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Air Force funding the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) plan illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Air Force must commit to Next Generation Air Dominance plan

By Clay Percle

A Marines Osprey lands aboard the USS Somerset, Feb. 27, 2014, in Philadelphia. A congressional oversight committee has launched an investigation into the V-22 Osprey program following the latest deadly crash, which killed eight Air Force special operations service members. The entire Osprey fleet remains grounded following the crash, with the exception of some limited Marine Corps flights. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Air Force investigators: Fatal 2023 Osprey crash due to gearbox problems and inadequate crew

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A U.S. MV-22 Osprey aircraft flies around the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa, southern Japan Thursday, March 14, 2024. The U.S. and Japanese militaries resumed flights of Osprey aircraft in Japan. (Kyodo News via AP)

Navy: Troubled V-22 Osprey to face flight restrictions through 2025 over safety concerns

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

This image provided by the U.S. Air Force shows a U.S. Air Force T-6A Texan II taxiing down the flight line at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, on Jan. 26, 2024. The Air Force says an instructor pilot was killed when the ejection seat activated while the jet was still on the ground at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas, when the seat activated during ground operations on May 13. (Airman 1st Class Keira Rossman/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Pilot instructor at Texas air base dies after seat ejects from plane on the ground

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

An AI-enabled Air Force F-16 fighter jet, left, flies next to an adversary F-16, as both aircraft race within 1,000 feet of each other, trying to force their opponent into vulnerable positions, on Thursday, May 2, 2024, above Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The flight is serving as a public statement of confidence in the future role of AI in air combat. The military is planning to use the technology to operate an unmanned fleet of 1,000 aircraft. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

U.S. aims to stay ahead of China in using AI to fly fighter jets, navigate without GPS and more

By Tara Copp - Associated Press

Inside Teal-53, a WC-130J assigned to the "Hurricane Hunters" of the Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron from Keesler Air Force Base near Biloxi, Miss. Photo by Mike Glenn

Eye on the storm: Air Force’s ‘Hurricane Hunters’ track threats before they hit the U.S. coast

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall sits in the front cockpit of an X-62A VISTA aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The flight on the Artificial Intelligence-controlled modified F-16, is serving as a public statement of confidence in the future role of AI in air combat. The military is planning to use the technology to operate an unmanned fleet of 1,000 aircraft. Arms control experts and humanitarian groups are concerned that AI might one day be able to take lives autonomously and are seeking greater restrictions on its use. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

WATCH New AI-controlled fighter jet took Air Force leader for a historic ride.

By Tara Copp - Associated Press

Reporters stealing from Air Force One illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Reporters stealing everything that’s not nailed down on Air Force One

By Joseph Curl

A woman takes a souvenir photo with a floral decoration featuring China's space programs celebrating National Day and the 20th party congress in Beijing on Sept. 26, 2022. The U.S. is closely monitoring Chinese activities that potentially threaten American assets in space and is deeply concerned about the rapidly accumulating amount of space debris in low earth orbit, the head of United States military operations in space said Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ** FILE **

China adopts ‘space coercion’ as strategic weapon in plan to attack U.S. satellites

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, Aviation Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Nicholas Hawkins, signals an MV-22 Osprey to land on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea on May 17, 2019. Air Force Special Operations Command said Tuesday it knows what failed on its CV-22B Osprey leading to a November crash in Japan that killed eight service members. But it still does not know why the failure happened. Because of the crash almost the entire Osprey fleet, hundreds of aircraft across the Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy, has been grounded since Dec. 6. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Amber Smalley/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

Osprey’s crash last fall near Japan caused by parts failure, Air Force says

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A soldier wears a U.S. Space Force uniform during a ceremony for U.S. Air Force airmen transitioning to U.S. Space Force guardian designations at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Feb. 12, 2021. The U.S. Air Force's combat wings will be turned into “units of action” designed to better fight a war with China, under a major reorganization of the service and its new sub-service, the Space Force, announced by senior service leaders this week. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Air Force, Space Force unveil major retooling to confront a rising China

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

This image provided by the U.S. Air Force, a F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 510th Fighter Squadron takes off during Red Flag 24-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, on Jan 25, 2024. (Staff Sgt. Heather Ley/U.S. Air Force via AP) ** FILE **

Air Force looking for retirees to come back to active duty due to staffing shortages

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launches during an operational test at 1:13 A.M. PDT, Sept. 7, 2022, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. ICBM test launches demonstrate that the U.S. ICBM fleet is relevant, essential and key to leveraging dominance in an era of strategic competition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Quijas) ** FILE **

Air Force sticks by Sentinel missile program despite cost overruns

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden greets service members after arriving at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden meets with families of troops killed in Jordan drone attack

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber flies over Sarajevo, Bosnia, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. The two B-1B Lancer aircraft are assigned to the 7th Bomb Wing currently operating out of RAF Fairford, United Kingdom, conducted a low approach flyby over Sarajevo and other cities of Bosnia and Herzegovina to underscore the United States' strong partnership with the Armed Forces of BiH and enduring commitment to Bosnia and Herzegovina's sovereignty, territorial integrity, and multiethnic character. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

B-1 bomber crashes at Ellsworth Air Force base in South Dakota, crew ejects safely

By Tara Copp - Associated Press

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, Airman 1st Class Jackson Ligon, 341st Missile Maintenance Squadron technician, examines the internals of an intercontinental ballistic missile during a simulated electronic launch Minuteman test Sept. 22, 2020, at a launch facility near Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, Mont. The Air Force has determined that cancer data recorded in health records of service members who worked with the nation's nuclear missiles warrants a further review, as part of a massive testing and cleanup effort it launched in response to reports that many who served are now ill. (Tristan Day/U.S. Air Force via AP) ** FILE **

Air Force said its nuclear missile capsules were safe, but toxins lurked, documents show

By Tara Copp - Associated Press

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, Aviation Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Nicholas Hawkins, signals an MV-22 Osprey to land on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea on May 17, 2019. When the U.S. military took the extraordinary step of grounding its fleet of V-22 Ospreys this week, it wasn't reacting just to the recent deadly crash of the aircraft off the coast of Japan. The aircraft has had a long list of problems in its short history. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Amber Smalley/U.S. Navy via AP) ** FILE **

Air Force secretary posthumously promotes pilot of Osprey aircraft that crashed off Japan

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A general view of the crater at a site of recent Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russia attacks Kyiv with ballistic missiles, but Ukraine says it intercepted all of them

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

This image made from video provided by WCVB-TV, shows Jack Teixeira, in T-shirt and shorts, being taken into custody by armed tactical agents on Thursday, April 13, 2023, in Dighton, Mass. (WCVB-TV via AP) ** FILE **

Air Force fires commander, disciplines others in Massachusetts Air National Guard leak case

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this August 2023 photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, two missile launch officers, or missileers, finish a 24-hour underground shift at a launch control center at Malmstrom Air Force Base. The capsules are still very much like they were when they were first designed in the 1960s, with old gear, bad lighting and not a lot of room to move around. The capsules will be completely redesigned as part of the new Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile system. While everything will be modernized and connected via 21st-century technology, there will still be a “human in the loop” if there was ever a launch. (U.S. Air Force via AP)

A gigantic new ICBM will take U.S. nuclear missiles out of Cold War-era but add 21st-century risks

By Tara Copp - Associated Press