The Air Force also ruled out ejection seat-equipped aircraft for pregnant pilots and aircrew but extended the window for ...

The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command has suggested their KC-135 Stratotanker fleet may serve beyond 2050 with a life extension and upgrade program. Almost 70 years after the type's first flight, ...

At Stewart Air National Guard Base, the U.S. Air Force’s 105th Airlift Wing (AW) is at the forefront of a significant ...

The largest aircraft in the US Air Force is famed for its, enormous payload capacity, illustrious service legacy and global range.

The Air Force may have to keep its aging KC-135 ... Johnny Lamontagne, head of Air Mobility Command, told Defense One during the State of Defense series. How long the KC-135 might serve will ...

The Utah Air National Guard and the US Air Force (USAF) Air Mobility Command have tested a portable Northrop Grumman voice and data interoperability solution to enhance survivability and situational ...

The 97th Air Mobility Wing in Altus, Oklahoma, is primarily a training base for many aspiring pilots and boom operators who join the U.S. Air Force. Many pilots and boom operators will get months ...

U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) on April 3 took delivery of its newest aircraft, the L3Harris/Air Tractor OA-1K Skyraider II. The aircraft, an extensively modified AT-802 ...

many of the wing level and numbered Air Force level and even some of the MAJCOM (major command) level, they have started to organically expand their exercises." Allvin also noted that the priority ...

Faced with a chronic pilot shortage and further affected by an inability to produce enough aviators to fill the gap, the U.S. Air Force has overhauled its initial pilot training program again by ...