#US Air Force

The United States Air Force’s F-15 fighter jets are slated to start testing their high-energy laser weapons later this year, with an eye to eventually shooting down cruise missiles and drones from the sky, a Pentagon official told reporters Monday.

The USAF has awarded Boeing and Northrop Grumman contracts to create replacements for the Cold War-era Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the Pentagon announced Friday.

Boeing announced in a press release on Tuesday it successfully completed together with its Swedish partner Saab the first test flight of the new T-X airplane designed to meet the US Air Force’s specifications for a new pilot training aircraft.

US- One pilot died and another was injured Tuesday when an Air Force U-2 Dragon Lady crashed shortly after takeoff in northern California, the U.S. Air Force said.