US Aviation Academy wins a $835M, 10-year Air Force contract to deliver initial pilot training across U.S. campuses, ...

US Aviation Academy has secured a 10-year contract worth $835m from the US Air Force (USAF) to provide Initial Pilot Training ...

The United States Air Force operates a number of old aircraft types. That said, it is important to keep in mind that there is a difference between old aircraft types and old airframes. For example, ...

The T-7A Red Hawk is notable for featuring the iconic "Red Tail" symbol used on the aircraft flown by the famed Tuskegee ...

The newly awarded contract reflects broader efforts by the Air Force to modernize training, expand capacity, and reduce ...

The Boeing B‑52 Stratofortress is the archetype of the enduring combat aircraft, a bomber that has outlived the factories that built it and many of the designers who drew its lines. First introduced ...

For decades, the United States has relied on aircraft not just to fight wars, but to project power across the globe faster ...

The USAF remains the world's largest, but its number of crewed aircraft is shrinking as the PLAAF grows in numbers. Its UAV fleet is on the up though.

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The origins of the USAF lie in a decision made just four years after the Wright ...