The Barksdale team won with its Airborne Launcher for Expendables-25 Pylon Load Adapter. The device attaches to an existing ...

Two people died and 10 aircraft were destroyed in aviation-related mishaps in fiscal year 2023 as the Air Force’s most serious accidents hit a five-year high. The latest milestone was driven by a jump ...

The Air Force is expanding its maintainer training and briefings on mishaps and will require those airmen to sign non-disclosure agreements for the first time as part of the expanded effort. (Senior ...

Air Force aircraft maintainers who do not sign nondisclosure agreements cannot hear quarterly, confidential briefs on aircraft mishaps, but they are not required to sign those agreements, according to ...

Crew chiefs assigned to the 421st Aircraft Maintenance Unit prepare to launch F-35A Lightning II fighter jets at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, July 31. (R. Nial Bradshaw/Air Force) Defense Secretary Jim ...

Ten F-35 Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing fly in formation to commemorate the Royal Norwegian Air Force achieving 10,000 flying hours Nov. 16, at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz.

Nobody likes doing busy work, so one enlisted Air Force maintainer started using a tool to spare his fellow wrench-throwers from doing so much of it. Senior Master Sgt. Paul Speer, the superintendent ...

Air Force officials are now requiring some maintainers to sign non-disclosure agreements in order to receive information about crashes and mishaps, a move that transparency advocates say is ...

As the world's largest facility for overhauling airplane landing gear, the Air Force's Ogden Air Logistics Center in Utah works on the wheels, brakes and assemblies of some of the world's most complex ...

Capt. Kristin "BEO" Wolfe, F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team pilot and commander takes off for a demonstration practice Feb. 12, 2020, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The team is scheduled to ...

One Air Force airman directs the pilot of an F-35 Lighting II while another places chocks around the aircraft’s wheel at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, on March 6, 2013. (U.S. Air Force / Lawrence ...

The Air Force Reserve has launched an app that is expected to save time and stress for aircraft maintainers. Headquarters Air Force, AFRC, and Monkton teamed up to create an iOS app that enables ...