The following is the Nov. 28, 2025, Congressional Research Service in focus report U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat ...
The Air Force's agile combat employment concept would prepare units to operate from dispersed, austere bases in a war against a major adversary like China.
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) – The Air Force began grounding about one-third of its active-duty combat aircraft on Tuesday because of automatic federal spending cuts, including squadrons of fighters, bombers and ...
Key Points and Summary – The F-47 NGAD is set to replace the F-22 as the Air Force’s premier air-dominance fighter, trading ...
The Air Force has started ground testing its first Anduril-made semiautonomous drone wingmen known as collaborative combat aircraft, which could be flying within months. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen.
The YFQ-42 becomes the first of the U.S. Air Force’s new Collaborative Combat Aircraft to enter flight testing. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has announced on Aug. 27, 2025, that its YFQ-42A ...
Lt. Col. William “Skate” Park led a squadron of Air Force F-16s in the Middle East, and defended the USS Harry S. Truman from ...
Enabling the CCA’s autonomy are advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms, which will be tasked with processing endless streams of data. The data will be compiled from onboard ...
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The Air Force’s big B-21 Raider bomber gamble

Key Points and Summary – The B-21 Raider is designed to replace the B-1B and B-2, backstop the aging B-52, and anchor America ...
The plane appeared to lose control and dive directly toward the ground just before crashing inside the grounds of the ...
The Air Force is dropping large portions of the previous administration's "reoptimization" plan, but keeping other aspects ...
Air Force F-16 commander Lt. Col. William Parks received a Silver Star for a heroic combat mission, dodging enemy missiles ...