The Air Force renamed the aircraft X-62A VISTA in 2021, marking its transition from a simulation platform to an experimental autonomy testbed. In 2022, the jet flew with an artificial intelligence ...

A US F-16 pilot outflew a 15-minute barrage of enemy missiles during a Middle East mission in March. He made extreme turns to avoid explosions just feet away, according to an Air Force award citation.

In early December, USAF F-35A Lightning IIs and F-16 Fighting Falcons took part in agile airpower exercises across the Baltic states and in Romania. Two F-16s from the U.S. Air Force’s 31st Fighter ...

Originally born from lessons learned during Vietnam, the F-16 has become an even more valuable tool in the Air Force’s fighter fleet. In the early 1970s, the US Air Force was forced to face difficult ...

The Department of the Air Force has awarded V2X subsidiary Vertex Modernization and Sustainment a potential $425 million contract to provide central display unit, or CDU, hardware and support for F-16 ...

An Air Force officer who led a squadron of F-16s in multiple combat missions in the Middle East over the last year was awarded the Silver Star for his actions. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Ken ...

Royal Thai Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets have been pounding targets in Cambodia after tensions between the two countries escalated into a small-scale conflict. Tensions between two ...

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds perform at the Great Colorado Air Show on Sept. 20, 2025, in Loveland, Colorado. (Staff Sgt. Breanna Klemm/U.S. Air Force) TRONA, Calif. — A fighter jet with the Air ...

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