A former Arizona state representative announced he is abandoning his campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives after being called into active duty with the United States Air Force. Travis

The event represents a precursor step toward validating capabilities essential for the B-21's long-range, penetrating strike role.

Major General William Neil McCasland, 68, a retired Air Force general who oversaw billions in defense research, has gone missing in New Mexico, drawing comparisons to the Nancy Guthrie disappearance in the same region.

In a news release put out Saturday evening, MacDill Air Force Base announced it is devastated by the loss of three members of the 99th Air Refueling Squadron.

The attack on Prince Sultan Air Base brings the total number of tankers damaged during Operation Epic Fury to six, with a seventh destroyed in the mid-air incident that claimed the lives of six crew members.

Five U.S. Air Force refueling planes ​were struck and ‌damaged on the ground at Prince Sultan ​air base in ​Saudi Arabia, the Wall ⁠Street Journal reported ​on Friday, citing two ​U.S. officials.

The loss of a KC-135 Stratotanker and its six crew members in the skies above Iraq is drawing reaction from one Air Force veteran. Dana Crosby now lives in the Coachella Valley. He served in the Air Force as a KC-135 Instructor Navigator from 1985 to 1992.

A U.S. Air Force aerial refueling plane that landed in Israel with damage to its tail fin has a marker that indicates it came from Beale Air Force Base in Northern California, according to images shared by Israeli media.