flight hours. The American Institute...
NATO is considering using AWACS in the fight against ISIS, the French newswire AFP reported. “We can confirm there has been a request for concrete support from NATO to the anti-ISIL effort in the form of NATO AWACS surveillance planes,”...
Air Force Reserve Command’s 919th Special Operations Wing recently received its first C-146 Wolfhound, replacing the C-145 Skytruck at Duke Field, Fla., officials announced. The unit divested the majority of its C-145s last year as part of its shift from...
F-16s from the 36th Fighter Squadron Osan AB, Korea, will launch this year’s first cooperative training exercise with the Republic of Korea Air Force on Tuesday, officials announced. Osan pilots and maintainers relocated to nearby Seosan Air Base for a...
