Former U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Robert Stirm, a POW during the Vietnam War known for the iconic "Burst of Joy" photo reuniting ...

Our writers' picks for the very best bands since rock became a permanent part of popular music. One thing is for sure every ...

An airman lifts a sofa while vacuuming a dorm at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, on March 18, 2025. He was cleaning as part of Bay Orderly, a program for new airmen to help keep the dorms clean and in ...

The US Air Force’s strategy for fighting in the Indo-Pacific region would face significant challenges during a conflict over Taiwan, possibly resulting in defeat. That is the conclusion of two ...

Airmen living in base dormitories will have their rooms inspected within the next seven days as part of a new Pentagon push to tackle widespread problems with service members’ living conditions. An ...

Every barracks room and “unaccompanied housing” unit in the Air Force will get a direct inspection in the coming days to ensure that airmen are living in “clean, comfortable, and safe” conditions,” ...

Air Force Sec. Troy Meink, right, shown during a June budget hearing. (Eric Dietrich/Air Force) The Air Force has scrapped its outgoing chief of staff’s plan to create an independent command focused ...

The YFQ-42A takes off at a California test site in August. (Air Force) The U.S. Air Force plans to create independent squadrons for its future fleet of collaborative combat aircraft instead of adding ...

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — The US Air Force is putting a permanent drone presence on the Korean Peninsula, reviving a World War II-era squadron to bolster security amid simmering military tensions in ...

The US Air Force (USAF) is exploring all options for a future tanker aircraft that is better able to survive in a contested environment. These could include a clean-sheet, stealth blended-wing body ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The origins of the USAF lie in a decision made just four years after the Wright ...

Sept. 18, 2025, marks more than seven decades of the United States Air Force protecting the skies and supporting national defense. The U.S. Air Force was officially established on Sept. 18th, 1947, ...