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Senate confirms Air Force veteran Dan Caine as Joint Chiefs chairman
The Senate voted early Friday to confirm retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, ...
Air Force general faulted for 'predatory behavior' will ask Trump for pardon
Maj. Gen. Phillip Stewart, once a rising star, led the 19th Air Force in San Antonio, the service's pilot training arm. A sex ...
Retired major general: Musk doesn’t deserve to wear Air Force Academy jacket (Your Letters)
Jacket was a gift from cadets of Starship 19, squadron of the letter writer's late brother. Elon Musk has "made a mockery of ...
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Air Force purges photos, websites on pioneering female pilots
Some websites on retired Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt, the Air Force's first female fighter pilot, and the World War II-era ...
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‘Inexplicable’: Lawmakers condemn sudden firing of Cyber Command general
The abrupt firing of the general in charge of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency drew sharp condemnation on ...
Take a look inside Air Force Two, the 155-foot custom jet plane vice presidents use to travel the world
Vice President JD Vance flies in a C-32, a customized version of a commercial jetliner featuring a communications center and ...
Boeing will build the US Air Force’s next air superiority fighter
The decision is good news for Boeing's plant in St. Louis, which is scheduled to end production of the F/A-18 Super Hornet in 2027. Boeing lost its last bid to build a fighter jet when its X-32 lost ...
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General Atomics planning modular family of uncrewed fighters
California-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) is a finalist in the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) Increment 1 contest to produce the service’s ...