Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told lawmakers on Thursday that it will “probably” cost the Air Force less than $400 million to retrofit a luxury Qatari plane that President Donald Trump has ...

The Air Force wants a company to take over its aging chain of hotels at bases across the world, the latest move by the new administration to privatize and commercialize parts of the military.

Watching recent events unfold at the U.S. Air Force Academy is like having front row seats to a slow-motion train wreck. The Air Force Academy’s new superintendent, Lt. Gen. Tony D. Bauernfeind ...

The newly confirmed Secretary of the Air Force will speak this year at the Air Force Academy's graduation on May 29. Secretary Troy E. Meink was confirmed as the new secretary on May 16 and ...

See the launch of an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The Air Force conducted a midnight test Wednesday of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile.

The Defense Department has officially accepted a luxury jet from Qatar and has begun planning how to convert the plane into an Air Force One, despite bipartisan concern that accepting a foreign ...

The Air Force is drawing up plans to convert a Qatari luxury jet into an Air Force One at the direction of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth—despite bipartisan concern that accepting a foreign ...

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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump says Air Force One isn't up to snuff. When he lands and looks over at the planes of the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates sitting on ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said Tuesday that Meink’s 35 years of military and public service experience encompassed “the breadth of the Air Force’s mission” and prepared ...

Boeing may deliver the new Air Force One jets by 2027, two years earlier than projected. The company has faced cost overruns and operational challenges, with the program $2 billion over budget.

Matthew Lohmeier, President Trump’s nominee to be undersecretary of the Air Force, testified May 1, 2025, in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Credit: SASC livestream WASHINGTON ...