Air Force Clears Hurdle for First Hypersonic Weapons Airmen at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana have figured out how to attach the service's new hypersonic missile to an...
Hillary Clinton Takes Shot at F-35 Program, Urges Retirement of Old Air Force Planes Congress has been skeptical of letting the Air Force retire weapons systems early.
How Napalm Got Its July 4th Start at Harvard The World War II-era U.S. Army needed a flame-throwing chemical that could actually be shot over a long distance and burn...
Army Leaders Aren't Waiting for Space Force to Invest in Low-Orbit Weapons Army senior leaders mapped out the service's plans to equip combat brigades with sophisticated space capabilities.
Army Close to Picking Firm to Build Hypersonic Weapon, General Says The service hopes to select a commercial firm to build prototypes of the advanced strategic weapon by late summer.
Live LRASM Test from F/A-18 Super Hornet Expected This Year The F/A-18 Super Hornet is gearing up to live-test Lockheed Martin Corp.'s LRASM, with a range test expected this year.
New Precision Weapon Allows F-35C to Destroy Targets in Stealth Mode The JSOW-C is a major capability upgrade for the Joint Strike Fighter.
With Nuclear Mission in Rear-View, Options Abound for B-1B The B-1B Lancer is all about variety now -- the missions it can perform and the bombs it can drop.
Air Force Taps Raytheon to Build New Smart Bomb for F-35 The U.S. Air Force has awarded a nearly $60 million contract to Raytheon to integrate a new laser-guided smart bomb onto the...
US-Israeli Missile Test in Med Rattles Moscow A joint U.S.-Israeli missile test in the eastern Mediterranean Sea triggered Russian radars in what leaders described as a...
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Officers with Higher Rank Get Better Care than Those with Lower Ranks at Military Hospitals, Study Finds A look at 1.5 million emergency room visits in the military health system shows that, in addition to racial bias, disparities...
Another Dead End for Airborne Lasers: Air Force Scraps Effort to Mount Directed-Energy Weapon on Fighter Jet The Self-Protect High-Energy Laser Demonstrator, or SHiELD, was envisioned as a laser weapon mounted on fighter jets such as...
'He Was Great Before He Came to Us': Air Force Leaders Speak at Funeral of Florida Airman Killed by Police The military connection and the attendance and participation by Air Force officials made the service for Roger Fortson an...
Military Ospreys Can't Fly More Than 30 Minutes from Landing Airfield Months After Grounding Lifted Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy V-22 Ospreys were all given the green light to fly again in early March and have been slowly...