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The US Air Force Just Hit Its 1,500-Pilot Goal, But The Real Shortage Will Take 20 Years To Fix

Why the USAF's training victory is just the first hurdle.

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Oct 7, 2026 · bySimple Flying

Why Restarting A 1990s Airlifter Could Be The US Air Force's Fastest Path To 2040s Capability

The US Air Force is considering restarting C-17 production after more than a decade. But can Boeing still rebuild the line before NGAL arrives?

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Oct 5, 2026 · bySimple Flying

US bombers sent home from RAF Fairford base after suspected terror plot

Aircraft seen leaving at Gloucestershire base following arrest of dual British-Iranian national in central London The US Air Force has pulled its bombers from RAF Fairford following an investigation into an alleged planned terror attack at the base. The bombers were redeployed back to their home bases in the US, according to a Pentagon official who was not authorised to discuss sensitive military movements and spoke on Sunday on condition of anonymity. Continue reading...

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Oct 4, 2026 · byThe Guardian

Inside The $1.4 Billion Program The US Air Force Just Stood Up At Grand Forks To Defend Its Own Bases

The USAF is up-arming its close-in base air defenses.

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Oct 4, 2026 · bySimple Flying

How A Pacific Conflict Would Need Every Tanker The US Air Force Owns

The Pacific would demand every tanker the USAF could muster, but how such a conflict would eventually evolve and end is unknowable.

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Oct 2, 2026 · bySimple Flying

The US Air Force Has 113 KC-46 Tankers & Almost None Are Based In The Pacific

Why the Pegasus doesn't roam very far... yet.

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Oct 1, 2026 · bySimple Flying

The Real Reason Why The US Air Force Rejected The B-52's Purpose-Built Radome From Its Modernization

The US Air Force is modernizing the B-52 with a new AESA radar while retaining its existing radome.

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Sep 28, 2026 · bySimple Flying

Why The US Air Force Is Scrapping 119 F-15E Strike Eagles But Keeping The Other 99

The changing of the guard begins.

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Sep 26, 2026 · bySimple Flying

The US Air Force Just Ended Boeing's Monopoly On Its Most Strategic Bunker-Buster With A $149 Million Deal

The USAF's push to rebuild its stockpile of key ordnance.

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Sep 25, 2026 · bySimple Flying

The US Air Force Retired Its Most Capable Tanker & Replaced It With A Downgrade

A troubled transition for the USAF.

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Sep 24, 2026 · bySimple Flying

USAF receives FQ-42 Vengeance as CCA programme advances

The US Air Force (USAF) has taken delivery of a new FQ-42 Vengeance uncrewed combat aircraft at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada.

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Sep 22, 2026 · byAir Force Technology

The US Air Force Nearly Nuked the Moon. Amid a New Space Race, Artist Jitish Kallat Revisits the Secret Cold War Scheme

The latest guest artist at the Menil Drawing Institute is fascinated with space exploration and the exploitation of the Moon.

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Sep 17, 2026 · byARTnews

Why The US Air Force May Keep The RQ-4 Global Hawk Flying Into The 2030s

The need for resilience, a wider ISR portfolio, and immature space-based capabilities mean the RQ-4 will continue to fly to 2033.

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Sep 17, 2026 · bySimple Flying

Why The US Air Force Is Quietly Retiring Its Entire T-38 Talon Training Fleet Ahead Of Schedule

The Air Force is not yet retiring its T-38 Talons, and it expects to fly them into the mid-2030s, phasing them out as replacement T-7s arrive.

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Sep 16, 2026 · bySimple Flying

US confirms for first time it has deployed space weapons

The US Air Force Secretary says the weapons are necessary to defend the country against enemy action.

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Sep 15, 2026 · byBBC

Beyond the Reaper: Rethinking the future of multirole drones

The US Air Force should consider spreading the multirole model across networks of smaller, cheaper drones. The post Beyond the Reaper: Rethinking the future of multirole drones appeared first on Atlantic Council .

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Sep 14, 2026 · byAtlantic Council

Why The US Air Force Is Sending A Third Of Its KC-46 Tanker Fleet To The Pacific

The Asia-Pacific is one of the most important regions of planning for the USAF, Marines, and Navy with the KC-46 taking a central planning role.

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Sep 13, 2026 · bySimple Flying

The US Air Force Just Asked Its Standard C-130J To Do The Ski-Equipped LC-130's Job In Iceland

Standard-configuration Super Hercules are demonstrating that they can do some of the missions that previously required a special-mission LC-130H.

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Sep 12, 2026 · bySimple Flying

F-22 pilot receives USAF’s highest safety award after belly landing

The US Air Force has presented its highest flight safety award to an F-22 Raptor pilot who landed… The post F-22 pilot receives USAF’s highest safety award after belly landing appeared first on AeroTime .

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