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Inside Operation Epic Fury: Why US is moving B-1 'Bunker Busters' to Britain for strikes on Iran

March 13, 2026 9:25 pm

The United States is preparing long-range strategic bombers, including B-1, B-2 and B-52 aircraft, for possible strikes on Iran’s deeply buried military targets.

Former US Air Force officer arrested for providing defense services to Chinese military

Former US Air Force pilot arrested for illegally training Chinese military officers

February 26, 2026 10:52 am

Gerald Eddie Brown Jr, a former US Air Force pilot, has been charged with illegally providing defence services to Chinese military pilots under US law.

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.