Merlyn Dethlefsen was dubbed “taciturn, a born-again Christian, and not at all the typical fighter pilot," yet his exploits ...
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Air Force $2B Starts B-52 Engine Swap Toward B-52J

Keeping a 1960s airframe relevant in the 2050s has less to do with nostalgia than with wiring diagrams, test cards, and the ...
The upgrades to the B-52's engines and numerous other systems are so dramatic the Air Force plans to redesignate the Cold War ...
The Air Force's next-generation nuclear missile program has blown its budget and hit serious delays. Here's how things went sideways.
Much of the military’s most enduring gear was never supposed to last. Designed as temporary fixes or emergency solutions, ...
The Barksdale team won with its Airborne Launcher for Expendables-25 Pylon Load Adapter. The device attaches to an existing ...
The operation marked the first use of the R-20 at the base to conduct hot-pit refueling, allowing the UH-60 Black Hawk ...
Boeing has been given a $2 billion contract to upgrade the USAF's 72 B-52 bombers with new engines, avionics, communication ...
Wars come and go, but some aircraft never seem to leave the fight. While new platforms cycle through development and ...
KUALA LUMPUR – More than a decade ago, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished without a trace, sparking one of aviation’s most ...
A deep-sea search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has begun in the Indian Ocean, reviving efforts to solve one of aviation’s ...