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Maker of Small Supercharged Rotary Engine Tapped by USAF for Future Powerplants
Maker of Small Supercharged Rotary Engine Tapped by USAF for Future Powerplants

26 Jun 2023, 09:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American engine maker LiquidPiston got a Strategic Funding Increase for the development of a new class of hybrid power solution and engine

 
MQ-9 "Reaper Express" Lands in the Dirt for the First Time, Doesn't Break
MQ-9 "Reaper Express" Lands in the Dirt for the First Time, Doesn't Break

22 Jun 2023, 09:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force managed to land a cargo pod-carrying MQ-9 Reaper drone in the dirt for the first time, opens up new ways of using the ISR machine

 
Boeing T7 Red Hawk: The USAF's New Advanced Trainer Jet Stuck in Development Purgatory
Boeing T7 Red Hawk: The USAF's New Advanced Trainer Jet Stuck in Development Purgatory

8 Jun 2023, 14:45 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As of June 2023, The Boeing-Saab T-7A's tentative introductory date has been pushed back to February 2025 and not a moment sooner

 
USAF Special Tactics Airmen Pull an MC-130J Commando II Over 490 Feet Because Why Not
USAF Special Tactics Airmen Pull an MC-130J Commando II Over 490 Feet Because Why Not

5 Jun 2023, 13:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force (USAF) shows images of a bunch of its airmen pulling on an MC-130J Commando II over a considerable distance at a base in Japan

 
T-7A Red Hawk Ejection Seat Test Is as Awesome as It Sounds
T-7A Red Hawk Ejection Seat Test Is as Awesome as It Sounds

26 May 2023, 12:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aerospace company Boeing published a video of the ejection seat test for the T-7A Red Hawk which took place at the Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico

 
USAF Takes Another Step Towards Autonomous Aerial Transportation
USAF Takes Another Step Towards Autonomous Aerial Transportation

4 May 2023, 04:46 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / USAF's AFWERX department is officially working with an autonomous flight expert for the accreditation of safe and effective unpiloted cargo operations

 
USAF ICBM Unit Uses JTLV Vehicle for the First Time During Op, Calls It a "Batmobile”
USAF ICBM Unit Uses JTLV Vehicle for the First Time During Op, Calls It a "Batmobile”

2 May 2023, 08:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Air Force Global Strike Command deployed the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) for the first time for Minuteman III ICBM maintenance

 
First Electric Air Taxis to Be Stationed at a US Military Base Coming in 2024
First Electric Air Taxis to Be Stationed at a US Military Base Coming in 2024

26 Apr 2023, 03:00 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The California-based Joby will deliver and operate the first electric air taxis to be stationed at an American military base

 
Largest USAF Elephant Walk Ever Had 4,000 People and 80 Aircraft on the Same Texas Runway
Largest USAF Elephant Walk Ever Had 4,000 People and 80 Aircraft on the Same Texas Runway

17 Apr 2023, 11:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force may just have broken all records for an elephant walk went it took out on the runway of the Sheppard AFB 4,000 people and 80 aircraft

 
The USAF Boeing E-7 Wedgetail Will Spot Enemy Fighter Jets From Hundreds of Miles Away
The USAF Boeing E-7 Wedgetail Will Spot Enemy Fighter Jets From Hundreds of Miles Away

22 Mar 2023, 13:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Northrop Grumman announced it started making the radar system for the upcoming USAF AWACS, the E-7 Wedgetail

 
Pure White B-21 Raider Stuns Like a True Sci-Fi Nuclear Bomber in Fresh Hot Pics
Pure White B-21 Raider Stuns Like a True Sci-Fi Nuclear Bomber in Fresh Hot Pics

13 Mar 2023, 12:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / New images of the B-21 Raider were released, they show America's next nuclear bomber a few days before the unveiling in December 2022

 
Next Air Force One Livery Changes Revealed, Blink and You’ll Miss Them
Next Air Force One Livery Changes Revealed, Blink and You’ll Miss Them

13 Mar 2023, 11:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Next year should see the U.S. Air Force (USAF) get its hands on a new set of Air Force One planes, the VC-25B, and the livery was just revealed last week

 
U-2 Pilot Snaps Close-Up of Chinese Spy Balloon, Clearly Shows Solar-Powered Payload
U-2 Pilot Snaps Close-Up of Chinese Spy Balloon, Clearly Shows Solar-Powered Payload

23 Feb 2023, 16:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The American military releases a new image of the Chinese spy balloon that was shot down over the U.S., payload clearly visible

 
How Much Effort the U.S. Really Needs to Fight and Find a Chinese Spy Balloon
How Much Effort the U.S. Really Needs to Fight and Find a Chinese Spy Balloon

6 Feb 2023, 09:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The American military deployed impressive assets to track, shot down, and recover a Chinese spy balloon flying over the U.S.

 
USAF MUSTANGS Is Neither Fighter Plane Nor Muscle Car, But a Ford F-550 With Unique Tricks
USAF MUSTANGS Is Neither Fighter Plane Nor Muscle Car, But a Ford F-550 With Unique Tricks

3 Feb 2023, 12:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The USAF is testing the Multi-Utilization Secure Tactical and Network Ground Station (MUSTANGS) as a tool to speed up fighter jet mission updates

 
Australia Wants to Examine America's Newest Stealth Bomber, Can They Though?
Australia Wants to Examine America's Newest Stealth Bomber, Can They Though?

3 Feb 2023, 00:22 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / What about the successor airplane to the B-2 Spirit is so irresistible to a non-NATO member? Let's take a look at the details.

 
Flight of the Flock Scrambles All Seven 1st SOS MC-130J Commando at the Same Time
Flight of the Flock Scrambles All Seven 1st SOS MC-130J Commando at the Same Time

29 Jan 2023, 01:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The 1st Special Operations Squadron deployed all seven MC-130J Commando IIs it operates at the same time during January exercise in Japan

 
There Are Actually Four C-17 Globemasters in This USAF Pic, Ready for Record Flight
There Are Actually Four C-17 Globemasters in This USAF Pic, Ready for Record Flight

28 Jan 2023, 01:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A C-17 Globemaster is seen here taking center stage on the flight line of the Joint Base Charleston, several others lurk behind it in the fog

 
USAF Bets $85 Million on the Electra eSTOL Prototype
USAF Bets $85 Million on the Electra eSTOL Prototype

27 Jan 2023, 03:06 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / This innovative type of hybid-electric aircraft could become the U.S. Air Force's next cargo air platform for strategic logistics

 
Fully Loaded F-16 Fighting Falcon Protects the Sky Over South Korea
Fully Loaded F-16 Fighting Falcon Protects the Sky Over South Korea

22 Jan 2023, 01:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / F-16 Fighting Falcon with the 36th Fighter Squadron is seen here flying a close air support mission over South Korea at the end of 2022