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What’s in a name? Fighters, bombers and modern aerial combat

Opinion: Fielding survivable bomber-sized aircraft for long-range aerial combat could mitigate shortfalls in achieving air superiority against China.

By Gregory Malandrino and Thomas G. Mahnken

3 days ago

Pentagon creates new military border zone in Arizona

The fourth national defense area created along the US-Mexico border will be an extension of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma in the Sonora Desert.

By Zita Ballinger Fletcher

3 days ago

US troops, bases in Middle East could be targets in conflict with Iran

About 40,000 U.S. personnel are spread throughout the region, giving Iran a chance to strike back at American military forces.

By Leo Shane III and Noah Robertson

3 weeks ago

Hegseth says Army base renamings will move ahead, despite concerns

Military officials expect to formally order the return to Confederate base names soon, but with different honorees.

By Leo Shane III

3 weeks ago

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.

By Sebastian Sprenger and Stephen Losey

3 weeks ago

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.

By Stephen Losey

3 weeks ago

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

4 weeks ago

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.

By Stephen Losey

4 weeks ago

Trump orders return to old, Confederate-linked names for 7 Army sites

Service officials said the reverted base names will now have links to Army heroes instead of Confederate leaders.

By Leo Shane III

4 weeks ago

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.

By Stephen Losey

4 weeks ago

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.

By Courtney Albon

4 weeks ago

Explosion at Kadena Air Base injures 4 Japanese troops

Four Japanese troops were injured when a device suddenly exploded at a storage site for unexploded ordnance at the U.S. Air Force base on Okinawa.

4 weeks ago