The Air Force would buy 24 F-35As in 2026 under a draft budget plan from the Pentagon, which would be about half as many as the service usually buys. (Senior Airman Nicholas Rupiper/Air Force) The ...

My non-nerdy, 16-year-old nephew, who loves boom-boom flicks, emerged from Oppenheimer looking like he figured out quantum ...

After all these years, though, I’m still trying to make a diagnosis: why is it that doctors write? There was no shortage of reading during med school, but it all felt strictly transactional—I ...

Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told lawmakers on Thursday that it will “probably” cost the Air Force less than $400 million to retrofit a luxury Qatari plane that President Donald Trump has ...

“Air Force One costs over $2 billion a piece so there’s almost a factor of 10 difference in the cost of just the airplane and what it takes to make it into an Air Force One,” the person said.

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin told lawmakers Tuesday the service will be able to upgrade the sixth-generation F-47 with new technology quicker and easier than the F-35.

Air Force secretary to speak at Air Force Academy graduation By Mary Shinn mary.shinn@gazette.com May 21, 2025 Updated May 29, 2025 ...

Air Force One is a Boeing 747-200B, which has increased fuel capacity and more powerful engines than the standard 747-200. Boeing first started serving the model in 1972.

Air Force One is a specially configured version of Boeing's 747-200B jumbo jet. Rebecca Blackwell/AP The plane is also equipped with electronic warfare capabilities and missile countermeasures ...

Boeing was supposed to deliver a replacement for Air Force One last year, but significant delays have cost the plane maker billions on the project. They have also drawn ire from the president, who ...

An Air Force policy granting four-day weekends to troops doesn't line up with the military's renewed focus on "lethality," Acting Sec. Gary Ashworth said.

The U.S. Air Force is reversing its ban on including preferred pronouns in email signatures and in other professional communications. In a news release published April 3, the Air Force said it has … ...