About Air Force
An air force, also known in some countries as an aerospace force or air army, is in the broadest sense, the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an army or navy.
Henry Kissinger's Cambodia legacy of bombs and chaos
... " You saw the destruction and you thought: why was this modern Air Force bombing the countryside so much? In those days the farmers of Cambodia weren t even used to seeing motor vehicles, they routinely said to me: Why is fire falling from the sky? " Pen Yai, 78, cooperated with the Viet Cong inside Cambodia before the bombing started, but said large numbers of civilians were killed by American bombs, including his father and brother-in-law...
Israel-Gaza: UK launches surveillance flights to find Hamas hostages
... " The aircraft will include, which the Royal Air Force use for intelligence gathering, ministry officials said...
Ukraine war: Zelensky says fortifying front lines must be accelerated
... Overnight Ukraine s Air Force said it had shot down 18 out of 25 Russian drones and one of two cruise missiles...
Why is North Korea saying it's watching the White House?
... Reports put out by state media on Tuesday trumpeted a list of targets the North says it s seen: the White House, the Pentagon and Air Force bases along the US north-east coast and in its Pacific territory of Guam...
John Travolta recalls near-death experience in the sky
... Set in 1957, it follows a young Royal Air Force pilot returning home for Christmas who runs into trouble when his plane suffers electrical failure...
Russia says it shot down Ukrainian drone headed towards Moscow
... On Saturday, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy praised his Air Force for shooting down the drones - the highest number reported to have been launched by Russia in more than six weeks...
Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot John Hemingway 'just lucky'
... When he was 21 he was a fighter pilot in the Battle of Britain, a three-month period when Air Force personnel defended the skies against a large-scale assault by the German Air Force, the Luftwaffe...
A turning point in Myanmar as army suffers big losses
... The NUG, whose volunteer fighters have been waging a desperately unequal armed struggle against the full might of the army and Air Force, has applauded the alliance s success, and talked about a new momentum in their struggle...
