Trump’s Space Force Now Planned as a Division of the Air Force
Earlier today, President Donald Trump signed a directive to create the Space Force, what will become the sixth branch…
Report: Air Force Not Sure What to Do About Elon Musk Smoking Weed
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk added yet another wearying episode to our multi-month-long Musk news cycle this week by…
Fake Military Recruitment Websites Seized by FTC for Selling Personal Info to For-Profit Schools
Today, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it seized nine copycat websites set up to look like U.S. military…
The Air Force Would Appreciate Some Help Finding a Box of Grenades That Fell Off a Truck
Hello! Did you happen to be walking down a gravel road in or near Mountrail County, North Dakota and find a big ol’…
Russian Hackers Fooled the Keepers of US Drone Secrets Using the Oldest Trick in the Book
A new investigation by the Associated Press has revealed that a whopping 40 percent of 87 American defense contractors…
Air Force Failed to Put Sutherland Springs Shooter in FBI Database Preventing Felons From Getting Guns
The U.S. Air Force admitted on Monday that it had failed to put information regarding Devin Patrick Kelley, the man…
Thanks to a Bankrupt Russian Airline, Trump May Get the Air Force One Deal He Wanted
Donald Trump loves a good deal. And the United States Air Force just found one for the president, sitting in a Mojave…
Why the US Air Force Is Teaming Up With SpaceX
Over the last several months, SpaceX has been seriously diversifying its clientele: in May, it flew a spy satellite for…
Top Secret Air Force Spaceplane Lands with Sonic Boom After Two Years in Orbit
The US Air Force’s secretive X-37B spaceplane landed yesterday after 718 days in orbit—just twelve days shy of a full…
US Diplomat Was Investigated for Spying as a Kid Because He Kept Writing Boeing Asking for Photos
By most standards, Robert F. Dorr lived the most all-American, patriotic life anyone possibly could. He served in the…
Air Force Leaders Say It's High Time Our Planes Shoot Deadly Lasers
Military bigwigs gathered in Orlando this week for the annual AirWarfare Symposium to discuss big plans for big weapons…
Air Force Says It Never Pursued Contracts With Theranos Directly
Remember April of 2016? It was a more innocent time. Ted Cruz and John Kasich were still trying to be president,…
Accidental Inbound Missile Warning Scares the Hell Out of American Air Force Personnel
The message read “MISSILE INBOUND. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!” as it took over the screens of Air Force personnel…
B-52 Lands Fine After Engine Falls Off in the Middle of a Goddamn Flight
A B-52 Stratofortress landed safely on Wednesday after an engine “dropped out” over an unpopulated area of North…
America's New Stealth Bomber Is Called the B-21 Raider, Not Bomby McBomberface
The name of America’s latest stealth bomber was just announced this morning. And it’s not Bomby McBomberface. The B-21…
Watch the F-16's Autopilot Mode Save an Unconscious Pilot’s Life
The US Air Force has declassified a harrowing video showing the heads-up display of student pilot who passed out during…
The Air Force Denied Our Request For The List of Crowdsourced Names For Their New B-21 Bomber
Back in May, the US Air Force announced that they had received over 4,600 entries in their crowdsourced naming contest…
F-22 Raptor Gets Owned By a Bunch of Honey Bees
The F-22 Raptor is one of the military’s most powerful weapons, but everything—man, woman, sentient rotted orange—has a…
The Air Force Just Cleared the F-35 Fighter Jet for Combat
After a stunning 15 years of development and countless delays, the US Air Force just declared the first squadron of…
The Air Force Had a Totally Accidental Computer Disaster [Updated]
Update 6/15/16: The Air Force found the supposedly corrupted files.