News Archive

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics of Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a firm fixed price contract modification for $498,206,058 to support the sale of block 52 F-16s to Pakistan. ...

The grounding of hundreds of F-15s because of dangerous structural defects is straining the US air defense network. ...

According to a report by Xinhua news service, Argentina is no longer considering the F-16 to replace some of it's older fighter aircraft. ...

Airmen from the Wolf Pack have just returned on December 20 after completing an 11-day training exercise for air combat training with sailors flying the F-18 Hornets at Atsugi NAF, Japan....

This week the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Morocco of F-16C/D Block 50/52 aircraft and associated equipment....

The F-35B Lightning II, the first fighter to combine stealth with short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) capability and supersonic speed, made its debut today....

The Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, has announced its 2008 airshow schedule....

Last week, the first in-flight contact of the EADS MTA Air Refuelling Boom System (ARBS) has successfully been performed using an F-16 combat aircraft....

The phone rings transforming a quiet night into an adrenaline-packed operation for alert pilots from the 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron. ...

The 63d Fighter Squadron "Panthers" will graduate 12 new F-16 pilots December 15th....

Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) airmen from Seosan Air Base visited Osan's 36th FS December 11th to 13th to participate in Seventh Air Force's quarterly "buddy wing" program....

Get out! Get out now! No pilot ever wants to hear those words, but they were ringing in Major Jeffrey Cunningham's ears as he sat on the flightline at Nellis AFB, with his F-16 Fighting Falcon on fire....

F-22 Raptors here reached Full Operational Capability (FOC) December 12, according to Gen. John D.W. Corley, the commander of Air Combat Command....

Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. (TAI) has been authorized by Northrop Grumman Corporation to begin fabricating subassemblies for the first two F-35 production aircraft. ...

Northrop Grumman Systems received a $730 million contract for covering up to 514 AN/APG-68(V)9 radar systems. ...

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter returned to flight today after being grounded since May due to technical difficulties. ...

Airmen from the 8th Maintenance Squadron corrosion shop recently completed painting the first US Air Force F-16 aircraft with an arctic scheme. ...

A Greek F-16C Block 52+ from 337 Mira crashed during a night training exercise. Unfortunately the pilot did not survive....

Raytheon successfully flight tested a key component of the Network Centric Airborne Defense Element (NCADE) missile defense system with the intercept of a test ballistic missile. ...

A handful of F-16s from Montana's ANG 120th Fighter Wing has begun using Davis-Monthan Air Force Base as part of the annual Operation Snowbird....

War stories continue to capture the attention of Americans by giving moments in life many would avoid if they could. Those moments of danger, sacrifice, heroics and destruction are exciting elements that make up just some of the most memorable stories. ...

With the third grounding today of up to 450 A-D model F-15s, the United States Air Force is in trouble. The math, fate and the stars are lining up to look like a bad horoscope. ...

Years from now when the United States Marine Corps is deployed with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), the ways of USMC-Air will improve. ...

The job of loading bombs and missiles onto an F-16 combat jet typically isn't nerve-racking....

Farmers living near Tengah Air Base have been told to destroy about 200 tons of crops, which have been doused with droplets of red dye last Friday....