The Air Force cut its planned F-35 and F-15EX purchases in 2025 by six apiece due to budgetary constraints, as well as delays to F-35 upgrades. The U.S. Air Force would receive enough money to buy 51 F-35As in fiscal 2024 under the compromise defense spending bill lawmakers released. Staff Sgt. Charles Crumlett, 25, of Streamwood, Illinois, died Friday after being injured in what the Air Force called a "workplace incident." The Pentagon stopped accepting deliveries of the newest F-35 Joint Strike Fighters in summer 2023 as software problems snarled the jets' latest upgrades. The nation's only joint Veterans Affairs and Defense Department health care center began using a new compatible medical records system on Saturday. The Senate overwhelmingly rejected a resolution to block the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey after Ankara approved Sweden's NATO accession. The military services on Friday will lay out plans to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for addressing safety concerns stemming from a fatal 2023 crash. Friday's drill involved F-35A fighter jets from both countries and other fighter jets from South Korea. The Singapore Airshow is set to begin amid efforts by the city state to train its air-warfare capabilities at home and in faraway locales. Davis-Monthan received its first A-10 in 1976. Load More