Comparing USAF vs US Navy aviation: who leads in fleet size, mission, and capability — and why the answer depends on domain.

According to the Heritage Foundation's Index of U.S. Military Strength in 2024, at the close of FY 2023, the Air Force’s ...

The US Air Force requires a 22% expansion of its fighter fleet to 1,558 aircraft by 2035, up from 1,271 currently, according ...

A new report to Congress pitching the Air Force’s 10-year fighter jet plan is missing key details and explanations, raising ...

General Kenneth Wilsbach has been confirmed as the next US Air Force chief of staff, as American airpower confronts a ...

An unclassified U.S. Air Force report, mandated by the 2025 NDAA, included figures of the required combat fleet, calling for ...

The F-22’s combination of stealth, speed, maneuverability, and sensor fusion remains uniquely suited to penetrating contested airspace and generating decision-quality targeting data; those combined ...

The Air Force warns that having a smaller fleet may increase the risk it won't be able to carry out all its missions.

Both of the designs currently in development for the U.S. Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft program have now taken to ...

Other programs, such as the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, complement, not substitute, manned fighter aircraft.

SwRI has a seven-year contract worth $9.9m from the USAF to forecast the service life of landing gear on the F-16 Fighting ...

The service in a new report to Congress says the Raptor is the “threshold platform” for CCA, though integration with F-16s, F-35As, F-15Es and F-15EXs is an emerging consideration. Uncrewed aircraft ...