Summary and Key Points: The F-111 Aardvark was retired in 1998 primarily due to a “maintenance crisis” and the aging ...
The United States Air Force was only recently surpassed by the Space Force in 2019, making it the youngest of the Department of Defense's (DOD) service branches. Branching off from the US Army in 1947 ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on defense, strategy, the profession of arms, and aerospace. The Pentagon’s recent questioning of the Air Force plan to ...