A test pilot was killed in a crash of an F-22A Raptor, the Air Force's top-of-the line fighter jet. The plane crashed Wednesday in a remote area of the Mojave Desert.

As part of NASA’s plan to revisit the Moon, Marshall Space Flight Center Engineers oversaw the freefall test of a 50,000-pound simulated rocket booster on the Arizona desert by U.S. Air Force test pilots. The Ares booster recovery parachute system successfully stopped the jettisoned booster from crashing. Testing for all components will continue throughout 2009, each with greater payload weight.

HP today announced that it has been awarded a five-year Blanket Purchase Agreement with the United States Air Force to deploy a breadth of HP single function and multifunction printers, services, supplies and management software.

An updated report on the biggest defence purchase in the nation's history will lob on the desk of Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon later this month.

Celebrating its 60th anniversary, the Air Force Reserve is linking its past to its future at today's Tyndall Air Show.

The strange lights seen by dozens of Stephenville, Texas residents on the night of January 8 are now believed to have been F-16 fighter jets, according to a statement released by the Air Force Reserve.

The U.S. Air Force celebrates the completion of North America's largest solar photovoltaic system at Nellis Air Force Base.

Indian Air Force jet trainer aircraft crashed while taking off at Bhubaneswar Airport.

A British military inquiry has found that a fatal air crash in Afghanistan last year was probably caused by a fuel leak after air-to-air refuelling.

The Air Force suspended non-mission critical F-15 flight operations on Nov. 3 following the crash of a Missouri Air National Guard F-15C aircraft Nov. 2.

The Federal Government has been accused of putting Australia's defence at risk with the $7 billion purchase of the Super Hornet jet fighter to replace the ageing F111 aircraft.

The UK's Royal Air Force has launched fighter jets to intercept eight Russian military planes flying in airspace patrolled by NATO, UK officials say.