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This is how two Air Force Bases ended up in a Twitter feud

By Blake Stilwell

How quickly a wing of nuclear bombers scramble for Doomsday

By Harold C. Hutchison

Watch this Spirit decimate an airfield with 80 JDAMs

By Harold C. Hutchison

This is what ICBM crews will do after a missile launch

By Blake Stilwell

This was the fastest manned aircraft ever

By Blake Stilwell

Before he wrote children’s books, Roald Dahl was a menace to Axis forces in the sky

By Miguel Ortiz

This bomber made the B-52 look puny

By Harold C. Hutchison

This may be the Air Force’s replacement for the F-16 Fighting Falcon

What really goes on at Arnold AFB?

By Jessica Evans

This Air Force unit caught spy satellite photos as they fell from space

Here’s how far ‘Air Force One’ has come since the beginning of powered flight

By Blake Stilwell

7 American legends who were combat pilots for the Flying Tigers

By Harold C. Hutchison

America bought this British bomber in the 1950s and used it over Afghanistan

By Harold C. Hutchison

4 support aircraft you didn’t know had killer combat variants

Here’s how the Red Baron got his name

Apollo 11 astronaut and Air Force General Michael Collins passes away at 90

By Miguel Ortiz

This is the silky smooth voice every airline pilot tries to imitate

By Eric Milzarski

The “Father of the Air Force” challenged the limits of freedom of speech and lost

This was the Army and Air Force ‘treaty’ on aircraft

By Harold C. Hutchison

This F-15E scored an air-to-air kill by dropping a bomb on an Iraqi helicopter

By Blake Stilwell

Here’s why the Warthog is the greatest close air support aircraft ever

7 Air Force song facts that will make you want to go off into the wild blue yonder

By Shannon Corbeil

Lyrics you shouldn’t text your friends if you’re in the Air Force

By Blake Stilwell

A rare look beyond the gates at Ellsworth AFB

By Jessica Evans

Check out this Cold-War era abandoned military base in Vermont

By Jessica Evans

This sitting Senator deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan 19 times

By Harold C. Hutchison

This airman claims his top secret official duty was to talk to aliens

By Blake Stilwell

5 things we wish we knew before joining the Air Force

WWII nose art motivated airmen with sex and humor

By Blake Stilwell

This is what happened when a P-51 Mustang chased a UFO over Kentucky in 1948

Saved by the BRRRRT! – 5 times A-10s made the difference in battle

This forgotten bomber wreaked havoc on the Nazis in World War II

By Harold C. Hutchison

This is the Pentagon’s not-so-secret civilian ‘ghost’ aircraft fleet

This legendary triple ace wrote an amazing letter on modern Air Force leadership

By Blake Stilwell

Before the F-35, these 10 airplanes became legends after rough starts

By Harold C. Hutchison

See how a B-58 Hustler crew averted disaster after a takeoff went wrong

By Harold C. Hutchison

WATCH: Welcome to Offutt, the only military installation you’ll find in Nebraska

By Jessica Evans

That time North Korea took a shot at a Blackbird

By Harold C. Hutchison

4 common things that annoy Air Force enlisted members

By Jacqlyn Cope

This command post flew 24 hours a day for 29 years

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This female vet is one of history’s most decorated combat photographers

By Blake Stilwell

This was the safest place to be in a US bomber flying through German flak in WW2

By Harold C. Hutchison

6 reasons the Air Force wants to get its hands on Russian DNA

By Blake Stilwell

This was the Air Force’s C-130 demonstration team

WATCH: When airfield turns museum

By Jessica Evans

This beautifully animated video shows two WWII pilots fighting all the way to Hell

These are the 7 finest moments in Air Force history

By Blake Stilwell

A missing Airman’s remains were identified after 74 years

By Blake Stilwell

WATCH: Where do retired aircraft end up?

By Jessica Evans

5 real ways the Air Force is different from other branches

By Blake Stilwell

Watch this close-call during an air refueling operation

By Harold C. Hutchison

Air Force Chief of Staff Charles Brown Jr. one of TIME’s most influential people of 2020

By Jessica Manfre

Why is the F-22 Raptor fighter jet an absolute beast?

By Jessica Evans

Check out the F-15 Eagle in Action

By Jessica Evans

What it’s like at the US’s Arctic Air Base

By Brittany Sulc

Have you seen the A-10’s two-seater cousin?

By Miguel Ortiz

That time U.S. F-15s stumbled into an Iraqi trap and won

6 things you didn’t know about Chuck Yeager

By Jessica Evans

American hero & aviation legend Chuck Yeager passed away at 97

By Miguel Ortiz

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Meet Cadet Colonel Megan Steis, the next generation of the Air Force

By Rachel Napolitano

MIGHTY 25: Meet Nicole Malachowski, from first female Thunderbird pilot to health advocate

By Jessica Manfre

This airman has advice for anyone working to be an Olympic lifter

By Blake Stilwell

This Air Force vet tells the story behind ‘Suicide Butterflies’ and her other tattoos

Tuskegee Airman and MLK bodyguard Dabney Montgomery dies at age 93

By Blake Stilwell