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. US Air Force shoots down drone swarm with THOR microwave weapon (www.thedefensepost.com)
   170 points by MR4D over 1 year ago | 246 comments
2. The US Air Force may have shot down an amateur radio pico balloon over Canada (www.rtl-sdr.com)
   165 points by upofadown almost 2 years ago | 166 comments
3. US Air Force avoids PFAS water cleanup, citing Supreme Court's Chevron ruling (www.theguardian.com)
   139 points by Jimmc414 4 months ago | 173 comments
4. Pentagon hit by ‘critical compromise’ of US Air Force communications – report (www.theguardian.com)
   93 points by penda over 1 year ago | 51 comments
5. The US Air Force successfully tested AI-controlled jet fighter (arstechnica.com)
   85 points by a-human almost 2 years ago | 90 comments
6. US Air Force MQ-9 camera footage: Russian Su-27 Black Sea intercept (www.eucom.mil)
   69 points by mzs almost 2 years ago | 58 comments
7. US Air Force says AI-controlled F-16 has been dogfighting with humans (www.theregister.com)
   46 points by LorenDB 8 months 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 about 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 10 months ago | 12 comments
11. US Air Force colonel ‘misspoke’ about drone killing pilot (www.theguardian.com)
    39 points by chillycurve over 1 year ago | 16 comments
12. US Air Force MQ 9 camera footage: Russian Su 27 Black Sea intercept (www.youtube.com)
    37 points by hheikinh almost 2 years ago | 15 comments
13. US Air Force wants $6B to build 2k AI-powered drones (www.theregister.com)
    29 points by LinuxBender over 1 year ago | 24 comments
14. US Air Force to divest a total of 310 aircraft in 2024 including 32 F-22A Raptor (www.airandspaceforces.com)
    26 points by belter over 1 year ago | 43 comments
15. the US Air Force's Plan to Stop the Earth Rotating (www.iflscience.com)
    26 points by deadbunny over 1 year ago | 22 comments
16. As the US Air Force fleet keeps shrinking, can it still win wars? (www.defensenews.com)
    21 points by jseliger 8 months ago | 45 comments
17. Semi-secret US Air Force long-endurance spy drone breaks cover (newatlas.com)
    21 points by Brajeshwar 6 months ago | 12 comments
18. US Air Force awards $13B Doomsday plane contract to Sierra Nevada (www.reuters.com)
    20 points by JumpCrisscross 8 months ago | 30 comments
19. The US Air Force Is Moving Fast on AI-Piloted Fighter Jets (www.wired.com)
    17 points by bookofjoe almost 2 years ago | 1 comments
20. US Air Force refuels a tanker plane backwards (newatlas.com)
    14 points by belter 12 months ago | 1 comments
21. China preparing for war with US, Air Force secretary says (thehill.com)
    13 points by testcaseuser over 1 year ago | 8 comments
22. US Air Force Secretary so confident in AI-controlled F-16s, he'll fly in one (www.theregister.com)
    11 points by alexahn 8 months ago | 6 comments
23. US Air Force general predicts war with China in 2025 (www.nbcnews.com)
    9 points by simonebrunozzi almost 2 years ago | 5 comments
24. US Air Force releases first official pics of B-21 bomber in flight (newatlas.com)
    8 points by Brajeshwar 7 months ago | 2 comments
25. US Air Force Moving Fast on AI-Piloted Fighter Jets (www.wired.com)
    7 points by jhunter1016 almost 2 years ago | 6 comments
26. AI pilots US Air Force Valkyrie combat drone for the first time (newatlas.com)
    7 points by belter over 1 year ago | 1 comments
27. US Air Force denies AI drone attacked operator in test (www.bbc.com)
    7 points by rntn over 1 year ago | discuss
28. China preparing for war with US, Air Force secretary says (thehill.com)
    6 points by jseliger over 1 year ago | 3 comments
29. Chinese navy jet flies within 10ft of US Air Force plane over South China Sea (www.theguardian.com)
    5 points by n1b0m almost 2 years ago | 2 comments
30. US Air Force conducts final test of Lockheed's hypersonic missile (www.defensenews.com)
    5 points by maayank 9 months ago | discuss