and they continued when it was renamed the U.S. Air Force. Accidents are a factor in the operation of any heavy machinery, but when a plane crashes, it's often deadly for large numbers of people.

The US Air Force is considering contingency plans that would extend the life of 1970s-era intercontinental ballistic missiles by 11 more years to 2050 if delays continue to plague the new Sentinel ...

A National Transportation Safety Board investigator is now on the scene of the crash that killed famed pilot Rob Holland Thursday at Langley Air Force base, where he was set to perform this weekend in ...

US Air Force jets struck several areas in the Houthi-controlled capital of Sana'a in northeast Yemen, Houthi state-TV reported on Friday night. Al Masirah reported that Sana'a had been targeted ...

The US Air Force Academy has eliminated race, gender, and ethnicity from its admissions process following a lawsuit alleging discriminatory diversity practices. This policy shift, formalised in ...

Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon used an Air Force One plane known as SAM 970. The first jet-powered presidential aircraft featured an office and a safe for the nuclear codes.

The US Air Force calls it the “Frankenjet,” a stealth fighter stitched together from the parts of two F-35s wrecked in accidents that is now on duty and combat ready. “’Frankenjet’” is ...