New AI and video tech is taking the danger and guesswork out of this punishing Air Force job that hasn't changed in 50 years

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Two KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft sit on a wet runway with a sunset sky in the background.
Aerial refueling tanker aircraft are the backbone of the Air Force's ability to fly combat jets further distances around the world.

US Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Aidan Martínez Rosiere

US Air Force pilots finally have a training jet built for a modern air war of stealth fighters and bombers

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The back of a grey aircraft with bright-red tails. The sky is overcast in the background.
The T-7 Red Hawk is the Air Force's new training jet.

US Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Connor Brezenski

Airlift could be the Achilles' heel in the US Air Force plan for surviving a fight with China

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A C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane is seen from the front, sitting on a tarmac. The sky is clear blue in the background.
In a potential war with China, the Air Force would spread its aircraft and operations across the Indo-Pacific rather than just centralized airbases.

US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Adriana Jordan-Alcañiz

I've been a military spouse for 7 years. It's harder than I ever could've imagined.

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Author Allie Hubers and her partner in college
I've been married to an Air Force officer for years, and I never could've imagined how challenging and unpredictable our life would be.

Allie Hubers

The US Air Force just war-gamed how pilots would fight if they lost communications in a high-intensity future war

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Four men wearing camouflage walk in front of a large, grey aircraft on a tarmac. The sky is clear blue in the background.
The Air Force's Agile Combat Employment concept has been a focus for years as it prepares for the potential of a conflict where it can't fully operate out of its major air bases.

US Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Rachel Howell

The US Air Force's new strategic bomber and ICBM got more money — almost $1 billion —in the government shutdown deal

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A B-21 Raider conducts flight testing, which includes ground testing, taxiing, and flying operations, at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
A B-21 Raider conducts flight testing, which includes ground testing, taxiing, and flying operations, at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

412th Test Wing courtesy photo

I toured the Air Force One plane that carried 8 presidents and brought home JFK's body from Dallas. See inside.

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A blue and white plane on display in a museum, with
Eight US presidents flew on this Air Force One plane known as SAM 26000.

US Air Force photo by Jim Copes

12 famous women who served in the military

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Bea Arthur.

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The 70-year-old B-52 bomber will basically be 'a new airplane' once it finally gets its upgrades, Trump's pick for nuclear command says

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A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber lands at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam,Jan. 16, 2018.
A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber lands at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam,Jan. 16, 2018.

U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Richard P. Ebensberger

Inside a top-secret ICBM training simulator where Air Force crews practiced for doomsday scenarios during the Cold War

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Museum mannequins inside a model of a launch control center.
Museum mannequins inside the Minuteman II missile procedures trainer.

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