The US Air Force is asking the US Congress to let it retire 201 aircraft in fiscal year 2022, in order to reinvest savings from not operating and maintaining those aircraft into research and development, as well as procurement of next-generation aircraft
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The Air Force is also readying to cut its B-1 and B-2 fleets. The service’s plan is to retire those around 2031 or 2032, but Armagost said some factors could delay that schedule. For example, he explained, events could shift that might require the Air Force to hold onto...
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A computer virus that hit the US drone fleet last month created a "nuisance" but no serious threat to flight operations for the unmanned aircraft, the US Air Force said Wednesday.
WASHINGTON — General Electric, Rolls-Royce, and Pratt & Whitney will compete for the chance to outfit theU.S. Air Force’s B-52 bomber fleetwith new engines, with a contract award projected for June 2021. The Air Force released a request for proposals for the B-52 Commercial Engin...
The additional carrying capacity of the F-15E also may have implications for the USAF’s efforts to replace its F-15C/D fleet with 144 examples of the upgraded F-15EX Eagle II. The service chose to buy the F-15EX, instead of the F-35, partly due to its weapons payload...
The B-52s, which have been part of the Air Force fleet for more than half a century, are relatively slow compared with today's more advanced fighter jets and far easier to spot than stealth aircraft. The dispute flared before a trip to the region by Vice President Joe Biden, who is sc...
While the U.S. Marine Corps flies most of the Ospreys based in Japan, the Air Force also has some deployed there. Last year, Air Force Special Operations Command ordered a temporary stand down of its Osprey fleet following back-to-back safety incidents where the Osprey ...
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