US Air Force

All four crewmembers safe after two US fighter jets collide mid-air at Idaho Air Show

According to local media, Mountain Home Air Force Base has been locked down following the Gunfighters Air Show crash.

An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14, prepares to make an arrested landing on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in support of Operation Epic Fury on March 1, 2026 at Sea; illustrative.
FBI wanted poster for Monica Elfriede Witt, a former US Air Force counterintelligence specialist wanted on espionage charges related to Iran.

FBI offers $200,000 reward for former US Air Force specialist accused of spying for Iran

Israel Air Force fighter jets participate in a Remembrance Day flyover, April 2026.

'Historic, unprecedented': IDF, US ran covert rescue operations from Iraq during Iran war

Screengrab of tornado aftermath in Enid, Oklahoma, April 24, 2026.

At least 10 injured after tornadoes hit northern Oklahoma, local media reports


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F-35 fighter jet crashes at Alaska Air Force base during pilot training

The F-35 Lightning II aircraft crashed at 12:49 p.m. Alaskan time into the fence line of the base.

 F-35 fighter jet.

CENTCOM conducting strikes on Houthi military facilities in Yemen's Sana'a

Initially, reports attributed the attack to Israel but then shifted to the US.

 AL HUDAYADAH, YEMEN - JULY 20: In this handout screengrab released by the Houthi group Media Center on July 20, 2024, a fire rises after airstrikes carried out by Israeli warplanes targeting oil storage facilities in the port city of Al Hudaydah, Yemen.

B-52 Stratofortress arrives in Middle East area from US amid Iranian threat

The B-52 Stratofortress is a long-range heavy bomber that has the ability to perform various missions, according to the US Air Force.

 The U.S. military unveils a B-52 strategic bomber at an air base in Cheongju, South Korea, on Oct. 19, 2023, two days after it landed there.

American airstrikes launched on Yemen's Sanaa and Hodeidah

Al Masirah TV reported that US and British forces carried out the strikes, but a British government source said Britain was not involved.

 Smoke rises from the site of strikes in Sanaa, Yemen October 4, 2024.

Islamic State resurgence concerns US-coalition forces in Iraq, Syria - report

IS is acquiring forces in the North Arabian Desert, and is training recruits to become suicide bombers, to attack allied troops.

 An ISIS member carries an Islamic State flag in Syria.

Iran-aligned attack on US forces in Iraq is dangerous escalation, says Austin

At least five US personnel were injured in an attack against a military base in Iraq on Monday, US officials told Reuters.

 US soldiers are seen during a handover ceremony of Taji military base from US-led coalition troops to Iraqi security forces, in the base north of Baghdad, Iraq August 23, 2020.

Pentagon tells Israel it will deploy additional fighters, Navy warships to the Middle East

Officials have told Reuters that a wide range of options are under consideration, including aircraft and naval assets.

 US DEFENSE SECRETARY Lloyd Austin (second from right) visits the aircraft carrier ‘USS Gerald R. Ford,’ in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman: US likely unable to assist Israel in war with Hezbollah

Gen. Brown asked Israel to think of how a war would affect the region, as well as the impact it would have on US forces.

 US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown hold a news conference during a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, in October.

US F-16 crashes in South Korea, pilot safely ejects

The F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 8th Fighter Wing experienced "an in-flight emergency" over the sea and crashed.

 An F-16 fighter jet takes off during a media day of NATO's "Air Defender 23" military exercise at Spangdahlem U.S. Air Base near the German-Belgian border in Spangdahlem, Germany June 14, 2023