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 wants Tesla Cybertrucks for target practice (www.stripes.com)
   5 points by voxadam 11 days ago | 1 comments
2. US Government takes $1B from nuclear modernization for gold-plated jet (www.nytimes.com)
   95 points by conartist6 22 days ago | 40 comments
3. Thai Air Force seals deal for Swedish Gripen jets (www.scmp.com)
   204 points by belter 3 days ago | 303 comments
4. People from U.S. base in Antarctica evacuated in high-risk rescue operation (www.cbsnews.com)
   5 points by domofutu 11 days ago | 2 comments
5. New Zealand Air Force Mounts Dangerous Rescue in Antarctica (www.nytimes.com)
   3 points by bookofjoe 12 days ago | 1 comments
6. New Zealand Air Force Mounts Dangerous Rescue Mission in Antarctica (www.nytimes.com)
   3 points by mooreds 10 days ago | discuss
7. Show HN: I forced an AI Agent to write boring Java Unit Tests for me on IntelliJ (twitter.com)
   1 points by surajkrajan about 5 hours ago | discuss
8. Launch HN: Reality Defender (YC W22) – API for Deepfake and GenAI Detection (www.realitydefender.com)
   53 points by bpcrd about 5 hours ago | 26 comments
9. US Air Force avoids PFAS water cleanup, citing Supreme Court's Chevron ruling (www.theguardian.com)
   139 points by Jimmc414 about 1 year ago | 173 comments
10. Tiny vanes glued to planes promise big savings for US Air Force (newatlas.com)
    52 points by dabinat 7 months ago | 39 comments
11. US Air Force says AI-controlled F-16 has been dogfighting with humans (www.theregister.com)
    46 points by LorenDB over 1 year ago | 75 comments
12. US Air Force's new B-21 Raider "flying wing" bomber takes first flight (www.reuters.com)
    43 points by LinuxBender almost 2 years ago | 89 comments
13. US Air Force DevOps Engineer Sets Himself on Fire in Protest War in Gaza (time.com)
    41 points by secondary_op over 1 year ago | 12 comments
14. US Air Force wants $6B to build 2k AI-powered drones (www.theregister.com)
    29 points by Bender almost 2 years ago | 24 comments
15. As the US Air Force fleet keeps shrinking, can it still win wars? (www.defensenews.com)
    21 points by jseliger over 1 year ago | 45 comments
16. Semi-secret US Air Force long-endurance spy drone breaks cover (newatlas.com)
    21 points by Brajeshwar about 1 year ago | 12 comments
17. US Air Force awards $13B Doomsday plane contract to Sierra Nevada (www.reuters.com)
    20 points by JumpCrisscross over 1 year ago | 30 comments
18. US Air Force refuels a tanker plane backwards (newatlas.com)
    14 points by belter over 1 year ago | 1 comments
19. China preparing for war with US, Air Force secretary says (thehill.com)
    13 points by testcaseuser almost 2 years ago | 8 comments
20. US Air Force Secretary so confident in AI-controlled F-16s, he'll fly in one (www.theregister.com)
    11 points by alexahn over 1 year ago | 6 comments
21. US Air Force releases first official pics of B-21 bomber in flight (newatlas.com)
    8 points by Brajeshwar about 1 year ago | 2 comments
22. Lovestruck US Air Force worker admits leaking secrets on dating app (www.theregister.com)
    8 points by Bender about 1 month ago | discuss
23. Boeing will build the US Air Force's next air superiority fighter (arstechnica.com)
    7 points by ndsipa_pomu 5 months ago | 5 comments
24. US Air Force suspends SpaceX rocket project on Pacific atoll (www.reuters.com)
    7 points by geox about 1 month ago | discuss
25. China preparing for war with US, Air Force secretary says (thehill.com)
    6 points by jseliger almost 2 years ago | 3 comments
26. Nevermind Chinese spies: US Air Force picks Verizon for 35 base network upgrades (www.theregister.com)
    5 points by rntn 7 months ago | discuss
27. US Air Force conducts final test of Lockheed's hypersonic missile (www.defensenews.com)
    5 points by maayank over 1 year ago | discuss
28. the US Air Force wants $5.8B to build 1k AI-driven unmanned combat aircraft
    4 points by bhanu_n almost 2 years ago | 3 comments
29. US Air Force Wants to Begin Retiring Its F-22s (simpleflying.com)
    3 points by belter over 1 year ago | 3 comments
30. Semi-secret US Air Force long-endurance spy drone breaks cover (newatlas.com)
    3 points by elsewhen about 1 year 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 suspends SpaceX rocket project on Pacific atoll (www.reuters.com)
    3 points by perihelions about 1 month ago | discuss
33. US Air Force plans a fleet of 1k AI-controlled jets (apnews.com)
    3 points by hackerbeat over 1 year ago | discuss
34. Boeing won a US Air Force program and lost $7B (www.defensenews.com)
    3 points by belter over 1 year ago | discuss
35. Maintainers: The stars of the US Air Force (Featuring the F-16) (2022) (www.youtube.com)
    2 points by CHB0403085482 over 1 year ago | 2 comments
36. US Air Force wants $5.8B to build 1k AI-driven unmanned combat aircraft (www.businessinsider.com)
    2 points by thunderbong almost 2 years ago | 2 comments
37. US Air Force F-35s Touch Down on a Highway in Finland for 'Historic' Landing (www.airandspaceforces.com)
    2 points by belter 12 months ago | discuss
38. AI-controlled F-16 takes US Air Force leader for high-speed ride (news.sky.com)
    2 points by belter over 1 year ago | discuss