Air Force Sec. Troy Meink, right, shown during a June budget hearing. (Eric Dietrich/Air Force) The Air Force has scrapped its outgoing chief of staff’s plan to create an independent command focused ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, center, welcomes Qatar Minister of Defense Sheikh Saoud Al Thani to the Pentagon on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, in Washington. Hegseth announced at the meeting with Qatari ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on Friday that the US will allow Qatar to build an Air Force facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, which will host Qatari F-15 fighter jets and ...

In support of the Department of the Air Force “Culture of Fitness” initiative, the Air Force unveiled changes to its Physical Fitness Assessment and a new fitness program, which will apply to Total ...

The T-7 Red Hawk is meant to teach student pilots how to fly fifth-generation aircraft such as the F-35. Air Force officials laid out their plans for teaching instructor pilots on the T-7, and then ...

New U.S. Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II "Whiskey" helicopters are replacing the wing's decades-old Pave Hawks. The new helicopters feature advanced technology, including digital cockpits and ...

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – An image of Hurricanes Irma and Jose, downloaded by Reserve Citizen Airmen at the 6th Space Operations Squadron from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program ...

The Air Force has ambitious plans for its Next-Generation Air Lift (NGAL) program. During a roundtable at the Air & Space Forces Association’s 2025 Air, Space, and Cyber Conference, Air Force gen.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland—The U.S. Air Force is in a decision-making moment with two phases of its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) effort, looking to make a decision on which companies to continue ...

The U.S. Air Force launched a new “Culture of Fitness” initiative, altering the current physical fitness assessments by adding a 2-mile run and making the test biannual for all service members. At the ...

Airmen with the 35th Fighter Wing complete a physical fitness assessment at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 14, 2025. (Senior Airman Erika Chapa/U.S. Air National Guard) The Air Force has announced ...

For the U.S. Air Force’s 16th Air Force, increased harmonization of its cyber warrior units is a key priority, said Lt. Gen. Thomas “Crypto” Hensley, commander, 16th Air Force; commander, Air Forces ...