Missiles, missile warning, missile defense, tactical missiles April 18, 1991: The Air Force completed the first successful flight test of…
Missiles, missile warning, missile defense, tactical missiles Jan. 11, 1981: Boeing delivered the first U.S. Air Force air-launched cruise missiles…
Missiles, missile warning, missile defense, tactical missiles July 23, 1971: Hughes Aircraft Company was awarded a $70 million contract to…
No one did more to harness science to air power objectives than Gen. Bernard A. Schriever. As commander of Air…
The early years of the newly-established independent Air Force brought a variety of technological breakthroughs, resulting in new capabilities and…
The U.S. Space Force was established Dec. 20, 2019 when President Donald Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act into…
Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall outlined his increasingly urgent roadmap March 3, 2022, for successfully bringing about the…
In the past few years, the service has seen unprecedented change —from the end of combat operations in Afghanistan after…
The Air Force modernized its tactical air forces in the late 1970s with the introduction of the F-15, A-10, and…
The U.S. Air Force was heavily deployed during the Vietnam War. The first bombing raids against North Vietnam occurred in…
During the Korean War, which began in June 1950, the Far East Air Forces were among the first units to…
In practice, the Army Air Forces became virtually independent of the Army during World War II, but its leaders wanted…
President Franklin D. Roosevelt took the lead, calling for a vastly enlarged air force based on long-range strategic bombing. Organizationally…
