A new commander is set to take the reins at Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Thursday. Gen. Duke Z. Richardson is retiring, with his deputy, Lt. Gen. Linda Hurry, assuming ...

Americans want smarter government. Success stories at the VA and the Air Force show it’s possible to transform digital ...

The Air Force's modernization of the B-2A Spirit stealth bombers ensures that the aircraft fleet remains ready to respond to ...

In total, the service is asking to retire 340 aircraft in fiscal 2026, including 162 A-10s, 62 F-16C and Ds, 21 F-15Es, 13 ...

Veterans seek justice after they say secret base made them sick 03:52. In the mid-1980s, Air Force technician Mark Ely's job was to inspect secretly obtained Soviet fighter jets.

How an Air Force Technician Hacking the Phone System Led to the Creation of Apple Computer. This is an actual phone operator. In the civilian world, she was replaced by a series of sounds, ...

The service’s “Lightning Technician Program” began as a smaller effort in 2017 and grew into a pilot program with hundreds of maintainers at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, and Luke AFB, Arizona ...

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin said the service's maintainers have pulled off "miracles" to keep planes in the air, despite a lack of spare parts, manpower and decades-old aircraft.

A United States Air Force technician scans the airfield for damage during an airfield damage assessment as part of a readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base in Japan on May 8, 2025.

Command Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green, senior enlisted leader of Air Force Special Operations Command, was fired over a loss of confidence in his ability to do the job, service officials said.

Green began his Air Force career in 1995, serving in a variety of roles over the years, including as a maintenance technician on C-130 aircraft and later as a flying crew chief.

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Richard Padilla directs airmen during a training exercise at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, in January 2023. Padilla was killed Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, in a hit-and ...