US Air Force

The US Air Force has started to phase out aging aircraft in order to fund new replacements.

The 96th Test Wing announced that the Air Force had transferred two XQ-58 Valkyrie drones to the 40th Flight Test Squadron at Eglin—a critical step as the service works to develop and deploy unmanned, self-operating aircraft that can work with human-crewed aircraft.

A squadron of the one of the Nation’s most advanced fighter aircraft traveled from Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, to the 173rd Fighter Wing in Klamath Falls, Ore.

The 114th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) weapons shop is a multi-faceted unit that ensures the wing’s F-16 Fighting Falcons are ready to take the fight to the enemy at any time.

Earlier this year, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) demonstrated joint operations with NATO partners across multiple domains.

The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team participated in a Joint Service Drill Exhibition at the National Mall in Washington DC, Oct. 19, 2022, marking the first “Drill Off” in ten years.

Maintainers with the 62d Airlift Wing, from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, are vital to the success of C-17 Globemaster III operations during Exercise RED-FLAG, Alaska 23-1 and Exercise Rainier War 22B.

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 720th Special Tactics Group out of Hurlburt Field, Fla., jump out of a C-130J Hercules aircraft during water rescue training above Choctawhatchee Bay, over the Destin coastline in Florida

Airmen from the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department conduct training at the Silver Flag area of Kadena Air Base, Japan, Dec. 2 during Beverly High 09-01, a local operational readiness exercise to test the readiness of Kadena’s 18th Wing Airmen.

U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers landed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Oct. 18.

The 505th Command and Control Wing and members of the French air force exchanged ideas and views on air operations training during a visit to the Center of Analysis and Simulation for the Preparation of Air Operations, or CASPOA, Lyon, France, Sept. 3-5.

We talked with A1C Demaine Smiley, 47th Security Forces Squadron patrolman, talking about what they do and what the different jobs in security forces are and their mission to protect the base at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas on Oct. 15, 2021.