July 23, 2026 Air Force launches myBodyComp, reinforces July 31 deadline for waist-to-height ratio measurements All Airmen without a qualifying exemption must have a current WHtR measurement recorded no later than July 31. Air Reserve Component members have until Aug. 31.
July 22, 2026 Global Strike hosts acquisitions summit at Barksdale AFB to drive modernization AFGSC hosted a Technology, Acquisition & Sustainment Review from June 23-25 at Barksdale AFB. The three-day summit brought together senior leaders from across the enterprise to align strategic capabilities with the warfighter’s evolving needs & ensure the long-range strike mission is postured for
July 9, 2026 Air Force announces B-21 Raider crew complement The Department of the Air Force announced that the B-21 Raider, the nation’s newest long-range strike bomber, will officially operate with a two-pilot crew complement.
June 4, 2026 AFRL welcomes new commander during change of command ceremony The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, welcomed its newest commander, Brig. Gen. Douglas Wickert, during a change of command ceremony at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, June 3, 2026.
June 3, 2026 Air Force forges decision advantage through Logistics C2 Hackathon Demonstrating its commitment to ensuring mission dominance, the 505th Command and Control Wing recently hosted a Logistics C2 Hackathon, focusing on solutions to accelerate decision timelines from tactical requirement generation to strategic execution.
May 29, 2026 T-38 Talon fleet return to flying status Following collaborative engineering and maintenance inspections initiated after a May 12 mishap at Columbus Air Force Base, the fleet is expected to safely resume flying status in the coming days.
May 12, 2026 Air Force, Boeing accelerate KC-46 upgrades to target readiness The plan pursues three primary lines of effort: repurposing early-built aircraft for immediate operational impact, accelerating the Remote Vision System 2.0 retrofit schedule and implementing a targeted performance-based logistics effort to resolve systemic readiness challenges.
May 7, 2026 Wright-Patterson AFB hosts inaugural All-Star Leadership Day More than 700 high school students from Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia visited Wright-Patterson Air Force Base April 30 for the installation's inaugural All-Star Leadership Day.
April 22, 2026 DAF releases data, AI strategies to accelerate military dominance These strategies provide a strategic roadmap for the department to become an AI-first force, operationalizing data and AI as decisive force multipliers and strategic assets to maintain air and space dominance from the boardroom to the battlefield.
April 21, 2026 Budget request directs record $338.8 billion to Air Force, Space Force to meet “challenges of today and tomorrow” The Department of the Air Force unveiled a $338.8 billion budget proposal, a significant boost in funding designed to sharpen readiness, continue modernizing the fleet and underwrite deterrence while ensuring that any threat to national security can be met and, if necessary, defeated.