When people try to count how many fighter jets the United States Air Force operates, they often want to find a simple number, a single snapshot of American airpower. But that seemingly simple question ...

The U.S. military had so rapidly built out its new aircraft that it had a new problem. Jets, like the X-15, could hit the upper atmosphere and break the sound barrier. However high altitude and high ...

The US Air Force (USAF) says it needs to significantly expand its fleet of fighter aircraft to meet global security requirements. In an analysis report obtained by FlightGlobal, the USAF projects it ...

General David A. Harris wants decentralized, more survivable airfields—a virtual necessity in a future conflict in which large, sophisticated airbases would probably be destroyed in the opening hours.

Bomber Task Force missions are never announced in advance and vary in terms of time and location, intended to keep US adversaries unprepared. Even as the longest government shutdown in United States ...