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Mar. 5—More missile, satellite and rocket launches are planned at Vandenberg Air Force Base in 2021 than last year, and the installation will also officially change its name to Vandenberg Space Force Base.

Air Force wrench turners will be allowed to wear shorts to beat the heat at work under to an impending rule change.

FORT WALTON BEACH — Retired Air Force Col. Jack R. Petry, who died at home in January at the age of 84, was remembered Saturday as a great fighter pilot and a caring friend with a wide variety of interests.

The Air Force has finalized the design for its first new physical training uniform in 16 years, an ensemble that features a quick-drying fabric and two variations of shorts that will become available next year.

HURLBURT FIELD — Air Force Special Operations Command, headquartered at Hurlburt Field, could get a scaled-down version of an existing glider for “unspecified” U.S. operations, according to recent contract announcements.

In an effort to counter the increasing threat posed by enemy drones and other airborne threats, the U.S. Army is making an investment in directed energy prototype technology, with the Tactical High Power Operational Responder, or THOR, system, developed at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base, playing a key role.

A military jet crashed in Montgomery, Alabama, on Friday evening, killing two people.

As the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter continues to drag its heels into commonplace use, the US Air Force is looking to replace the F-16 Viper with something that hasn’t even been designed yet. The venerable F-16 Fighting Falcon (which is more commonly known as the “Viper”) is growing long in the tooth, forcing the USAF […]

Pilot error caused $21 million in damage to an Air Force cargo plane that landed hard during a training flight at Ramstein Air Base in April, the service said following the release of an accident investigation board’s findings.

The military has identified an Air Force spouse who died last week at the home of U.S. Forces Japan in western Tokyo.