Hackernews posts about US Air Force

US Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces, responsible for airpower and global security operations.

1. Launch HN: mrge.io (YC X25) – Cursor for code review
   221 points by pomarie 26 days ago | 108 comments
2. Show HN: Plexe – ML Models from a Prompt (github.com)
   128 points by vaibhavdubey97 5 days ago | 49 comments
3. US Air Force shoots down drone swarm with THOR microwave weapon (www.thedefensepost.com)
   170 points by MR4D almost 2 years ago | 246 comments
4. US Air Force avoids PFAS water cleanup, citing Supreme Court's Chevron ruling (www.theguardian.com)
   139 points by Jimmc414 9 months ago | 173 comments
5. Pentagon hit by ‘critical compromise’ of US Air Force communications – report (www.theguardian.com)
   93 points by penda almost 2 years ago | 51 comments
6. Tiny vanes glued to planes promise big savings for US Air Force (newatlas.com)
   52 points by dabinat 3 months ago | 39 comments
7. US Air Force says AI-controlled F-16 has been dogfighting with humans (www.theregister.com)
   46 points by LorenDB about 1 year ago | 75 comments
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. US Air Force colonel ‘misspoke’ about drone killing pilot (www.theguardian.com)
    39 points by chillycurve almost 2 years ago | 16 comments
12. US Air Force wants $6B to build 2k AI-powered drones (www.theregister.com)
    29 points by LinuxBender over 1 year ago | 24 comments
13. the US Air Force's Plan to Stop the Earth Rotating (www.iflscience.com)
    26 points by deadbunny almost 2 years ago | 22 comments
14. As the US Air Force fleet keeps shrinking, can it still win wars? (www.defensenews.com)
    21 points by jseliger about 1 year ago | 45 comments
15. Semi-secret US Air Force long-endurance spy drone breaks cover (newatlas.com)
    21 points by Brajeshwar 10 months ago | 12 comments
16. US Air Force awards $13B Doomsday plane contract to Sierra Nevada (www.reuters.com)
    20 points by JumpCrisscross about 1 year ago | 30 comments
17. US Air Force refuels a tanker plane backwards (newatlas.com)
    14 points by belter over 1 year ago | 1 comments
18. China preparing for war with US, Air Force secretary says (thehill.com)
    13 points by testcaseuser over 1 year ago | 8 comments
19. US Air Force Secretary so confident in AI-controlled F-16s, he'll fly in one (www.theregister.com)
    11 points by alexahn about 1 year ago | 6 comments
20. US Air Force releases first official pics of B-21 bomber in flight (newatlas.com)
    8 points by Brajeshwar 12 months ago | 2 comments
21. Boeing will build the US Air Force's next air superiority fighter (arstechnica.com)
    7 points by ndsipa_pomu about 2 months ago | 5 comments
22. AI pilots US Air Force Valkyrie combat drone for the first time (newatlas.com)
    7 points by belter over 1 year ago | 1 comments
23. US Air Force denies AI drone attacked operator in test (www.bbc.com)
    7 points by rntn almost 2 years ago | discuss
24. China preparing for war with US, Air Force secretary says (thehill.com)
    6 points by jseliger over 1 year ago | 3 comments
25. Nevermind Chinese spies: US Air Force picks Verizon for 35 base network upgrades (www.theregister.com)
    5 points by rntn 4 months ago | discuss
26. US Air Force conducts final test of Lockheed's hypersonic missile (www.defensenews.com)
    5 points by maayank about 1 year ago | discuss
27. the US Air Force wants $5.8B to build 1k AI-driven unmanned combat aircraft
    4 points by bhanu_n over 1 year ago | 3 comments
28. US Air Force Wants to Begin Retiring Its F-22s (simpleflying.com)
    3 points by belter about 1 year ago | 3 comments
29. US Air Force tested an AI enabled drone (twitter.com)
    3 points by imichael almost 2 years ago | 3 comments
30. Semi-secret US Air Force long-endurance spy drone breaks cover (newatlas.com)
    3 points by elsewhen 10 months ago | 1 comments
31. US Air Force created super computer using 1,700 Playstation 3 consoles (twitter.com)
    3 points by max_ over 1 year ago | 1 comments
32. US Air Force plans a fleet of 1k AI-controlled jets (apnews.com)
    3 points by hackerbeat about 1 year ago | discuss