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Fighter jets scrambled after civilian plane violates no-fly zone over Trump's golf club

August 04, 2025 10:24 am

The civilian aircraft was escorted out of the restricted airspace by the fighter jets of NORAD using flares in order to draw the attention of the pilot.

Boeing to supply E-7 in first major win since plea deal

July 20, 2024 8:16 pm

The provisional deal covers the rapid production of prototypes as the Air Force phases out E-3 Sentry or AWACS airborne warning and control aircraft, and follows reports of disagreements over the price for the 737-based Wedgetail planes.

Who is Anil Menon: Indian-origin Nasa astronaut candidate

January 15, 2024 2:36 pm

This is not his first brush with outer-space, as Dr Anil Menon has served with Nasa as well as SpaceX for multiple outer space programmes.

US announces intercontinental ballistic missile test

September 07, 2022 10:44 am

The Pentagon says Russia has been notified in advance of the second ICBM test launch in the space of a month.

Three Air Force cadets who refused vaccine won't be commissioned

May 22, 2022 8:49 am

Academy spokesman Dean Miller said that a fourth cadet who had refused the vaccine until about a week ago, decided to be vaccinated and will graduate and become an Air Force officer.

US Air Force says it conducted successful hypersonic weapon test

May 17, 2022 12:07 pm

The test was conducted on Saturday off the coast of Southern California when a B-52 bomber released an Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW), the Air Force said in a statement.

American B-1B bomber flies over Mideast amid Iran tensions

October 31, 2021 3:58 pm

The flyover comes after a pattern of such flights by nuclear-capable B-52 bombers since the Trump administration as a show of force to Iran.

With undersea robots, an US Air Force navigator lost since 1967 is found

August 02, 2021 10:17 am

Seven crew members escaped, but rescue units from the Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard were unable to find six other men, including a navigator from New York, Maj. Paul A. Avolese.

Covid: US flights with medical supplies for India delayed till Wednesday

May 04, 2021 8:07 am

We just received word from USTRANSCOM that the flights for India are "delayed until at least Wednesday due to maintenance issues", a Pentagon spokesperson said.

Intruder at Air Force One base sparks global security review

February 06, 2021 9:22 pm

In a statement, Joint Base Andrews (JBA) confirmed a male individual with two outstanding warrants accessed one of the C-40B aircraft assigned to the 89th Airlift Wing on Thursday night. The unarmed intruder was arrested by authorities in Maryland.