Illustration of a Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) satellite. Credit: Northrop Grumman WASHINGTON — Amid a growing focus on low Earth orbit satellites, the U.S. Space Force ...

A beloved Air Force program that seeks to build character, leadership skills and self-discipline in high school students has escaped elimination. Barely. Air Force officials were set to kill the ...

Airmen and Space Force Guardians would be allowed to grow beards -- one of the most requested policy changes among the rank and file -- as part of a proposed pilot program floated Wednesday evening by ...

The Air Force has again cut funding for a program that provides substantial discounts for recreational trips and other activities, a service spokeswoman told Stars and Stripes. Recharge for Resiliency ...

Editor’s note: This is part of a package of memos to the president. To download a free PDF of this memo, click here. Mr. President, the extreme cost and schedule overruns of the United States Air ...

A Space Force service member communicates with an Air Force Research Laboratory XVI satellite at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School on Edwards Air Force Base, California. Credit: U.S. Air Force ...

The Air Force sent at least 39 retired A-10 Thunderbolt IIs to the boneyard in 2024, a significant increase as the service moves toward removing the aircraft from its inventory even as it recently ...

Evolved Strategic SATCOM will eventually replace the legacy Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite constellation. (Boeing) The Space Force on Thursday awarded Boeing a $2.8 billion contract to ...

The United States Air Force is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program that aims to produce a sixth-generation stealth fighter jet. The NGAD ...