Over the past 80 years, the air forces of the world have ripped through the skies in five generations of jet fighters. The ...

The US Air Force is celebrating its 78th birthday, marking a significant milestone in its history since the National Security ...

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

In the early jet age, the US Air Force tested ejection seats not with humans, but with a bear strapped into the cockpit — a bizarre chapter in aviation history.

The US Air Force's fleet is continuing to shrink and age with newer fighters delayed or still in development. A new Mitchell Institute report examines decades-old challenges facing the service. US ...

The U.S. Air Force has modified its plans to relocate the 492nd Special Operations Wing to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Here, Air Force operators with the 492nd Special Operations Wing conduct a free ...

A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit, center, from the 72d Test and Evaluation Squadron assigned to the 53rd Wing, a Royal Norwegian Air Force P-8 Poseidon, center back, and four Royal Norwegian Air Force F-35 ...

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