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The Air Force Secretary believes opposition has lessened as House Armed Services Committee panels are set to mark up the fiscal 2024 authorization bill.

U.S. Air Force Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach has been tapped to be the next commander of the service’s Air Combat Command.

The U.S. Air Force expects to move its next-generation air-to-air missile into production next year.

U.S. Air Force officials have not backed off predictions of a first flight coming later this year, but certain conditions and a note of doubt have creeped in.

The first prototype of Turkey’s indigenous combat aircraft, TF-X, has begun engine runs, but a rollout planned for March 18 has been postponed.

The U.S. Air Force is again asking for permission from Congress to retire hundreds of aircraft.

The U.S. Air Force recently deployed F-22s to a tiny, bare base in the Pacific for the first in a significant demonstration of its new agile operating concept.

The U.S. Air Force is pressing ahead on its desire for an Advanced Tactical Trainer.

What is the “Voodoo II”? And why does the Voodoo II project’s special patch say “Two-0-Thunder”?

A new level of scrutiny and investment is coming to high- and near-space altitudes following a bizarre series of ballooning incidents in February.

The Electronically-Scanned Multifunction Reconfigurable Integrated Sensor is being developed to perform the functions of a radar, jammer and data link.

Red Flag, the service’s most important combat training event, shifts to overwater for the first time in its 48-year history.

The U.S. government will rewrite the rulebook for aerial objects flying over U.S. airspace, President Joe Biden said.

Changes in radar restrictions in the wake of the Chinese balloon may be causing the surge in detections of unidentified objects in recent days, officials say.

A U.S. Air Force F-22 shot down an unidentified flying object off the coast of Alaska on Feb. 10.

Several key U.S. Air Force aircraft saw their mission-capable rates drop in fiscal 2022 compared to the prior year.

Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss a week of high drama, including the shootdown of China's balloon and the future of high-altitude surveillance.

A bizarre, five-day saga revealed a new Chinese spy program, possible advances in light-than-air technology and new high-altitude skills for the F-22.

President Joe Biden gave the go-ahead to down the balloon once it crossed over land and to the Atlantic Ocean, limiting potential damage from debris.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office on Jan. 13 published a report taking stock of ABMS.

The deal is worth A$1.6 million ($1.1 million) and will be part of the F-35 Global Sustainment System (GSS).

An internal incident report posted on a popular social media site for airmen attributed the accident to a collapse of the left main landing gear. The pilot is in good condition.

The settlement allows Honeywell to pay $8 million in fines over a two-year period, plus another $5 million on compliance measures.

As the U.S. Defense Department prioritizes great power competition, demand for the Raptor fleet as the Air Force’s “silver bullet” air dominance force has never been greater.

The F-15 fleet is expected to enter qualifications by the end of 2021, to be followed by the F-16, F-22, A-10 and B-1.