The YFQ-42A takes off at a California test site in August. (Air Force) The U.S. Air Force plans to create independent squadrons for its future fleet of collaborative combat aircraft instead of adding ...

The Department of the Air Force was created with the signing of the National Security Act of 1947. The Air Force’s missions are broken down into Air and Space Superiority, Global Attack, Rapid Global ...

The Air Force is revamping the training pipeline for its toughest jobs. Beginning in November, the Air Force will add a 16-week tactical field course to the training pipeline of Airmen seeking to join ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, center, welcomes Qatar Minister of Defense Sheikh Saoud Al Thani to the Pentagon on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, in Washington. Hegseth announced at the meeting with Qatari ...

Langley Air Force Base is the home of the United States Air Force's 633d Air Base Wing (633 ABW), 1st Fighter Wing (1 FW) and the 480th Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing (480 ISRW). It ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on Friday that the US will allow Qatar to build an Air Force facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, which will host Qatari F-15 fighter jets and ...

MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the Qatari Air Force will send personnel to Elmore County, as the Mountain Home Air Force Base is set to host ...

Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force David Flosi sent an email across the service Monday telling airmen he is retiring following the death of his wife, Katy, last month. “After nearly 30 years in ...

WASHINGTON — Air Force Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach and his wife had planned to retire to Florida this year and begin the next chapter of their lives. “But then I received a call to continue my service.

An Air Force officer claims the Air Force can no longer depend on the Army for base protection. Here, a Patriot PAC-2 missile battery prepares to move into the firing position during an exercise at Al ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced an agreement for the Qatari Emiri Air Force to build a facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday ...