U.S. Air Force study explored turning a Boeing 747 into an airborne aircraft carrier, launching and recovering fighter jets mid-flight. Inspired by past military experiments, the concept was ambitious ...

The Navy’s NGAD, separate from the Air Force ... be a carrier-based aircraft. If so, it could follow the J-35 in the early 2030s. By 2045, China will also operate the Xi’an KJ-600 airborne ...

As an epilogue, Omega Air continues to refuel US aircraft with ex-Japan Airlines and Dutch KC-10 even after the Air Force ...

Taiwan has reportedly submitted a formal request to Washington for the purchase six E-2D airborne early warning aircraft from ...

USAF aviators are usually not trained in the techniques required to pull off a carrier landing. Although exchange programs exist between Navy and Air Force pilots ... air defense network and the ...

The USN has announced Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for the Boeing F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet IRST Block II system, ...

An F-35C of VX-9 assigned to the United Operational Test Team at Edwards AFB performed the first dual drop of externally ...

The military plans to buy six E-2Ds — the most advanced Hawkeye variant that the US Navy uses — to replace the five operational aircraft in its inventory, the source said on condition of anonymity.

The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft can track over 3,000 air and ground targets simultaneously.

They can launch heavier aircraft, including tankers, airborne early warning ... will note that the PLAN’s carrier aviation force remains smaller than that of the US Navy and has yet to operate ...

With President-elect Donald Trump swearing-in on Monday as the next President of the United States, the “Air Force One” title will be upon any Air Force aircraft that he travels in.