Air Force

DALLAS—An airman shot his commander in an apparent murder-suicide Friday at a U.S. Air Force base in San Antonio, a senior U.S. official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to publicly discuss the shooting at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Two handguns were found near the bodies of the men, […]

Bexar County Sheriff's Office has confirmed the incident has been unfolding at the base, which is right off the freeway, since around 9 a.m.

The Duchess of Cambridge reveals to cadets that her 2-year-old son hopes to one day join the military organization. While attending a Central London service to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Royal Air Force’s Air Training Corps, Kate Middleton chatted with cadet Lucinda Conder, 19, Mirror.co.uk reported. The Duchess said she had shown George pictures of […]

Attempts to retire the A-10 have been met with strong resistance from soldiers, Marines, and some U.S. lawmakers

Officials say errors by three airmen troubleshooting a nuclear missile in its launch silo in 2014 caused a "mishap" that damaged the missile, prompting the Air Force to strip the service members of their nuclear certification and quietly launch an accident investigation.

BAGDAD, Ariz.—An F-16 fighter jet from Luke Air Force Base near Phoenix crashed Thursday in a remote area of northwestern Arizona. There was no immediate information on pilot’s condition and a search and rescue operation was underway, officials said. The crash occurred at about 8:45 a.m. in rugged terrain near Bagdad in Yavapai County, Luke […]

HALEIWA, Hawaii—Two Marine Corps helicopters carrying six crew members each collided and went down off the Hawaiian island of Oahu while on a nighttime training mission, and rescuers searched choppy waters Friday where debris had been sighted, military officials said. There was no immediate word on the fate of those aboard or what caused the […]

Israel's air force carried out a drone strike in southern Syria on Friday, killing five civilians, while a soldier was killed and seven wounded in an air raid overnight

Turkish warplanes struck ISIS targets across the border in Syria on Friday, government officials said, a day after ISIS extremists fired at a Turkish military outpost, killing a soldier

Military officials confirm a single F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft crashed Wednesday night in southern Arizona

Hypersonic nuclear weapons could blast past missile defenses.

The Chinese regime is chasing away foreign aircraft over the islands it built in the South China Sea. On Thursday, its Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying declared “China is entitled” to establish air defense zones. The new developments are what many defense analysts feared would happen. The Chinese Communist Party is currently building military bases […]

Studies have shown that people can use their minds to bend metal, transport objects from inside, and perform other amazing feats.

Sir Victor Goddard, a marshal in the British Royal Air Force, published a photo in 1975 that shows a what appears to be a ghostly figure among living soldiers.

A former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer described his encounter with a UFO at the DC hearing on extraterrestrial sightings

WASHINGTON-A former U.S. Air Force officer described in detail a spaceship he saw while investigating an incident near a U.S. airbase in the United Kingdom in 1980. Sgt. James Penniston was speaking at a “Citizen Hearing On Disclosure,” a mock Congressional hearing on extra terrestrial encounters which runs for five days from April 29 to […]

Fundamentally, the conflict with Iran, including the threat of a cyber 9/11, is an economic war.

Air Force missed a last-second two-point conversion, giving Toledo a 42–41 win in the Military Bowl.

Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, announced in Halifax Tuesday that the government has restored the use of the historic “royal” designations of the Royal Canadian Navy and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Land Force Command will be known simply as the Canadian Army.

South Korea started five-day military exercises near the disputed maritime border with North Korea on Thursday.