The US is flying U-2 "Dragon Lady" spy planes on patrol missions around the southern border. The top Air Force officer confirmed the involvement of the aircraft last Friday. The U-2 planes join other ...

First sustained operational sorties combine Rivet Joint intelligence gathering with Compass Call electronic attack to refine ...

The following is the Nov. 28, 2025, Congressional Research Service in focus report U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat ...

Over the next two decades, the US Air Force will transform through new fighters, autonomous drones, and next generation ...

The legendary SR-71 is getting a hypersonic, unmanned successor: the SR-72 “Son of Blackbird,” capable of Mach 6 speeds ...

The USAF has decided to buy up to 26 E-7As from Boeing, similar to this E-7 Wedgetail from the Royal Australian Air Force, to replace its fleet of aging E-3 Sentry aircraft. (Boeing Australia) Defense ...

RC-135W Rivet Joint aircraft conducted a reconnaissance flight around the Kaliningrad Oblast, according to the UK Defence ...

A Chinese fighter jet intercepted a US reconnaissance aircraft over the South China Sea last week and performed an "unsafe maneuver," forcing the US aircraft to take evasive action, according to ...

The aircraft took off from Mildenhall Air Force Base in the UK, flew over the Netherlands, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania, then flew over the Black Sea past Crimea and ...

You have, for instance, the Boeing P-8 Poseidon, a naval reconnaissance aircraft derived from the Boeing 737-800 airliner, and then the Boeing C-17, a freighter aircraft that was a clean-sheet design.