Early History The US Air Force formally became a separate branch of the US military in 1947, two years after World War Two. In practical terms, the United States Army Air Force was already ...

The United States would eventually bomb the Moon, sort of, but not in the way the Air Force intended. On Oct. 9, 2009, NASA intentionally slammed a rocket into the surface of the Moon.

Since the Space Force was formed in 2019 as part of the Department of the Air Force, a major point of contention has been what to do with the roughly 1,000 part-time Air National Guardsmen across ...

Consequently, unless the size of U.S. air forces dramatically increases, they will be necessary to provide appropriate levels of capacity. Second, there is no sanctuary. China will likely be capable ...

Air Force leaders gave an update on the B-21 Raider, a futuristic aircraft that is expected to become the United States' next nuclear stealth bomber. The aircraft can deliver both "conventional ...