US Air Force

CENTCOM announces air force readiness exercise amid growing Iran tensions

Although CENTCOM said that the "exercise is designed to enhance asset and personnel dispersal capability," military parties have used such drills in the past as cover for launching a surprise attack.

A US Airman attaches a GBU-31 munitions system to an F-15E Strike Eagle in the US Central Command area of responsibility, December 19, 2025, in support of Operation Hawkeye Strike as the US military launched large-scale strikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria.
General view of US Air Force C-17 Globemaster aircrafts at al-Udeid Air Base which is housing Afghan refugees, in Doha, Qatar September 7, 2021.

US lowers security alert at Qatar's Al Udeid Air Base amid Iran tensions

Eurofighter Typhoon (L and R) and Japanese Air Self-Defense Force F-15 fighter jets fly over the military air base in Laage, south of Rostock, northeastern Germany, during a demonstration as part of a press day on September 23, 2025.

US bombers join Japanese jets in show of force after China–Russia drills, Tokyo says

Photo of Gavin Rivers Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Christopher Thomas, 20.

Texan men plan invasion of island off coast of Haiti with an army of DC's homeless


Israel, US air force hold first-of-kind aerial drill

Israeli Air Force pilots flew alongside their United States counterparts in drill named 'Desert Eagle'.

Israeli Air Force pilots flying alongside their United States counterparts as part of a joint exercise, 2023; illustrative

Rockets target US facility in Iraq, again

These rockets are one of many attacks on US forces in Iraq over the last two years.

US F-16 fighter jet arrives at a military base in Balad, north of Baghdad July 13, 2015.

IAF pilots to fly alongside US, UK air forces in drill next month

Britains 'HMS Queen Elizabeth' aircraft carrier to be part of exercise, too

Israeli Air Force (IAF) personnel are seen marching by a fighter jet hanger.

US Air Force receives first F-15EX fighter jet

The IAF was said to be interested in the aircraft, and can now follow its performance closely.

An F15EX fighter jet taking off from a runway in the United States.

Edward Malinoff, Jewish logistics manager for the US Navy dies of COVID

Malinoff remembered the lyrics to songs from old movies with great accuracy despite having dementia in his later years.

The US Navy aircraft carriers conduct a photo exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces in the South China Sea August 31, 2018

Cabinet going for huge US-Israel aircraft deal

This decision ends a three-year-long dispute between the Defense Ministry and the Finance Ministry over the payment method of the deal.

Boeing's KC-46 aerial refueling tanker

F-15EX, under consideration by Israel Air Force, completes first flight

Newest US Air Force fighter completes 90-minute test flight

The new F-15EX fighter jet

Bomber flies low over Gulf in US message to Iran

CENTCOM chief: "We do not seek conflict, but no one should underestimate our ability to defend our forces or to act decisively in response to any attack."

A U.S. Air Force B-52 from Minot Air Force Base is aerial refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility Dec. 30, 2020. The B-52 Stratofortress is a long-range, heavy bomber that is capable of flying at high subsonic speeds at altitudes of up to 50,000 feet an

David Goldfein, Jewish US Air Force chief, is stepping down

Goldfein, 60, stepped down as scheduled on Thursday.

An F/A-18E Super Hornet attached of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 143 hooks up to a catapult on the flight deck of U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Gulf, in this picture taken August 27, 2019 and released by U.S. Navy on August 27, 2019

Israel asks United States to 'swap' two of their KC46 tankers

Jerusalem wants two tankers by next year instead of 2023

A Boeing KC-46A Pegasus sits on the tarmac at Boeing facilities at Boeing Field in this aerial photo in Seattle, Washington, U.S.