US pulls all B-1 bombers from UK base after suspected terrorist plot
Last 12 Lancers left RAF Fairford in a single day, ending a seven-month deployment that supported strikes against Iran
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Northrop Grumman’s YFQ-48A Talon Blue makes first autonomous flight
Company-funded combat drone is outside the Air Force’s initial CCA production contracts but remains positioned for future competitions
Boeing Grey Wolf enters full-rate production after years of delays and fleet cuts
U.S. Air Force orders four more MH-139A helicopters as a program once planned for about 80 aircraft recovers from certification problems and a major reduction
Boeing's F/A-XX win reshapes America's combat aircraft programs
F-47 and Navy fighter victories put two sixth-generation programs in Boeing's hands, while Lockheed Martin is absent from the Pentagon's new crewed combat aircraft generation
Boeing receives US$2.38 billion order for 22 more F-15EX fighters
New contract takes U.S. Air Force orders to 120 aircraft while Boeing works to raise production to two fighters per month
Cost of B-21 bomber infrastructure at first operational base doubles to US$2 billion
US Air Force estimated a US$1 billion investment at Ellsworth in 2021, while preparations continue to receive the first Raider in 2027
General Atomics unveils Wildfire as lower-cost candidate to replace MQ-9 Reaper
New drone is designed to carry two LRASMs or four JSMs over long distances as U.S. Air Force seeks an aircraft that can be produced and deployed in large numbers
USAF plans to replace C-5 and C-17 with 274 new cargo planes by 2038
Air Force strategy calls for gradual transition to the Next-Generation Airlifter, with operational start expected in 2041
US B-1B Bombers Return to Fly Near Venezuela
Pentagon Intensifies Air and Naval Actions in Latin America Targeting Maduro Regime and Drug Trafficking Networks