We asked a pilot to explain how high planes fly and why they need to maintain cruising altitude. Here's what he had to say.

Plan to eliminate multiple squadrons “takes us out of the fight,” the Reserve’s top general said in a Pentagon interview.

The defense tech startup Epirus has developed a cutting-edge, cost-efficient drone zapper that’s sparking the interest of the ...

The Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum's rare Nakajima B5N2 'Kate'-a survivor of the type that once devastated the U.S. Pacific ...

His team had bullied into Hurricane Helene’s eye when he noticed on radar that the storm looked like it was dripping stalactites. Or growing teeth.

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Qatar's offer of a jumbo jet to Air Force One has renewed anger around the Boeing deal signed by Trump in 2018.

President Donald Trump said Sunday night that the Defense Department plans to accept a Boeing 747-8 jet to replace Air Force ...

and unofficially the aircraft reached 623 mph, but a top speed of 520 mph seems to be the official data claimed by the Air Force. It did hold the title of the fastest single-engine propeller ...

the Air Force said. Its name is a nod to the A-1 Skyraider, a propeller-driven attack aircraft that saw heavy use in the Korean and Vietnam wars before its retirement in 1973. “Skyraider II ...

It may seem counterintuitive that the Air Force is handling a propeller-driven aircraft in 2025, but the new Skyraider II is one of many propeller aircraft still used by the U.S. military ...

FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida — Air Force Special Operations Command has dubbed its newest aircraft Skyraider II, a nod to the Cold War-era propeller plane that delivered close air support during ...