Sept. 11, 2025 US Air Force announces arrival of second B-21 test aircraft at Edwards AFB The DAF announced the arrival of the second B-21 Raider flight test aircraft marking a significant step toward operational readiness of the nation’s sixth-generation stealth bomber.
Sept. 9, 2025 US, Norway test maritime strike in High North The USAF partnered with Norwegian Allies to test next-generation precision maritime strike capabilities on Sept. 3rd in the Norwegian Sea. In partnership with Royal Norwegian Air Force F-35s & personnel, the USAF's 53rd Wing integrated a US B-2 Spirit stealth bomber into a long-range strike scenario
April 7, 2025 University students to present new aerospace propulsion concepts at Air Force Museum WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Aerospace Propulsion Outreach Program, or APOP, will hold its 16th annual conference poster session at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, April 17, 2025, from noon to 3
Aug. 8, 2024 U.S. Air Force demonstrates low-cost capability to defeat surface vessels from the air EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFRL) - The Air Force proved a low-cost, air-delivered method for defeating surface vessels through a QUICKSINK demonstration in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico near Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. This capability is an answer to an urgent need to quickly neutralize
April 17, 2024 USAF Test Pilot School and DARPA announce breakthrough in aerospace machine learning The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency were finalists for the 2023 Robert J. Collier Trophy, a formal acknowledgement of recent breakthroughs that have launched the machine-learning era within the aerospace industry.
April 15, 2024 University students to present new aerospace propulsion concepts at Air Force Museum The Aerospace Propulsion Outreach Program, or APOP, will hold its 15th annual symposium and poster session at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, April 19, 2024, from noon to 3 p.m. The event is possible due to the support of the Air Force Research Laboratory, or
Oct. 5, 2023 USAF partners with GM Defense to successfully power aircraft with Electric Ground Power Unit WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory collaborated with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Force Materiel Command headquarters and General Motors Defense to successfully power a KC-135 tanker aircraft with GM Defense’s Electric Ground Power
July 20, 2023 USAFSAM continues Missile Community Cancer Study for 90 MW U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine teams visited all of F.E. Warren Air Force Base’s missile alert facilities as part of the ongoing missile community cancer study at all three intercontinental ballistic missile wings in Air Force Global Strike Command, July 13, 2023. While there, the teams
Feb. 23, 2023 US Rep. Mike Turner visits Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, tours AFRL facility Congressman Mike Turner, who represents Ohio’s 10th Congressional District, visited Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Feb. 13, 2023, for a tour of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate.
Feb. 13, 2023 US Air Force recognizes AFRL researchers The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, recently announced that engineers Dr. Andrew J. “AJ” Metcalf and Dr. Preston T. Webster are the U.S. Air Force nominees for the 74th Annual Arthur S. Flemming Award. The nominees are among hundreds of scientists and engineers at AFRL’s Space Vehicles