U.S. Air Force News
Air Force Builds 6 B-21 New Stealth Bombers, Preps Rollout & First Flight
B-21 First Flight Will be Next Year After Dec 22 Rollout
New Air Force 6th-Gen Stealth Fighter Will Control 5 Drones
The Air Force may wind up building several manned variants of the emerging 6th-Generation Next-Generation Air Dominance stealth fighter jet.
Air War in 2050 - Air Force Research Lab Commander
A Warrior Maven exclusive interview with US Air Force Maj. Gen. & Commander of the Air Force Research Lab, Heather Pringle
Stealthy B-2 Fires "Extended Range" Cruise Missile and Upgrades to Fly into 2040s
Upgrades to the B-2 include more secure high-frequency radio communications, a new computer processor that is 1,000-times faster than the previous one and weapons adaptations.
AFRL Partners with NASA, Academia, Industry on Spacecraft Flight Experiment
The project was conceived by AFRL, GTRI and NASA researchers, who submitted a proposal to the ISS U.S. National Laboratory and were awarded the experiment.
Air War in 2050: Air Force Research Lab on Manned-Unmanned Teaming
A Warrior Maven exclusive interview with US Air Force Maj. Gen. & Commander of the Air Force Research Lab, Heather Pringle.
Air War in 2050: Air Force Research Lab on Cybersecurity
A Warrior Maven exclusive interview with US Air Force Maj. Gen. & Commander of the Air Force Research Lab, Heather Pringle.
Software Will Likely Decide Who “Wins the Next War”
Software upgrades, increasingly able to increase performance, security and precision without needing to completely rebuild new hardware configurations, continues to explode with success across DoD
The Hellfire-Armed Reaper Drone Has Performed Spectacularly in Combat, but Questions Remain
Modern Reapers can now fire the AIM-9X air-to-air missile as well as the AGM-114 Hellfire, 500-pound laser guided GBU-12 Paveway II and GPS-guided air-dropped bombs.
Air War in 2050: Air Force Research Lab Explores AI Breakthroughs for Future War
A Warrior Maven exclusive interview with US Air Force Maj. Gen. & Commander of the Air Force Research Lab, Heather Pringle
WarTech: How the Air Force Research Lab Delivers Innovation to Warfighters
"WarTech is a partnership with our number one customer which is the warfighter." - Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle, Commanding General, Air Force Research Laboratory
Air War in 2050 - Air Force Research Lab Commander on Artificial Intelligence
The Commanding General of the Air Force Research Lab is thinking about AI as something which could do more real-time learning and help analyze more subjective phenomena unique to human cognition.
The Air Force Science & Technology 2030 Strategy
Key areas of emphasis pertain to hypersonics, AI, manned-unmanned teaming, composite materials, stealth technologies, networking and weapons guidance.
Bell Unveils Sleek, Stealthy New Attack-Recon Helicopter
Bell’s new 360 Invictus is a stealthy, high-speed attack helicopter being offered for the Army’s Future Assault Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA).
Air War in 2050: Air Force Research Lab Commander on Golden Horde
A Warrior Maven exclusive interview with US Air Force Maj. Gen. & Commander of the Air Force Research Lab, Heather Pringle
Air War 2050 - Air Force Research Lab Achieves Air-Launched Hypersonic Missile Live Fire Breakthrough
Maj. Gen Heather Pringle shares insights on the recent successful firing of the service’s Air Launched Rapid Response Hypersonic Weapon (ARRW) from a B-52
Air War in 2050 - Air Force Research Lab "Networks" Weapons in Flight to Autonomously Share Data, Change Course
Rapid progress with this emerging program, called Golden Horde, is coming to fruition in part due to innovation, research and experimentation going on within the Air Force Research Lab.
F-35s vs. F-16s: The Stealthy Jet with Advanced Sensors and Weapons Wins
F-35s may never need to engage in future dogfights - here's why
Top Gun Maverick F/A-18 Shows Cutting-Edge AI-Enabled Tech
In an effort to accurately replicate high-tech modern weapons systems, producers of Top Gun Maverick put a P5 on Tom Cruise’s F/A-18.
Could the F-35 Save Taiwan?
Should US Navy amphibs carrying F-35Bs or Carriers traveling with F-35Cs be within a few hundred miles of Taiwan, it does seem possible that a Chinese amphibious assault could be stopped.
How an F-35 Could be Used to Destroy Enemy ICBMs
An F-35 could fire air-to-ground bombs or missiles to explode the ICBM, or even use lasers and electronic warfare to incinerate, jam or disable the flight trajectory of an attacking ICBM
Navy Fighter Jet Shortage: Not Enough F/A-18 Super Hornets and F-35s
“The Navy and the Corps have reduced their request for F-35s and the Navy is not requesting additional F-18s"
Air Force B-52 Breaks Through With Live Fire of a Hypersonic Weapon
A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress successfully released an AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) off the Southern California coast.
A-10 Warthog Sidelined for Close Air Support Combat, Congress Rallies for A-10
The A-10 can absorb massive amounts of small arms fire and its built-in redundancy allows the aircraft to continue operating after being damaged.
As Russia Ukraine War Continues, Air Force Implements Largest Nuclear Command and Control Upgrade in 30 Years
The breakthrough system, which represents the largest upgrade to nuclear command and control in 30 years, is called the Global Aircrew Strategic Network Terminal.