How boom operators aboard the US Air Force's flying gas stations keep their cool doing an 'inherently dangerous' job

Business Insider spoke to a boom operator about their responsibilities aboard a KC-135 tanker at a base in England.

The 70-year-old B-52 bomber will basically be 'a new airplane' once it finally gets its upgrades, Trump's pick for nuclear command says

The upgrades are part of a plan to keep the B-52s in service until at least 2050, but they're delayed with cost overruns.
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Former Air Force drone operator says the job isn't like a video game. 'There's not a single game in the world that can prep you.'

"My first strike was January 28th, 2013, at 6:49 in the morning," Tanner Yackley told Business Insider's Maggie Cai in a recent interview. "It ended up being a cave in the middle of nowhere, and there ...
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The US Air Force Wants More Fighter Jets for “Low-Risk” Battlefields

The Air Force is trying to devote greater resources to “low-risk” conflicts—in other words, opponents without meaningful air ...

12 famous women who served in the military

Queen Elizabeth was a military truck driver during World War II, while "Golden Girl" Bea Arthur was a staff sergeant for the ...

Trump recommends $10,000 bonus to air traffic controllers who didn't call out sick during the shutdown

The president sharply criticized air traffic controllers who took time off during the shutdown, saying he's "NOT HAPPY" with ...

Ukraine says it cracked open a Russian decoy drone used to fool air defenses and found Western parts inside

Russia uses unarmed decoy drones to try to distract Ukrainian air defenses, Kyiv's military intelligence agency said Monday.