Hackernews posts about The Air Force

The Air Force is a branch of the United States military responsible for protecting the nation's interests through airpower and space operations.

1. USAF Esports Team Wins the 2026 Armed Forces Esports Championship (armedforcessports.defense.gov)
   3 points by nxobject 27 days ago | discuss
2. Show HN: Statewright – Visual state machines that make AI agents reliable (github.com)
   126 points by azurewraith 13 days ago | 59 comments
3. Show HN: Forge – Guardrails take an 8B model from 53% to 99% on agentic tasks (github.com)
   683 points by zambelli 6 days ago | 251 comments
4. Boeing will build the US Air Force's next air superiority fighter (arstechnica.com)
   7 points by ndsipa_pomu about 1 year ago | 5 comments
5. The Iran war took a toll on the Air Force's Reaper fleet (taskandpurpose.com)
   5 points by ilamont about 1 month ago | 1 comments
6. The Air Force's new ICBM is nearly ready to fly, but there's nowhere to put it (arstechnica.com)
   5 points by duxup 3 months ago | discuss
7. The Air Force's pause on separation and retirement orders isn't 'stop loss' (taskandpurpose.com)
   4 points by PaulHoule 12 months ago | 2 comments
8. Imagining the Drone Air Force (austinvernon.substack.com)
   3 points by simonebrunozzi 9 months ago | discuss
9. The Air Force fitness test may soon increase with 2-mile runs, twice-a-year (taskandpurpose.com)
   2 points by PaulHoule 11 months ago | 1 comments
10. The Air Force made Lockheed's Skunk Works design a stealth pole (www.sandboxx.us)
    2 points by antondd 2 months ago | discuss
11. Flawed metal and communication: Breaking down the Air Force's fatal Osprey crash (theaircurrent.com)
    2 points by belter over 1 year ago | discuss
12. Show HN: Forty.News – Daily news, but on a 40-year delay (forty.news)
    443 points by foxbarrington 6 months ago | 180 comments
13. One man's quest to restore the first-ever Air Force One (www.atlasobscura.com)
    252 points by rmason almost 2 years ago | 68 comments
14. A near-miss midair collision led to the creation of Air Force One (2016) (www.popularmechanics.com)
    2 points by timbourcier over 1 year ago | 1 comments
15. Infographic of the Navy and Air Force build up nearby Iran (twitter.com)
    2 points by nomilk 3 months ago | discuss
16. Hegseth declares no quarter will be given (www.war.gov)
    26 points by JasonADrury 2 months ago | 28 comments
17. The USAF's "Upside-Down Air Force" (www.twz.com)
    84 points by mauvehaus almost 2 years ago | 14 comments
18. A drone strike devastated Russia's Air Force. The U.S. is vulnerable, too (www.washingtonpost.com)
    4 points by perihelions 12 months ago | discuss
19. When U.S. Air Force discovered the flaw of averages (2016) [pdf] (noblestatman.com)
    3 points by tosh about 1 month ago | 1 comments
20. Why Did the U.S. Air Force Cancel the F-22 Raptor? (www.jalopnik.com)
    2 points by rntn 12 months ago | discuss
21. Boeing overcharged the U.S. Air Force 8,000% above market for soap dispensers (www.reuters.com)
    154 points by lr0 over 1 year ago | 132 comments
22. Air Force can't quit the A-10 Warthog, extends service into 2030 (taskandpurpose.com)
    19 points by ilamont about 1 month ago | 5 comments
23. US Air Force video shows the eye of Hurricane Melissa [video] (www.youtube.com)
    9 points by gnabgib 7 months ago | discuss
24. The U.S. Air Force's NGAD Fighter Looks Like a Giant Boondoggle (nationalinterest.org)
    5 points by howard941 almost 2 years ago | discuss
25. The SR-71 Blackbird crew that 'gave the birdie' to a Mirage pilot (theaviationgeekclub.com)
    5 points by Fnoord 5 months ago | discuss
26. The fix is in for new Air Force F-47 – and so is the failure (responsiblestatecraft.org)
    4 points by fsagx about 1 year ago | discuss
27. Out of the blue: A look back at Air Force One's classic design (2018) (www.raymondloewy.com)
    1 points by hank808 3 months ago | 1 comments
28. USAF "Starting at the Beginning" with NGAD 6th Gen Fighter Requirements Review (www.twz.com)
    6 points by peutetre over 1 year ago | 2 comments
29. Air Force Confirms Its F-35As Were Mission Capable About Half the Time in 2023 (www.airandspaceforces.com)
    24 points by belter almost 2 years ago | 15 comments
30. The U.S. Military's Diesel-Powered Pickups Don't Bother with Emissions Equipment (www.roadandtrack.com)
    19 points by josephcsible almost 2 years ago | 14 comments
31. 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 about 1 year ago | 23 comments
32. Air Force pilots get innovative gear to 'go' while in the air (www.stripes.com)
    9 points by Bender about 1 year ago | 1 comments
33. Nuclear Missile Workers Are Contracting Cancer. They Blame the Bases (kffhealthnews.org)
    5 points by XzetaU8 8 months ago | discuss