MEADS Future Remains Unclear After $4B Investment Distaste for the Medium Extended Air Defense System has gotten so bad that a Congressman recently compared the program to the...
General Atomics to Launch Training Academy for Drone Pilots in 2016 The drone maker plans to open a training academy in the U.S. early next year for drone pilots from allied countries, a...
The F-22 Fighter Jet Restart Is Dead: Study In a classified report, the Air Force estimated it would cost approximately "$50 billion to procure 194 additional F-22s.
Russia Takes Spotlight in Paris as U.S. Takes Bow The world’s largest air force sat on the sidelines here at the Paris Air Show and watched as Russian aircraft, especially the...
Grounding of Luke F-35s Will Impact Pilot Training: Official Six young air officers are currently at Luke to complete the F-35 "B-Course," a basic flight training for the platform.
Secretary Says Air Force Could Send F-22s to Europe to Counter Russia Air Force Secretary Deborah James said the U.S. could deploy F-22 Raptor fighter jets to Europe in response to Russian...
Russia Mulls Maintenance Work for Military Planes Amid Recent Crashes Russia's United Aircraft Corp. is in talks with the country's defense ministry to provide more maintenance work to aircraft...
US Allies Happy to Have A-10 Warthogs Back in Europe, Airmen Say U.S. allies are happy to have the venerable A-10 Warthog attack aircraft back in Europe to counter a resurgent Russia.
US Submarine Hunter Grabs Spotlight at Paris Air Show Submarine-hunting aircraft don't typically get the kind of attention that the P-8 Poseidon received at this year's Paris Air...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...