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

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 ...

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 ...

Overseen by the 717th Test Squadron and the Arnold Engineering Development Test Complex, the ground-based fire of the Sentinel’s second stage rocket motor was “conducted in a vacuum chamber to ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers are demanding answers from Air Force Secretary Troy Meink on whether funds for a nuclear modernization program are being raided to pay for retrofits to the luxury jet ...