The Air Force hoped to reuse existing silos for Minuteman III nuclear missiles for the upcoming Sentinel program, but has concluded it will have to dig new silos. (A1C Braydon Williams/Air Force) The ...

The Boeing 747 was gifted by the Qatari government and will be used as part of Air Force One. Critics have said the cost of refitting the aircraft could be as high as $1 billion. The Pentagon is set ...

The Air Force's next-generation nuclear missile program has blown its budget and hit serious delays. Here's how things went ...

At this point, trying to fix the Sentinel system may simply be a case of throwing good money after bad. America’s nuclear weapons arsenal is the last line of defense between the United States and a ...

The Air Force will have to dig entirely new nuclear missile silos for the LGM-35A Sentinel, creating another complication for a troubled program that is already facing future cost and schedule ...

USA TODAY asked experts what changes our leaders can make to nuclear missile modernization to make the country a safer place.

If all goes according to plan, the Sentinel program will go operational in 2030 and serve through 2075. This year, America’s Minuteman III nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) will be ...

The U.S. Air Force is redirecting "surplus" funds from the LGM-35 Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program. These funds will pay for the overhaul of a 13-year-old Boeing 747-8 jet, ...

PROMONTORY — The United States Air Force and Northrop Grumman achieved a milestone last week in their efforts to modernize the land-based component of the country’s nuclear triad. According to an Air ...

FIRST ON FOX: One of the top defense contractors in the United States, which has a history of pushing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), is facing heat over a massive government contract that ...