air force

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Meanwhile Kyiv's air force has said Moscow launched its own 101 drones at Ukraine overnight, but 95 were intercepted and destroyed.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026

Stranded abroad by the 9/11 attacks, he hitched a ride back on an air force tanker and was at his desk the next day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

The air force base only confirmed in a post on social media that a B-52 Stratofortress crashed “shortly after takeoff” on the base’s airfield at 11:20 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026

France's air force acrobatics team staged a flyover of the Statue of Liberty on Tuesday, part of commemorations for the upcoming 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

She even got the chance to fly a military jet when her brother, an air force colonel, pulled some strings.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson