After decades of nonstop wars and aging planes, the Air Force now fields a force far smaller and more strained than its Cold ...

In January 1944, over the skies of Germany, U.S. Army Air Forces pilot James Howard made history. Flying a P-51 Mustang, he ...

The first Air Force jet designed specifically for US presidents, SAM 26000 carried every president from John F. Kennedy to Bill Clinton.

The service announced the arrival of the second B-21 bomber at Edwards AFB at the end of its first flight to join the test fleet. The U.S. Air Force has ...

Although the F-15C/D Eagle has now been phased out of active front-line service, it still holds a unique place as the oldest ...

The mission quickly went sideways, however, demonstrating the challenges facing the Air Force. The auxiliary power unit in the tanker with Tail No. 59-1459 started to smoke, forcing the Eisenhower-era ...

In August 1945, North Field launched the two bombers that carried out the first and only wartime use of nuclear weapons in ...