If you are buying a new car, the last thing you want to purchase is an engine problem. With that in mind, you may want to ...

The question is no longer whether to transfer OPCON, but how to design the alliance’s command structure and capabilities so ...

The Air Force on Monday canceled RTX Corp.’s ground-control network for the US’s next generation of GPS satellites after years of delays and cost overruns. “Regrettably, extensive system issues arose ...

The U.S. Air Force utilizes some of the military's most technologically advanced and capable aircraft. This is thanks in large part to America's push to stay ahead of the curve, which is why the Air ...

U.S. Air Force pilots ejecting from fighter jets in combat is rare, but the risk rises when forces are in major air campaigns against adversaries. Here are some examples: In 2011, an F-15E Strike ...

United Launch Alliance was hoping to ramp up its new Vulcan rocket launches this year, but won’t be launching any national security missions until it solves a recurring issue of booster nozzles ...

DENVER—The Global Positioning System is one of the few space programs that touches nearly every human life, and the stewards of the satellite navigation network are eager to populate the fleet with ...

Four U.S. Air Force Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker air refueling aircraft are parked at Sofia's Vasil Levski Airport on Feb. 19, 2026. (Nikolay Doychinov/AFP via Getty Images) BERLIN — Bulgaria’s Sofia ...

A United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket carrying a suite of classified Space Force payloads suffered what appeared to be a burn through in the nozzle of a strap-on solid-fuel booster Thursday, but ...

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...

Gen. Gregory Guillot, NORAD and U.S. Northern Command commander, passes the Space Forces Northern guidon to Brig. Gen. Robert Schreiner, Space Forces Northern commander, during an activation ceremony ...

The U.S. Space Force has activated a new service component as part of U.S. Northern Command. U.S. Space Forces Northern, or SPACEFOR-NORTH, is the seventh service component activation since November ...