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White House taps Global Strike head as next Air Force vice chief
The last Air Force vice chief, Gen. Jim Slife, was fired by President Trump in February without explanation as part of a broader purge of military leaders.
Here are the bunker-buster bombs used on Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility
The GBU-57 A/B, weighing roughly 30,000 pounds, is a precision-guided bomb capable of penetrating about 200 feet below the surface before exploding.
Boeing Air Force One work continues amid furor over Qatar plane
Boeing is years behind schedule on delivering the newest Air Force One jets and has been repeatedly criticized by President Donald Trump.
Air Force F-35 buy would be cut in half under Pentagon spending plan
The Air Force typically buys four or five dozen F-35s each year. The plan to purchase only 24 would represent a major scaling back.
Retirement snafu affects thousands of Reserve, Guard members
More than 13,000 Guard and Reserve members haven't been receiving their earned government retirement contributions.
By Karen Jowers
Air Force tests new ship-killing bomb variant
A war with China would include fierce naval battles and require the Air Force to take out enemy ships with weapons such as Quicksink.
Hegseth questions Air Force plan to buy E-7, touts space-based recon
Air Force officials say the E-7 must replace its aging E-3 AWACS planes and would be needed even when space-based ISR capabilities are in orbit.
For Air Force weather experts, the cloud is the future – rain or shine
The organization, which provides operational weather tools to the military and intelligence agencies, expects to fully transition to the cloud next year.
Air Force spends millions on relaxation cubes that may prove worth it
Shiny mirrored cubes — a flashy new curriculum-based therapeutic tool — have been installed at more than two dozen Air Force bases.
Opinion
Trump should fulfill his promise to create the Space National Guard
It’s time to strengthen — not dismantle — one of America's most proven space war-fighting tools, retired Air Force Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel argues.
By Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel (ret.)