SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 - Air Force Reservists in space-related career fields interested in volunteering to join the U.S. Space Force as Guardians serving in a part-time capacity can apply from Sept. 3 to Oct. 10. This transfer option is part of the Space Force Personnel Management Act, which was signed into law as part of the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 1, 2025 - In a major step toward a new era of airpower, the Department of the Air Force reached a key development milestone in its Collaborative Combat Aircraft program Aug. 27, with one of its prototype platforms taking flight in less than two years from program launch — signaling a paradigm shift in the way the Air Force acquires new weapon systems. The aircraft, … [Read more...]

AUGUST 28, 2025 - A C-130 Hercules from the Air Force Reserve’s 302nd Airlift Wing repositioned to Idaho Aug. 25 to continue support for western wildfires. The wing has been providing aerial firefighting support in Colorado and Wyoming since Aug. 9. In support of the National Interagency Fire Center, the C-130H equipped with the U.S. Forest Service-owned Modular Airborne … [Read more...]

AUGUST 28, 2025 - In a major step toward a new era of airpower, the Department of the Air Force reached a key development milestone in its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, with one of its prototype platforms taking flight in less than two years from program launch — signaling a paradigm shift in the way the Air Force acquires new weapon systems. The aircraft, … [Read more...]

AUGUST 27, 2025 - U.S. special operations forces collaborated with Romanian allies during a bilateral exercise to boost NATO readiness in Europe through aerial drills at Boboc Air Base, Romania, July 11-25. Romanian special operations forces, along with the 53rd Commando Battalion and the U.S. Air Force's 352nd Special Operations Wing at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, U.K., … [Read more...]