The USAF aircraft maintenance program is downsizing the number of job specialties from 50+ to seven. This is in response to the three challenges identified by USAF leadership: Recruiting and retention ...

The widespread use of aircraft in military operations began in World War I. Though they were largely limited to unarmed reconnaissance operations at the outset of the war, by the end, aircraft were ...

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin said the service's maintainers have pulled off "miracles" to keep planes in the air, despite a lack of spare parts, manpower and decades-old aircraft. Here, ...

Air Force maintenance troops have developed customized stands at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, thus revolutionizing maintenance for the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jet. The new customized stands ...