The news that a significant aircraft programme has reached the point beyond proving that it can fly, into proving that it can fight, is hardly a dramatic unveiling- it is an additional airplane on the ...

The 40th Flight Test Squadron’s Detachment 1, which executed A-10 developmental test operations, was officially inactivated as result of the jet’s ongoing divestment. The U.S. Air Force has announced ...

The service announced the arrival of the second B-21 bomber, possibly nicknamed “Spartan,” at Edwards AFB at the end of its first flight to join the test fleet. The U.S. Air Force has released photos ...

The YFQ-42A collaborative combat aircraft, made by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., takes off at a undisclosed California location for its first flight. (Air Force) The Air Force announced ...

The readiness to fly has become one of the direct indicators of the leadership of the unit, rather than the background ...

The Air Force took another step this week toward preparing its newest long-range strategic bomber for its first mission. The second B-21 Raider test aircraft landed at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., ...

The US Air Force (USAF) has taken delivery of a Lockheed Martin F-35A fighter that will be employed for testing software updates and new weapons. The “new specially instrumented F-35A” will join the ...

The U.S. Air Force flight test community received the first Boeing B-52 equipped with the RTX APQ-188 radar and related systems, allowing the next phase of the over-budget, $3.3 billion upgrade ...