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The French Air Force has received the first of two American-made KC-130J Hercules tanker aircraft, according to a statement issued Thursday by Lockheed Martin.France will receive a total of four Super Hercules aircraft — two C-130J-30…

At least 30 civilians were killed and 40 injured in an air strike conducted by the Afghan security forces, backed by US air support, in eastern Afghanistan, officials said on Thursday. The attack on Wednesday night was aimed at…

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Air Force is taking action to reshape its electronic warfare enterprise after a recent assessment found that the service was too stovepiped and not responsive enough to emerging threats, its No.-2 general…

The Air Force has informally submitted a plan to Congress that would trade a troubled weather satellite program that has failed to make headway for a proliferated low earth orbit constellation, according to a report from the Senate…

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland -- It doesn't look as if the problems plaguing the U.S. Air Force's KC-46 Pegasus tanker will be over anytime soon.Because of previously reported problems -- and some unforeseen new ones…

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. — The first two of an eventual 20 F-35 jets arrived Thursday at the Vermont Air National Guard base in South Burlington, the first Guard unit to receive the next-generation fighter. Guard members and friends…

Eight months into her tenure as Northrop Grumman CEO, Kathy Warden has released her long-term vision for the…

A Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee says he intends to oppose the confirmation of President Donald Trump's nominee for Air Force secretary over concerns about overnight lodging stays by U.S. airmen at…

Adjusting to the Pentagon’s new National Defense Strategy of “peer competition” against nations such as China and Russia is going to take some adjustment for the Air Force. So, Lt. Gen. Brian Kelly, the Air Force’s personnel chief,…

Adjusting to the Pentagon’s new National Defense Strategy of “peer competition” against nations such as China and Russia is going to take some adjustment for the Air Force. So, Lt. Gen. Brian Kelly, the Air Force’s personnel chief,…