From 1951 to 1959, the FBI and Air Force ran Operation Washtub, a covert program that trained bush pilots, trappers, hunters and miners to operate as covert agents if Soviet paratroopers ever landed ...

The Air Force warns that having a smaller fleet may increase the risk it won't be able to carry out all its missions.

U.S. Air Force Airmen, assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing, perform base operations during a Combat Readiness Exercise at RAF Lakenheath Aug 25-28, 2025. Generating airpower any time is a priority ...

Tanner Yackley served in the military for eight years, from 2010 to 2018. He spent most of his time at a base in the US, operating drones on the other side of the world. He said a common misconception ...

The U.S. Air Force and FBI are investigating tampering at the site of a mysterious aircraft crash that occurred near Area 51 in the Nevada desert on September 23. Investigators discovered an inert ...

A memo circulating on social media that purportedly outlines a new, hardcore fitness test for to the Air Force’s physical fitness policy is not authentic, Air Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek said on ...

Anna Coren, CBS News foreign correspondent based in Hong Kong, is an Emmy Award-winning international correspondent who covers the Asia-Pacific region. East China Sea — Over the deep blue waters of ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — More than 300 service members at Fairchild Air Force Base will now have a harder time accessing mental health and social services after the shutdown of a program that embedded mental ...

The F-117s are no longer as cutting-edge as they once were, but they can still be effective in a pinch. And America is in quite a pinch today. As of 2025, there are around 45 F-117A Nighthawk ...

In support of the Department of the Air Force “Culture of Fitness” initiative, the Air Force unveiled changes to its Physical Fitness Assessment and a new fitness program, which will apply to Total ...

At Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, a test bed for a new kind of air force, Major Trent McMullen is a fighter pilot learning to fly alongside the XQ-58, a drone piloted by artificial intelligence.