Boeing won a contract March 21 to develop a next-generation combat aircraft for the U.S. Air Force that will spearhead future ...

The U.S. Air Force is expected to begin deploying F-15EX Eagle II fighters to the home of the 18th Wing next year, the wing commander said.

The A-10 still serves the Air Force today after more than five decades in service. T he A-10 Thunderbolt II may be well into ...

A French Army general named Ecaterina Teodoroiu the “Joan of Arc of Romania.” In honor of Women’s History Month, The National Interest now concludes our five-part series hon ...

Michael Conley, head of the Air Force Special Operations Command, announced in March 2025 that the newly developed OA-1K ...

And yet, it turns out that the Air Force's newest fighter plane is built by -- you guessed it -- L3Harris.

The Air Force’s decision to award the contract to Fairchild Republic—which went on to build the A-10 Warthog—proved to be one of the greatest decisions Pentagon acquisitions experts have ever made.

Given the Pentagon’s antipathy toward the A-10, its proponents should offer meaningful ways to keep it relevant in the modern ...

Air Force F-16 fighter jets scrambled Sunday to intercept aircraft that entered the airspace over President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida — the second time that’s happened in 48 hours ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Air Force fighter jets intercepted a civilian aircraft flying in the temporarily restricted airspace near President Trump’s Florida home Sunday, bringing the number of ...

Languages: English. Email: [email protected]. The U.S. Air Force is facing a readiness crisis, with only around six out of 10 of its fleet mission-capable on an average day in fiscal year 2024 ...

The Air Force provided statistics on how many of each kind of aircraft it had in 2024, as well as the percentage of time each aircraft was ready to carry out its mission. Those st ...