3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1610+ words) Over the past few months and peaking in August, crews with the 910th Airlift Wing out of Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, have been running nighttime, low-flying missions to kill a ubiquitous and deadly adversary that’s plagued Americans for centuries—mosquitoes....

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1093+ words) Being right about hazardous conditions often means an upcoming flight is scrubbed. Being wrong about them, though, could cause helicopter engines to fail or send an aircrew flying into the side of a mountain. “Anybody can sit behind a desk…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (717+ words) The Air Force has issued a $100 million contract to combine its long-disjointed systems for managing aircrew readiness with software that is expected to reach initial operational capability next year, starting with the T-6A Texan II and the C-17 Globemaster III. The new software,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (379+ words) Space Force Honor Guard members recently unveiled the unit’s ceremonial service dress uniform, the latest step in the new service’s journey to create its own distinctive visual appearance. The uniform is an evolution of the new Space Force service dress…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (565+ words) General Atomics Aeronautical Systems predicts the new drone it plans to pitch for the military’s “Massed Modular Aircraft” program will exceed many of the military’s requirements for a successor to the MQ-9 Reaper. Wildfire, as General Atomics has dubbed it,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (541+ words) In the year since President Donald Trump announced U.S. Space Command would stand up its permanent headquarters in Huntsville—reversing a decision by former President Joe Biden to keep the command in Colorado—SPACECOM has made fast progress on its goal…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (688+ words) The Air Force is negotiating a potential $1.4 billion deal to replace five dormitories—reportedly suffering from mold, failing air conditioning systems, and foundational defects—that housed thousands of U.S. military medical trainees at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston,…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (361+ words) The Air Force is looking for a new family of drones to serve as aerial targets for test missions, ranging from cheap, expendable quadcopters to large, reusable aircraft that can mimic fifth-generation enemy fighters. The service’s Aerial Targets Program Office…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (465+ words) The Air Force said Aug. 13 it recently tested prototypes for a portable ground station for commanding and controlling semi-autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Agile Development Office revealed the progress on the so-called Portable Command…...