Hackernews posts about Air Force

Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States armed forces responsible for defending the country and its interests through air power.

1. F-35 'kill switch' could allow Trump to disable European Air Force (www.telegraph.co.uk)
   30 points by laiysb 23 days ago | 17 comments
2. Trump touts Boeing as builder of Air Force's future F-47 fighter (www.axios.com)
   9 points by richardboegli 11 days ago | 1 comments
3. Boeing will build the US Air Force's next air superiority fighter (arstechnica.com)
   7 points by ndsipa_pomu 11 days ago | 5 comments
4. Boeing, USAF Lower Security Requirements for New Air Force One (aviationweek.com)
   5 points by rbanffy 26 days ago | 1 comments
5. South Korean Air Force apologizes for accidental bombing, blames pilot error (www3.nhk.or.jp)
   4 points by FranchuFranchu 22 days ago | discuss
6. F-47: Air Force Awards Contract for Next Generation Air Dominance Platform (www.af.mil)
   2 points by wslh 8 days ago | discuss
7. First US sixth-gen fighter jet will be the F-47, and Boeing is going to build it (www.businessinsider.com)
   12 points by donnachangstein 11 days ago | 23 comments
8. Boeing Wins F-47 Next Generation Air Dominance Fighter Contract (www.twz.com)
   7 points by nradov 11 days ago | 3 comments
9. Northrop Grumman achieve milestone in Sentinel ICBM modernization (www.afgsc.af.mil)
   4 points by LinuxBender 25 days ago | discuss
10. AI Daily Driver – Privacy and Validity
    2 points by utility-only about 4 hours ago | discuss
11. Devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries (arstechnica.com)
    360 points by LinuxBender 7 days ago | 275 comments
12. 'Chaos': Trump cuts to Noaa disrupt staffing and weather forecasts (www.theguardian.com)
    14 points by sea-gold about 9 hours ago | 2 comments
13. Palantir Sues Y Combinator Startup Guardian AI over Alleged Trade Secret Theft (www.forbes.com)
    4 points by coloneltcb about 3 hours ago | 1 comments
14. Show HN: Circlo – AI-powered portfolios for designers (circlo.com)
    1 points by circularchaos about 8 hours ago | discuss
15. Launch HN: Modernbanc (YC W20) – Modern and fast accounting software
    123 points by gregorygev 13 days ago | 114 comments
16. Show HN: Safe2PDF, a 100% local images-to-PDF tool, no uploads (safe2pdf.com)
    2 points by amosoraptor about 2 hours ago | discuss
17. Air Force picks Anduril, General Atomics to develop unmanned fighter jets (breakingdefense.com)
    259 points by dcgoss 11 months ago | 425 comments
18. One man's quest to restore the first-ever Air Force One (www.atlasobscura.com)
    252 points by rmason 8 months ago | 68 comments
19. An Air Force officer who spent $11M searching Earhart's plane may have found it (www.businessinsider.com)
    212 points by rntn about 1 year ago | 166 comments
20. US Air Force shoots down drone swarm with THOR microwave weapon (www.thedefensepost.com)
    170 points by MR4D almost 2 years ago | 246 comments
21. Boeing overcharged the U.S. Air Force 8,000% above market for soap dispensers (www.reuters.com)
    154 points by lr0 4 months ago | 132 comments
22. US Air Force avoids PFAS water cleanup, citing Supreme Court's Chevron ruling (www.theguardian.com)
    139 points by Jimmc414 8 months ago | 173 comments
23. U.S. Air Force Evaluating Pivotal's Blackfly Ultralight EVTOL Aircraft (www.futureflight.aero)
    134 points by rbanffy about 1 year ago | 57 comments
24. Upside Down Air Force (www.frontiernet.net)
    104 points by stevage about 1 month ago | 17 comments
25. Air Force OKs autonomous cargo flights across California after successful test (timesofsandiego.com)
    103 points by gardenfelder about 1 year ago | 89 comments
26. Pentagon hit by ‘critical compromise’ of US Air Force communications – report (www.theguardian.com)
    93 points by penda over 1 year ago | 51 comments
27. Anduril Selected for U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft Program (www.anduril.com)
    88 points by MaximilianEmel 11 months ago | 75 comments
28. U.S. Air Force selects fast microreactor for nuclear power pilot (www.powermag.com)
    86 points by Turing_Machine over 1 year ago | 93 comments
29. The USAF's "Upside-Down Air Force" (www.twz.com)
    84 points by mauvehaus 10 months ago | 14 comments
30. Air Force funds ‘blended wing body’ design for long-range, fuel-efficient flight (www.popsci.com)
    77 points by webmaven over 1 year ago | 85 comments
31. The Air Force has loosened its restrictions on body fat for new recruits (www.airforcetimes.com)
    57 points by fortran77 almost 2 years ago | 125 comments
32. Tiny vanes glued to planes promise big savings for US Air Force (newatlas.com)
    52 points by dabinat about 2 months ago | 39 comments
33. Retired Air Force officer gets 3 years in prison for having classified documents (www.airforcetimes.com)
    48 points by Jimmc414 almost 2 years ago | 15 comments
34. US Air Force says AI-controlled F-16 has been dogfighting with humans (www.theregister.com)
    46 points by LorenDB 12 months ago | 75 comments
35. Three security teams just hacked a US Air Force satellite in space (www.space.com)
    45 points by aa_is_op over 1 year ago | 4 comments
36. US Air Force's new B-21 Raider "flying wing" bomber takes first flight (www.reuters.com)
    43 points by LinuxBender over 1 year ago | 89 comments
37. Air Force chief hints at existence of clandestine spy aircraft (www.twz.com)
    41 points by keepamovin 8 months ago | 15 comments
38. US Air Force DevOps Engineer Sets Himself on Fire in Protest War in Gaza (time.com)
    41 points by secondary_op about 1 year ago | 12 comments
39. US Air Force colonel ‘misspoke’ about drone killing pilot (www.theguardian.com)
    39 points by chillycurve almost 2 years ago | 16 comments
40. The Mexican Air Force no longer has any fighter aircraft in its inventory (2016) (www.thedrive.com)
    33 points by thunderbong over 1 year ago | 58 comments
41. NZ Air Force carries out 'world-class medical evacuation' in Antarctica (www.stuff.co.nz)
    33 points by pavel_lishin 9 months ago | 5 comments
42. US Air Force wants $6B to build 2k AI-powered drones (www.theregister.com)
    29 points by LinuxBender over 1 year ago | 24 comments
43. Air Force selects AI-enabled predictive maintenance program as system of record (defensescoop.com)
    29 points by jdmark over 1 year ago | 11 comments
44. US Air Force to divest a total of 310 aircraft in 2024 including 32 F-22A Raptor (www.airandspaceforces.com)
    26 points by belter almost 2 years ago | 43 comments
45. the US Air Force's Plan to Stop the Earth Rotating (www.iflscience.com)
    26 points by deadbunny almost 2 years ago | 22 comments
46. Drone Incursions Closed Wright Patterson Air Force Base's Airspace Friday Night (www.twz.com)
    25 points by alchemist1e9 4 months ago | 18 comments