SEPTEMBER 14, 2026 - Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink announced the official names of the Air Force’s newest Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), the FQ-42 Vengeance and FQ-44 Fury, during his keynote address at the Air & Space Forces Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference, Sept. 14. Revealing popular names was a natural next step for the CCA program as the … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 14, 2026 - For recruits assigned to the 926th Wing at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, their journey starts long before basic military training. Before ever setting foot on the drill pad, these future airmen are already learning exactly what it takes to succeed in the Air Force Reserve. Serving as the catalyst for this transition, the 926th Wing Development and … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 11, 2026 - Senior Master Sgt. Brian Curry was an A-10 Thunderbolt II crew chief at the 111th Fighter Wing. Then a radio report changed everything. A aircraft had struck the World Trade Center. Curry returned to the crew chief shack and joined other maintainers around a television in the break room. They watched the smoke rising from the first tower. Then … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 - At Fort Rucker, Alabama, Air Force Capt. Hanna Born trains the next generation of rotary-wing aviators in the TH-1H training helicopter. Outside the cockpit, she is leading a personal mission to honor the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks by running 2,977 miles — one mile for each person killed that day. Born, an instructor pilot assigned … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 9, 2026 - Air Force Global Strike Command, in a strategic partnership with Air Force Materiel Command and the Defense Logistics Agency, has launched the “North Star Readiness Campaign,” a sweeping initiative aimed at increasing the number of mission-capable B-52 Stratofortress and B-1 Lancer aircraft. The campaign is a direct response to the strategic imperative of … [Read more...]