Key Points and Summary – This analysis explores how U.S. airpower would be fundamentally different today if the Air Force had built its originally planned fleet of 132 B-2 stealth bombers instead of just 21.

According to The Verge, defense news source "The War Zone" uncovered documents in which the Air Force said it wanted to buy two Cybertrucks for "target vehicle training flight test events." The Air Force reportedly wants to test out the vehicles in the event that adversaries use the Cybertruck for military reasons.

Earlier this spring, the service also delayed issuing some retirement and separation orders due to similar budget constraints.

The United States Air Force wants to acquire two cybertrucks for target practice at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Tesla’s Cybertruck is currently only on sale in North America, but several have been imported into other areas of the world.

The behemouth has a wingspan off 67.89m and maximum take-off weight of more than 381 tonnes.

Designed to provide users with live mission training capabilities for advanced weapons and tactics training readiness through 2040

Headlining this weekend's festivities are the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, which landed in the Quad Cities on Wednesday.

The award comes only 18 months after one of the wing’s B-1 Lancers was lost in a crash—which an Air Force investigation attributed to “an overall lack of discipline.”

President Donald Trump told reporters last month the donated Qatari jet could be ready for his use as Air Force One in February 2026, well ahead of the long-delayed delivery of two presidential planes from Boeing through a more traditional acquisition process.

After some impressive years in service, ht e B-1B Lancer is on its way out of the US Air Force, but why now and what will come to replace the jet.