Air Force selects space programs for ‘quick start’ initiative

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The 2024 Air Force Face-Off: Lockheed Martin and Boeing Battle for the Next-Gen Fighter

The year 2024 marks a pivotal moment for U.S. air dominance with the Air Force set to award the highly anticipated contract for the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter jet—a sixth-generation ... Read More

New recruiting programs put Army, Air Force on track to meet goals

After several difficult years, the Army and Air Force say they are on track to meet their recruiting goals this year. Read More

Congress wants US Air Force to better explain reorganization plans

The department ... News. The Government Accountability Office would also have send the House and Senate defense appropriations subcommittees a report within six months on the Air Force’s planned ... Read More

‘We are out of time’: Air Force secretary warns China’s military catching up as US bungles budgets

As American politicians have repeatedly haggled over federal budgets, the Chinese have built larger, more capable forces with an eye on challenging U.S. power, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall warned ... Read More

What Are the Branches of the US Military?

The U.S. Armed Forces consist of six branches: the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force ... The president of the United States is the commander in chief, who is responsible for ... Read More

US Air Force conducts final test of Lockheed’s hypersonic missile

Airmen conduct preflight checks on a B-52H Stratofortress bomber at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., in 2020 before a flight test of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon. (Giancarlo ... Read More

What is the Space Force’s new Futures Command?

The new command is one of many changes the Department of the Air Force announced in February, as part of an overhaul of the Air and Space Forces ... on leadership from a headquarters standpoint ... Read More

How Many Aircraft Does the US Air Force Have?

The United States Air Force is the largest air force ... in and from multiple domains to control the air, space and cyberspace.” This command has 1,097 aircraft ranging from Attack aircraft ... Read More

US government faces another shutdown: what you need to know

Democrats and Republicans appear to have reached agreement on five of the six appropriations bills, but they repeatedly clashed over funding for the Department of Homeland Security due to ... Read More

Abortion rights across the US: we track where laws stand in every state

Abortion is now banned in 14 states, while two have banned the procedure past roughly six weeks of pregnancy The US supreme court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade may have abolished the ... Read More

McDonald’s will sell Krispy Kreme doughnuts at all of its US locations by the end of 2026

McDonald’s plans to sell Krispy Kreme doughnuts at all 13,500-plus locations across the US by the end of 2026 ... either individually or in packs of six, a Krispy Kreme spokesperson confirmed ... Read More