Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink officially named the FQ-42 Vengeance and FQ-44 Fury, marking a new era of autonomous combat aviation alongside crewed fighters.
TowerRadio Hangar explores JetZero, the Z-4 Blended Wing Body, and the Tube-and-Wing Airplane the Air Force Is Betting Fifty Years Late.
VectorRadio Hangar explores The First Ohio-Built Fury Rolls Off the Line, and the Collaborative Combat Aircraft Race Between Anduril and General Atomics Gets Real.
TowerRadio Hangar explores JetZero, the Blended Wing Body, and the Fifty-Percent Fuel Cut That Wants to Erase the Line Between the Wing and the Fuselage.
VectorThe Air Force tested Collaborative Combat Aircraft at Creech AFB, signaling where aviation autonomy is heading for military and civil pilots alike.
TowerThe C-5M Super Galaxy uses 28 wheels and a hydraulic kneeling system that lets it load tanks and helicopters at austere airfields with no ground support infrastructure.
TowerThe U.S. Air Force is keeping the C-5M Super Galaxy flying until 2050 - because nothing else can carry what it carries, and the math on a replacement never works out.
TowerThe U.S. Air Force is keeping 54 A-10 Thunderbolt IIs in service following Operation Epic Fury, a live-fire demonstration that made the case for the Warthog's continued relevance.
TowerRadio Hangar explores The Air Force Retires the Last A-10 Warthog and What Actually Fills Its Close Air Support Role.
TowerThe A-10 Warthog may have found a new mission hunting cheap drones, keeping the jet alive decades past its planned retirement.
TowerThe US Air Force has reversed its A-10 Warthog retirement plan, extending the legendary close air support aircraft's service life to at least 2030.
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