Author: Brian Lee

The U.S. Department of the Air Force has agreed to invest $5 million upgrading a high-altitude simulator at Edwards Air Force Base’s Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate Rocket Propulsion Division.

Two US fighter jets intercepted two Russian bombers near the US state of Alaska, US authorities said on Tuesday.

Two KC-135 Stratotankers simultaneously conducted 72-hour single-aircraft endurance missions, demonstrating multi-day tanker mission generation capabilities, Oct. 4-7. 

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Center for Rapid Innovation, or CRI, held an event Oct. 6 with the Air Force Reserve Command’s 445th Airlift Wing for a ROAM Robotics team to demonstrate the latest Forge System, a pneumatically-powered exoskeleton that augments leg strength to reduce fatigue, increase endurance and offset weight.

A 61-year-old man attacked another golfer in a dispute over “taking too much time” at a Utah golf course, deputies told news outlets.

An old missile base in the Marin Headlands that’s already part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area could become a National Historic Landmark as part of an effort to preserve

Meeting the challenges of the 2022 National Defense Strategy requires a range of new and innovative approaches to training U.S. Air Force senior leaders. One such way is through the 705th Training Squadron’s restructuring of their training portfolio to include the Air Component Senior Leader Course. This new course is designed for O-6 level division chiefs and senior staff principals, taught at Hurlburt Field.  

Work will include the construction of a new entrance processing facility, extending entrance avenue, an installation security facility with new barricade systems, and renovating the installation’s visitors center.

Hot off the publication of its Digital Modernization Strategy, the Air Force Test Center kicked off three digital-engineering efforts to provide on-ramps for the Air Force’s evolving digital-engineering technology ecosystem.

The Senate easily confirmed Lt. Gen. B. Chance Saltzman to be the U.S. Space Force’s next chief of space operations Sept. 29, positioning him to lead the nation’s newest military service at a crucial moment in its young and still evolving life.