2+ week, 2+ day ago   (553+ words) Verbatim Air & Space Forces Magazine Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org “When General Wilsbach came in as…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (215+ words) An Iranian ballistic missile attack on a key U.S. air base in Jordan damaged multiple U.S. warplanes, people familiar with the matter confirmed to Air & Space Forces Magazine. One A-10 Thunderbolt II suffered a severely damaged wing and around eight F-15E Strike Eagles were…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (314+ words) U.S. Space Command maneuvered satellites across low-, medium-, and geosynchronous orbits in an exercise early this month, advancing the command’s push to master dynamic operations in space. SPACECOM announced the completion of Apollo Maneuvers 2026 in a Sept. 8 release, a month after…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (677+ words) General Atomics has unveiled the first renderings of its Wildfire drone, which it plans to pitch for the Air Force’s hunt for a new, low-cost Massed Modular Aircraft. The images provide hints of the drone’s expected capabilities. One image shows…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (622+ words) In a dramatic flare-up in the fighting between the U.S. and Iran, American forces struck and destroyed five Iranian oil tankers Sept. 8, U.S. Central Command said. Iran retaliated by lobbing ballistic missiles toward a major U.S. base in Jordan. U.S. officials said CENTCOM took…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (682+ words) After months of delays from a factory strike, the first F-15EX fighter jet the U.S. Air Force will permanently base overseas left Boeing’s facilities in St. Louis on Aug. 28. Eventually, the aircraft will fly to Kadena Air Base in Japan and join…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (366+ words) The U.S. is rotating fresh fighter squadrons to the Middle East to support the Trump administration’s open-ended pressure campaign against Iran. The move will free up units that have been based in the region far beyond the Air Force’s usual six-month…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (414+ words) U.S. Central Command launched a wave of strikes against Iran on Sept. 1, and President Donald Trump said forces are “prepared to do another one” as Iran launched retaliatory attacks Sept. 2. Fighting resumed Aug. 30, as CENTCOM officials announced strikes on “minelaying forces…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (690+ words) The Air Force Research Laboratory has signaled to industry it wants to develop a low-cost hypersonic cruise missile to deliver a wide range of payloads at a range up to 500 nautical miles. That note signals an openness to using 3D printing…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (717+ words) The Air Force has issued a $100 million contract to combine its long-disjointed systems for managing aircrew readiness with software that is expected to reach initial operational capability next year, starting with the T-6A Texan II and the C-17 Globemaster III. The new software,…...