US Air Force officials and experts have long been concerned the fleet is shrinking and aging as China's grows and advances.

Air Force Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach was confirmed as the next Air Force chief of staff, the last hurdle before he takes the ...

Air Education and Training Command is preparing to teach instructor pilots on the T-7 and revamping its flying syllabus for the fifth-gen trainer.

The Air Force warns that having a smaller fleet may increase the risk it won't be able to carry out all its missions.

The Air Force will have problems meeting its goal of 1,558 combat-coded manned fighters in the next decade--a number laid out by the service in a required ...

Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach assumes command of the Air Force amidst critical challenges in modernization and readiness. Experts ...

Facing aging fleets, budget limits and drone uncertainty, the USAF admits it needs 1,558 fighter jets to stay battle-re ...

At Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, a test bed for a new kind of air force, Major Trent McMullen is a fighter pilot learning to fly alongside the XQ-58, a drone piloted by artificial intelligence.

When the Korean War began in 1950, the United States entered a new era of air combat it barely understood. Pilots trained for the piston-engine battles of World War II suddenly faced jet fighters that ...

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach as the Air Force’s next chief of staff. Wilsbach was approved as part of a batch of military promotions the Senate passed by unanimous consent, ...

Teams from each service went head-to-head in training events for unmanned systems, including convoy ambushes and ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Air Force is laying the groundwork to start incorporating the T-7A Red Hawk into its pilot training operations. But the service is still about two years away from the first ...