Created during the Cold War as a system of progressive levels of defense readiness for a potential nuclear attack, DEFCON is ...

Standing tall in the main room is the B-36J Peacemaker, with only three others left in the world. This giant counts as the ...

Formerly the U.S. Army Air Forces, both these organizations regularly used long range strike missions. In 2003 the Department of Defense's Strategic Command or STRATCOM got four new jobs. These ...

the U.S. Air Force’s Strategic Air Command, a 2,000-bomber force capable in a single sortie of hitting the U.S.S.R. with 2,000 times the total explosive power of World War II, took K.’ ...

the bomber series was revived under the Reagan administration. By 1985, the first deliveries of the platform commenced, and the Lancer formerly entered service with the Strategic Air Command one ...

Several American fighter jets have been deployed to a secretive UK - US base in the Indian Ocean to protect assets there, ...

Northrop Grumman posted a drop in profits in Q1 2025. It said higher manufacturing costs for its B-21 Raider stealth bomber were to blame.

The exercise supports readiness across U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command by sharpening operational ... Around 300 nuclear weapons are stored at strategic bomber air bases in the United States.

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE — The home of the B-2 bomber is being recognized with an award for its commitment to national ...

The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command, which is responsible for the entire American bomber force ... Both islands also serve as strategic outposts for projecting the U.S.'s military power.

Each B-52H bomber can carry up to 20 nuclear-armed AGM-86B air-launched cruise missiles ... The E-6B, a communications relay and strategic airborne command post aircraft, provides "survivable ...