Inside the rapid B-52 X-Ray inspection that saved 17 days and boosted confidence in the 70-year-old bomber. In late June 2025 ...

The Air Force is on track to hit its annual recruitment goal three months early, Chief Master Sgt. Frank Rawls, the chief recruiter for the branch, told Military.com on Tuesday. Rawls told ...

In 2020, Lockheed announced that the Air Force awarded the company a $900 million contract for a 10-year program that would include depot-level maintenance and aircraft modification in Greenville.

Former Air Force secretary Frank Kendall recently disclosed that the next-gen fighter had been left out of the 2026 budget request because the Biden administration couldn’t find the funding for it.

The U.S. Air Force has awarded five companies positions on a potential 10-year, $751 million contract for depot maintenance support services. The Department of Defense said Wednesday the Air Force ...

Col. Donald E. Shelhammer was born in Plato, Mo. on April 9, 1941, to Edwin Francis and Gladys Margaret Shelhammer. He passed away on Feb. 9, 2024, in Raymondville, Mo.

The Air Force has been developing a portable data center that can hold maintenance and sustainment docs for every plane the service has—in a container the size of a window air conditioner.

The Italian Air Force has emphasized since last year that it requires more F-35A and F-35B jets. Public data indicates that it may eventually acquire 20 additional Lightning II aircraft. Last year ...

This contract provides operations, remote site and mission partner support, training and organizational-level maintenance for the Satellite Control Network (SCN). Work will be performed at Schriever ...

Senior Airman Collin Johnson, 80th Fighter Generation Squadron aerospace propulsion journeyman, performs maintenance procedures on an F-16 Fighting Falcon during hot pit refueling at Kunsan Air ...

A native of Saint Joseph, Missouri, Albertsen enlisted in the Air Force in 1991 and spent 10 years as a maintenance crew chief, including as a flying crew chief about KC-135 tanker aircraft.