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Air Force F-35 buy would be cut in half under Pentagon spending plan
The Air Force typically buys four or five dozen F-35s each year. The plan to purchase only 24 would represent a major scaling back.
Belgian air force mechanic opens fire by mistake, blows up another F-16
A mechanic with the Belgian air force was servicing an aircraft when he accidentally opened fire on another F-16 jet fighter sitting on the tarmac, destroying it.
By Kyle Rempfer
Air Force: Hurricane damage to Tyndall F-22s ‘less than we feared,’ but unknown how many will fly again
The Air Force’s top leadership said Sunday evening that F-22s that remained behind at Tyndall Air Force Base when Hurricane Michael struck were not as badly damaged as originally feared.
Some Air Force, Navy F-35s resume flying after grounding
The Air Force and Navy said Friday that some of their F-35 Lightning IIs are once again flying, a day after the military grounded the entire fleet of its most advanced fighters.
F-22s, QF-16 likely damaged after Tyndall hangars hit by hurricane
The Air Force said Friday that an unspecified number of aircraft left inside hangars at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida were likely damaged when Hurricane Michael devastated the base.
Pastor freed in US-Turkey row that snared F-35 program
A Turkish-American diplomatic dispute that entangled the F-35 fighter aircraft program appears one step closer to resolution, but tensions between the two NATO allies remain over a host of issues.
By Joe Gould
Air Force F-22 Raptor makes emergency landing in Alaska
The Air Force says a landing gear malfunction likely was the cause of an emergency landing of an F-22 Raptor fighter jet early Wednesday afternoon at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska.
Marines connect F-35 jet to HIMARS rocket shot for first time
It's the first time the Corps destroyed a target by connecting an F-35B with a HIMARS rocket shot.
By Shawn Snow
Has safety improved a year after Navy and Marine aviation crisis?
Top Navy, Marine Corps air bosses dish on how they're trying to fix the 2017 aviation crisis.
By Tara Copp, AP
Dogfights and Dracula’s castle: US Air Force tightens bond with Romania over summer deployment
F-15 pilots, maintainers and staff from Barnes Air National Guard Base in Massachusetts just returned from a three-month deployment to Romania.
By Valerie Insinna