Air Force Moves Boeing F-47 Toward Test Flights Before 2028 Debut
The U.S. Air Force has moved Boeing’s F-47 into detailed engineering, integration and testing, advancing the planned replacement for the…
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Damaged F-35A Gets $120 Million Estimate, but Final Decision Remains Unknown
A damaged U.S. Air Force F-35A now carries a $120 million repair-or-replacement estimate, but that number does not establish what…
Air Force Activates Ellsworth Unit for B-21’s Planned 2027 Arrival
The Air Force activated B-21 Integration Detachment 1 at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota on Sept. 9, 2026,…
B-21 Raider Base Preparation Estimate Doubles to About $2 Billion
About $2 billion is now the U.S. Air Force’s estimate for construction needed to prepare Ellsworth Air Force Base in…
Air Force Assigns 38 F-35As as A-10 Mission Splits Three Ways
The U.S. Air Force plans to assign 38 F-35As to the A-10 Thunderbolt II’s close-air-support mission in fiscal 2027, even…
Air Force Falls 47 Fighters Below Congress’s Statutory Minimum
The U.S. Air Force reported 1,098 fighters on May 5, 2026 47 fewer than the statutory minimum of 1,145 primary-mission,…
Air Force Sets $131 Billion Boeing F-15 Ceiling, Obligates Just $343,740
The U.S. Air Force has created up to $131.23 billion in contracting room for Boeing’s F-15 program, but it has…
Air Force Adds Six Older F-16s for Lower-Cost Autonomous Flight Tests
The U.S. Air Force is expanding autonomous-flight experimentation to six production F-16 Fighting Falcons, choosing familiar and comparatively inexpensive test…
Air Force’s $75.5 Million Morón Plan Fits Nine Unarmed B-52s, Three Armed
Nine unarmed bombers, or three carrying live munitions: that capacity split defines the U.S. Air Force’s proposed $75.5 million expansion…
Air Force Pulls 1950s Missile Test Kits After Banned-Chemical Finding
A residue found on a 1950s-era device used to test intercontinental ballistic missile communications contained polychlorinated biphenyls, prompting the Air…
Air Force Needs 72 Fighters Yearly, but Budget Funds 45 and Factories Cannot Deliver
Seventy-two new fighters a year is the rate the U.S. Air Force says it needs to keep its fleet from…
Air Force Says Boeing F-47 Is Ahead, Targets 2028 First Flight
The Boeing-built F-47 is ahead of schedule, according to the U.S. Air Force, but the fighter has yet to clear…
Air Force Says B-21 and F-47 Are Ahead, but Only One Has Flown
The U.S. Air Force says its next stealth bomber and fighter are progressing faster than planned, but the two claims…
Air Force Needs 72 New Fighters Annually, but Factories Cannot Deliver
Seventy-two new fighters a year is the U.S. Air Force’s stated requirement for keeping its fighter fleet steady. The current…
Boeing F-15 Framework Sets $131.2 Billion Ceiling, but Orders Remain Undetermined
$131.2 billion is the maximum value of a new Boeing F-15 contracting framework, not the price of a completed aircraft…
Air Force Weighs Faster B-21 Production and Fleet Beyond 100 Bombers
Northrop Grumman is adding B-21 Raider manufacturing capacity before the Air Force decides how much of that capacity it will…
Proposed Law Would Keep 126 A-10 Warthogs and Rebuild Support Through 2033
Keeping the A-10 Warthog available for ground troops would require the Air Force to reverse part of a retirement effort…
Air Force Seeks Six DJI Drones for Nuclear-Base Security Training
The U.S. Air Force is seeking six refurbished, Chinese-made DJI quadcopters for realistic security training at F.E. Warren Air Force…