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I toured an Air Force One plane used by 4 US presidents. Take a look inside the 'flying Oval Office.'
Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon used an Air Force One plane known as SAM 970. The retired jet is now a ...
The Aviationist on MSN2d
U.S. Air Force Considers Upgrades for E-7 Wedgetail
Even before delivery, new technologies are being investigated for possible integration on the USAF’s future E-7 Wedgetail ...
Air Force Times on MSN6dOpinion
It’s time to fully fund the Air Force’s collaborative combat aircraft
Opinion: The defense budget is the place to stop the decline in the Air Force's size and capabilities and begin its ...
The National Interest on MSN1d
The F-16 Fighting Falcon Stars in the Air Force’s “Combat Archer” Exercises
As part of this year’s Combat Archer iteration, the Air Force will integrate the AGR-20 FALCO laser-guided rocket, which is ...
Amarillo Globe-News7h
Bell Amarillo marks completion of CV-22 Osprey program for U.S. Air Force
Thursday's event marked the culmination of more than 20 years of work on the tiltrotor aircraft that has redefined aerial ...
One of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen remembers struggle for recognition amid Trump’s DEI purge
I thought there was progress in that area, but evidently there isn’t,” said Col. James H. Harvey III, who blamed Trump for ...
Tuskegee Airman remembers struggle for recognition amid Trump's DEI purge
He was the first Black jet fighter pilot in Korean airspace during the Korean War, and a decorated one after 126 missions.
Defense News6d
It’s time to fully fund the Air Force’s collaborative combat aircraft
Three decades’ worth of chronic underfunding, paired with high combat demand, have worn the service’s aircraft so hard that the capacity and capability of the Air Force have declined to ...