U.S. Will Build Combat Drones Like Cars, Here’s the First One Flying
1 Jul 2024, 09:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force (USAF) Research Laboratory (AFRL) released a video showing the first flight of the XQ-67A OBSS demonstrator drone
USAF Spends $34M to Cut the Number of People Needed to Fly the B-52 Stratofortress
17 Jun 2024, 11:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force awarded defense contractor L3Harris a $34 million contract to find ways of cutting the crew needed to fly the B-52 Stratofortress by one
U.S. Fires ICBM at Target 4,200 Miles Away in a Routine Display of Force
5 Jun 2024, 10:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The American military conducted a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile test on June 4, shot a missile from California
Flying B-21 Raider Nuclear Bomber Makes It Look Like Aliens Have Arrived
23 May 2024, 07:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force released the first official images of the B-21 Raider nuclear bomber in flight, project on track for mid-2020s operational status
USAF Builds From Scratch and Flies Autonomous Drone in 24 Hours, Must Be Some Record
7 May 2024, 10:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force (USAF) says it may just have found a way to build and fly small, multi-purpose autonomous drones in under 24 hours
C-130J Super Hercules Makes Historic First Flight With External Fuel Tanks Under Its Wings
2 May 2024, 11:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force announced the completion of the first flight of a C-130J Super Hercules transport plane equipped with external fuel tanks
20 American Pilots Fly Test the Most Un-USAF Aircraft Ever, It's Electric
30 Apr 2024, 08:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Pipistrel Velis Electro electric aircraft was put through its paces at the Eglin Air Force Base in Florida as the USAF plans to inform itself EV planes
Boeing Tortures the Hell Out of USAF's New Trainer Aircraft to See What Gives
30 Apr 2024, 07:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American aerospace company announced the completion of three important milestones in the development of the T-7A Red Hawk trainer aircraft
USAF Settles on Support Drone for Fighter Aircraft, To Be Made by General Atomics
29 Apr 2024, 09:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor General Atomics announced it was selected to design, build, and flight test Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) drones
USAF Working on Autonomous F-16 Fighting Falcons That'll Never Fly by Themselves
3 Apr 2024, 18:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force said it will convert three F-16 Fighting Falcons into testbeds for autonomous technologies, tests to be conducted at Eglin Air Force Base
Scale Model of Brand-New Blended-Wing Body Aircraft to Fly Soon
28 Mar 2024, 08:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American aviation startup JetZero announced a scale model of its upcoming blended-wing aircraft received the FAA Airworthiness Certificate
Two Joby eVTOLs Will Land at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida
20 Mar 2024, 10:11 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The biggest DoD contract in the eVTOL industry continues with the delivery of two more Joby air taxis at a USAF base for operational demonestrations
USAF Tells Pilots Who Fly at the Speed of Sound to Slow Down While on a Motorcycle
19 Mar 2024, 13:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Department of the Air Force plans to contact and register 100 percent of the riders within its ranks in the coming months for safety reasons
The U.S. Just Flew a Drone That May Become the Skeleton of Many Future Aircraft
5 Mar 2024, 15:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / General Atomics and the Air Force Research Laboratory just flew a variant of the Valkyrie drone built on the same chassis but as an Off-Board Sensing Station
USAF Cooks and Freezes T-7A Red Hawk Aircraft In Extreme Weather Lab to See What Happens
28 Feb 2024, 10:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force has recently subjected the T-7A Red Hawk trainer aircraft to extreme weather testing inside the McKinley Climatic Laboratory in Florida
MQ-9 Reaper Lands at Shaw Air Force Base for the First Time While Under Satellite Control
27 Feb 2024, 08:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force said an MQ-9 Reaper under complete satellite control landed at the Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina in historic first
F-35A Lightning Looks Like It's Off to Fight Aliens in Another Dimension
26 Feb 2024, 11:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This image shows a USAF F-35A Lightning flying over the Dannelly Field in Montgomery, Alabama in early February as part of a 187th Fighter Wing event
The US Air Force Is Eyeing One of the Most Famous Personal eVTOLs
26 Feb 2024, 08:30 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Pivotal's Helix, originally known as Opener's BlackFly, is one of the most exciting personal electric aircraft available for pre-order
The All-Electric Alia cTOL Proves Its Worth During Live USAF Exercises
14 Feb 2024, 06:36 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Alia became the first electric aircraft to participate in a live Agile Combat Employment scenario during a five-day exercise with the Air National Guard
Air Force Looking for an Air-Dropped Cargo Drone, This Silent Arrow Might Be It
29 Dec 2023, 08:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force tasked a company called Silent Arrow with developing a cargo drone that can be used in contested environments