The U.S. Air Force said in a news release: "The KC-46, the newest tanker aircraft in the Department of Defense, with advanced refueling systems and defensive capabilities, ...

The Air Force said this week that it changed course after realizing the pronoun ban was in violation of the 2024 annual defense policy bill, which bans the Defense Department from making any ...

How Air Force One stacks up to the Qatari 747, Trump's coveted 'palace in the sky' President Donald Trump says Air Force One isn't as impressive as some of the planes of the leaders of Qatar ...

The “tape test” has been an on-again/off-again part of Air Force body composition standards for close to a decade. A test that measured only waist circumference was dropped in 2020, but the ...

The flyover included B-2 stealth bomber, the B-1B Lancer, B-52H Stratofortress, F-22 Raptor, F-15C Eagle, F-16C Fighting Falcon, attack aircraft, the A-10 Thunderbolt II, according to Air Force ...

The U.S. has officially accepted a luxury jetliner from Qatar as a gift, and slated it to become a new Air Force One. Experts say that overhaul could take years and cost hundreds of millions.

Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told lawmakers on Thursday that it will “probably” cost the Air Force less than $400 million to retrofit a luxury Qatari plane that President Donald Trump has ...

In 2021, the Air Force disclosed it cost approximately $177,843 per flight hour to operate its two Air Force One jets. Inflation can account for only part of the staggering rise in costs.

An Air Force policy granting four-day weekends to troops doesn't line up with the military's renewed focus on "lethality," Acting Sec. Gary Ashworth said.

“We believe the actual retrofit of that aircraft is probably less than $400 million,” Meink told the House Armed Services Committee, noting the Air Force had already accounted for spare parts.