The U.S. Air Force is arming its cargo planes with bombs for attack missions in a clear move to expand the offensive warfare envelope for its fleet of tactical supply and transport aircraft ...

The Air Force and Merlin Labs will work together to bring an AI copilot to C-130J cargo planes. Here's how the system works.

American and Serbian airmen at Ramstein Air Base used air bags to lift a 12-ton plane during a CDDAR training exercise in ...

The US Air Force operates three primary airlifters—the C-5M Super Galaxy, C-17 Globemaster III, and C-130 Hercules. Each of the three aircraft plays a distinct yet complementary role in military ...

US Air Force Special Operations Command has been working with other airmen and researchers to enable AFSOC's workhorse cargo plane, the MC-130J, to drop pallets of long-range cruise missiles.

The prospect of war with a powerful adversary means the Air Force's cargo and tanker planes need to be able to do more than move supplies and fuel, according to Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, head of ...

Days after top Air Force general retires, Hegseth fires leader of agency whose report on Iran strikes angered Trump ...

The U.S. Air Force is no stranger to repairing aircraft that others would deem unrepairable. This C-130J Super Hercules was a ...

According to a U.S. Air Force press release, the military’s flying arm successfully tested dropping munitions from cargo planes back in January. The USAF flew an MC-130J cargo and tanker plane ...